WRESTLING
-Preaa Association.)
"Strangler" Lewis Beats Spellman
(By Telegraph-
CHRISTCHURCH, Last Niglit. Ed ("Strangler") Lewis, 18st. 6lb. beat John Spellman, 15st. 121b. in a wrestling bout to-night with two consecutive falls an the fifth and seventh rounds. A packed house loudly voiced disapproval both of the bout and the' linal result. Lewis relied on the great advantage of weight and strengtk, and a headlock was almost tho only hold he used. The fall he secured in the fifth round followed a 'series of dumps with headlocks, and in the seventh Spellman laid himself open for a second fall when he misjudged a ffying tackle and, missing Lewis, threw himself through the ropes. After the count of 18, he returned to the ring obviously groggy, and Lewis easily pinned him with a body press.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 170, 5 August 1937, Page 6
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133WRESTLING Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 170, 5 August 1937, Page 6
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