WRESTLING
GEORGE'S DOMINION DEBUT [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, October 5. Ed Don George, one of the world’* greatest professional wrestlers, made his New Zealand debut to-night, when he defeated Joe Kopach Woods by two falls to one. _ George gained the first fall in the third round with a body press following a light slam, the pair having previously exchanged forearm jolts. Woods evened the score in the fifth round in a similar manner, after having sent his opponent through the ropes with forearm jolts. George ended the contest in the sixth round with a press after felling Wood* with forearm jolts and slamming him heavily several times.
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Evening Star, Issue 22462, 6 October 1936, Page 4
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108WRESTLING Evening Star, Issue 22462, 6 October 1936, Page 4
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