WRESTLING.
“ STRANGLER ” LEWIS BEATEN. SLAMMED BY McCREADY. (Special to Times ) AUCKLAND, Monday. Ed “ Strangler ” Lewis, former world's title-holder, was beaten by Earl MoCrendy, the Canadian and British Empire champion, in a professional wrestling bout in the Town Hall on Saturday evening. Lewis gained the first fall with a body press and. arm bar In the second round. Early in the next round McCready applied a flying tackle and lifted Lewis bodily Into a corner, where he slammed him heavily to the mat to even the falls with a body press. Lewis was unable to continue. BLOMFIELD DEFEATS WADE. (Hy TeIPR-raph. Prros A«sorlntlon.) CHRISTCHURCH. Sunday. ’’Lofty” B lorn field heat Glen Wade on points in a very hard and dour wrestling match last night. Wade secured a fall In the fourth round with a Jack-knife and Blomfield evened Ini the sixth round with an octopus clamp, j
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20279, 23 August 1937, Page 11
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146WRESTLING. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20279, 23 August 1937, Page 11
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