WRESTLING
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Sammy Stein Oefeats Little Woif
(By Telezrapti-
CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Chief Little Wolf, a Navajo lndian from Colorado, made his iirst appearance in the New Zealand wrestiing ring here to-night, losing to Sammy Stein on points after each had gained one tfall. Little Wolf entered the ring !draped in a brightly-coloured shawl and gandy lndian headdress. Short and broad, he measures approximately two feet aeross the back, and in to-night 's bout was an easy target for Stein 's flying tackles. The fli'st six rounds were evenly fought, btit in the seventh Stein struck the lndian with four fly'ing tackles in rapid succession and pinncd him to a fkll with a body press. The lndian gained a submission iall frbm a deathibck eoon after tho last round opened. -Stein was given the decision on points, Little Wolf leaving the ring protesting,
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 141, 1 July 1937, Page 10
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