WRESTLING.
WA LK Ivll T>E F.EA TS HIG GI NS. [ by Telegraph, Per Press Association. ArOKLANI), February 2. The first professional wrestling contest of the season was staged to-night, in the Town Hall, when George Walker, heavyweight champion of the British Empire, defeated Jack Higgins, the Australian heavyweight-. Higgins gained a submission fall in the third round with a figure four leghold. Tn the sixth l-omrrf''’Walker dumped his opponent. who was unable to continue, ft was a good lively contest, and was an auspicious opening to New Zealand wrestling.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 February 1931, Page 1
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89WRESTLING. Hokitika Guardian, 3 February 1931, Page 1
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