WRESTLING

Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1933, Page 5

WRESTLING

WALKER DEFEATS' RUBIER A.

STRENUOUS DUNEDIN:...BOUT

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DUNEDIN,' July 17

The biggest crowd which has ever been in the Dunedin Town Hall saw .Geoilge Walker (.14.5) to-night, defeat A 1 Pereira..(ls.4) by one subm:s.sion fall, gained in the seventh round, by means of a reverse toe hold. Throughout the bout Pereira did the attacking, and Walker was content to keep out of .a,ny seriou s trouble. The winner did not show any new hold, land he wa s never spectacular, but he gave gome marvellous exhibitions of strength at . times, completely bursting Pereira’s holds by sheer force. With defeat staring him in the face Pereira sprang out of his corner and staged a desperate last round. He clamped on 'body scissors time after time, but Walker always managed to twist himself free and at the final gong he was probably the fresher of the two. .'i-

NEW COMER’S SUCCESS

“WHISKER'S” BLAKE BEATEN.

AUCKLAND, July 17

Hal Rumherg, an American wrestler, made a successful debut in New jZealand when he defeated “Whiskers” Blake, to-night. The contest ended in the fifth round, when Bumberg felled his opponent with a flying iscissora, 'and obtained a -fall with a body press. He had previously gained a fall in the third round with a press, following a spin round by the legs. It was evident from the start that.. Rumberg was too good for his opponent. VARGA DEFEATS NEWCOMER. ATTRACTIVE WELLINGTON BOUT. WELLINGTON, July 17. A hack loop slam in the sixth 1-onnd terminated with unexpected suddenness the New Zealand debut of a newly imported wrestler, Hank Oswald, soling 14 stone 10 pounds, when he met Count- Varga, 14 stone 81 bs, in the Town Hall to-night. The American, who was billed as “The (Wrestling Detective,” took a fall in the fourth round with an aeroplane spin nlnd ck’nip, after a series of spec'flying -'tackles. Ho was. the pacemaker of the contest, and proved himself a lively, attractive mat man. hut Varg.a’ g slam lacked nothing in completeness, and the newcomer was badlv dazed, and was unable to continue.