WRESTLING
AVIN FOR FRALEY. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 16. A new wrestling gambit, and one which excited hostile comment from many onlookers, was seen at the Wellington Town Hall tonight when the professional heavyweight, Pat Fraley, incapacitated Pat Meehan by slamming him athwart the corner of the ropes and the metal turn-buckle supporting them in a hold he afterward described as a “back-breaker.” Meehan, who was until then leading by a fall, was unable to continue the contest. He had to be carried from the ring, and medical examination revealed that he had strained his back.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1938, Page 4
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