WRESTLING
walker LOSES TO RUMBERG
IN FAST AND THRILLING BOUT
(Per press Association, Copyright)
CHRISTCHURCH, October' 1&
In <1 fust, thrilling .wrestling bout here to-avlght, .Hal .Rumberg beat George "Walker on points after the bout had gone the full eight rounds. Rumberg had the best of the first five round, .and he secured a fall in the third with a full Nelson. Walker evened in the sixth, securing a. Boston Crab, which he still held to, after the fall was awarded, until the referee forced him to the mat. Walker received a hostile reception for holding on. Neither .man could secure a- fall in the last two rounds, and a very popular decision was given to Rumberg.
With an early points Ic'd, Rumberg in the final round endured severe punishment. The bout wag a very fast and severe one.
■mamos defeats meeske
WELLINGTON, October 16
Wrestling at the Town Half this evening, Harry Mamog beat Billy Mecske' by two falls to one. The contest was not impressive. At the climax in the seventh round, ib-‘ pnir /’indulged in fisticuffs. Meeskc was knocked down several times with back-handed slaps on the jaw, being helpless and apparently groggy. He was then thrown about the ring with hoadlooks until Alamos bbought, the exhibition to a close with a cress buttock and press.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 October 1933, Page 7
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