Wrestler Holmback Has Jaw Fractured
HASTINGS, July 28. Erik Holmback, the wrestler, fought Aeven:rouuds . against -Pat Praley^ iii' Hastings last night with a. broken jawHolmback w.as jstruck. pn the.jaw, ear}v: 1m the first round and ,fbr the piext five"' miflutes both ' \^restlefs ' wpre dreiicnfcd ifrom" liead 'to foot in bl.ohdnnd the ring pveseiitejl a gory/ speQ;taijle. A doctor pxainiped 'Holmback duririg. the ift.tjsrvaT ap!d founjl.that . beMdps; Iosing two tjeeth', he .was bleeding prof.usely from lacerat'ions in . the " moiith. ' Holmbapk said he .wbuld cohtinue" ' aild the b'out ( proceeded foT eix nlp're ' rbuiids before Holmback was •diaqualiiied for not releasing a strangleliold after cach map had obtained a' fall. After the 'bout Holmback was taken to Iiospital for a 'more thorougli examination and it was found that his jaw had been fractured. The injurv will prei'ent Holmback from wrrestling again this season. This is the third occasion he has fractured his jaw.
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 July 1949, Page 3
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