WRESTLING
WALKER DEFEATS PEREIRA
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George Walker (II .5) beat AI Pereira (1.5.4) in their professional wrestling cc-ntest hove to-night by one fall to none. Walker secured his falj in the sixth round with a “Boston Crab,” following a scries of headlocks.
The match went the full eight rounds and in the last Pereira nearly pinned Walker. Pereira, was the faster wresler, but he could not do much against Walker’s strength, which was the deciding factor of the match.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1933, Page 5
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86WRESTLING Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1933, Page 5
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