WRESTLING
EMPIRE TITLE. RETAINED BY KATAN. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, July 29. John Katan. Canada, retained his title of heavyweight wrestling champion of the British Empire by drawing witii Sergeant-Major Lofty Blomfleld, Auckland, in a match in the Town Hall. Each man obtained a fall. Blomfield obtained the first fall in. the third round. In the sixth round Katan weakened his opponent and then applied a toehold, which enabled him to even the falls. x. a win for McCready. NOVEL HOLD DECIDES BOUT. WELLINGTON. This Day. In a brisk wrestling bout, Earl McCready beat Dan O'Connor by a single fall in the Town Hall last night. McCready's fall was with a novel hold, which appeared to be a partially applied octopus hold. It gave the effect of a combination of armbar and winghold. and was sufficiently painful to enforce a submission.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 July 1940, Page 3
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