WRESTLING

Hokitika Guardian, 27 June 1933, Page 4

WRESTLING

VARGA DEFEATS BLAKE. BOOING AT END OF BOUT. (Per Press Association —Copyright). DUNEDIN, June 26. A crowded house to-night saw Count Varga of Austria. (14.8) defeat “Whiskers” Blake (15.0) in the fifth round of a wrestling bout. The contest; was not so spectacular as was anticipated. Varga secured a full in the third round, after a series of headlocks. In the next round it appeared as if the same thing was going to happen, but Blake wrapped’ his legs round Varga, and, using the figure-four scissors, obtained a submission fall. About half way through the filth round, Blake sent ' Varga to the mat with a couple of reverse headlocks. Varga slipped in as Blake was coming for a third headlock, and retaliated with three headlocks of an unusual type, holding to the last one to secure a fall. The crowd were not altogether satisfied at the conclusion of the bout, and there was a eeftain amount of “booing.” ,

MAMOS DEFEATS PEREIRA. SPECTACULAR WRESTLING. AUCKLAND, June 26. With one fall to his credit, and a wide margin of points in his favour, A 1 Pereira, the heavyweight champion of Portugal, lost his match with Harry Mamos, when he hurtled heac\ fii’st through the ropes in the sixth round, landing first on the staging, and . then on the floor in front of the stalls, par- \ tially knocking himself out, and being unable to climb back into the ring. • Pereira made his first appearance here. His flying tackles excited the crowd. They paved the way for the fall lie secured in the fourth round by means of a flying body scissors and press.