POOR CONTEST
SPELLMAN AND RICHARDS
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) • DUNEDIN, May 23. | In a'professional'.wrestling contest on Saturday night John Spellman UGst) beat Ray Richards (16st 101b) by two falls to one. Richards scored in the fourth round with a dump following two flying tackles. Spellman equalised in the sixth with four flying tackles which he finished off with a body press, and gained tho deciding fall in the seventh with a body press after both men had been apparently knocked out after coming together in flying tackles. The contest was the poorest yet seen in Dunedin, and was characterised by overmuch showmanship and elbowjolting. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 121, 24 May 1937, Page 5
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103POOR CONTEST Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 121, 24 May 1937, Page 5
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