WRESTLING.
ROBIN AND MAMOS DRAW. \.[ J er tress Association Copyright.) HASTINGS, July 28, In the fist, jprofessk'nial wrestling bout held at Napier for many years, Ike ltohin, the local Maori wrestler, 18st lib, drew with Harry Mamos, I4st 51b. It was held .before, a big house this evening. The American secured a. fall in the fifth round with a figure four head-scissors, •. and an axmbar. Robin equalised in the seventh round .with a deadlock and body press. It was a strenuous and exciting bout. Robin, , giving ia 3low motion display, relied on headlocks and his weight and brute strength. Mamos gave a pleasing display, but he was greatly handicapped On the' score of the weight and size of the Maori, DISQUALIFIED FOR PUNCHING. GISBORNE, July 28. Before a packed house to-night, Haf Rumberg defeated Jack Paterson, who was disqualified in the sixth round for using a rabbit punch. Rumberg secured the first fall in the third round with a merry-go-round, catching his opponent by the legs and swinging him round several times and then dumping him, Paterson evened in, the fifth round with a thunderbolt.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1933, Page 4
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185WRESTLING. Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1933, Page 4
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