WRESTLING
McCREADY RETAINS TITLE; DRAWN BOUT WITH KATAN (Per United Press Association) £ WELLINGTON, Oct. 7.| : Once again the British Empire wrestling title wa> contested in Weir lington to-night, when the holder, Earl McCready. retained it by holding John Katan to a draw, one fall each. Katan had the better of the last round, but as a championship bout Cannot be. decided oft Points McCready remained the Empire champion. The bout, which wa s lively was watched by a large crowd;/McCready opened the scoring with a Tall with -a flying body scissors and press in the third round. Katan made' use of a novel toe-hold with which he took a fall in the seventh. In the last rouftd he again shaped-the hold,;,and ha,d McCready in trouble- with it/till the bell ,rang, g m , i ,, ‘ t j 111,11 gg sgSS2Ssggy». • sf
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24423, 8 October 1940, Page 8
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