Tried To Toss Referee Out Of The Ring
WELLINGTON, Sept. 14. The most sensational wrcstling bout secn in Wellington for some seasons, onded in an uproar during the last round wheu Fraley, after tossing Kenneth through the ropes, tried to repeat , the dose on the referee, Mr. A. Jenkins, wheu he intervened. Fraley was disqualified but both wrestlers were keen to continue the tussle and many restraining hands were needed to keep them apart. The bout had been a hectie affaii throughout aud although it was an enlergency one — Sepeda who was tc wrcstle McCreadv was unable to leave Australia — it provided thri'lls galore, Fraley took the first fall in the fourtli round with a bodv press following three droj) kicks. Kenneth equalised in thc sixtli when, after punisliing „ ^r.alpy with a spectacular Irish whip, he pressed the American's shoulders.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 September 1949, Page 6
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