WRESTLING

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20921, 28 September 1939, Page 13

WRESTLING

AMATEUR TITLES .. ALL DOMINION REPRESENTED CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. With competitors present from al! parts of the Dominion the New Zealand amateur wrestling championships opened today, the results were:— Bantam-weight K. Ruby (Wellington), 8.9, beat T. Harvey (Auckland), 8.10-}, on points; M. A. Hahn (West Coast), 8.7£, beat L. Maunder (Southland), 8.10, by one fall; S. Todd (Canterbury), 8.11, beat D. Hunter (Hawke’s Bay), 8.11, by a fall Feather-weight E. Hayman (Auckland), 9.2, beat J. Eccersley (Wellington), 9.8, by a fall; M. McDonald (Hawke’s Bay), 9.7, beat Price (South Canterbury), 9.7, by a fall; W. Riley (Southland), 9.13, beat P. Peters (West Coast), 9.5, by a fall Light-weight J. Mclnnes (Canterbury), 10.3. beat N. Webley (Hawke’s Bay), 10.3, by a fall; V. Gallagher (Southland), 9.10, beat G. Burn (YVest Coast), 10.04, by a fall; R. Minnis (Wellington), 10.4, beat V. Rawle (Auckland). 10.5, on points; J. B. Genet (Canterbury), 9.54, beat L. Hastie (Otago), 9.54, by one fall. Welter-weight W. Croft (West Coast), 10.94, beat G. Eadfc (Southland), 11.2, by one

I ! fall; R. Hulme (Auckland), 11.1, beat J. Blight (Canterbury), 10.10, by one tall, Blight being incapacitated; C. Price (Wellington), 10.2, beat W. I Cole (Taranaki), 11.2, by one fall; ! A. Idour (Otago), 10.13, beat Davis (South Canterbury), 10.13, by a fall. Middle-weight C. Gemmell (Auckland), 11.13, beat J. Stewart (Hawke’s Bay), 12.3, on points; G. Harris (Canterbury), 12.4, beat R. Tourell (Otago), 11.13, by a fall; D. Cudley (Wellington), 12.4, beat R. Sutton (Southland), 11.7, by a fall. Light Heavy-weight R. Bedsley (Canterbury), 13.1, beat M. Yunovitch (Taranaki), 12.6 i, by a fall; W. Norton (Auckland), 13.8, beat A. McGregor (Southland), 13.6, on points.

DOMINION TITLES WON

(By Telegraph.—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday The New Zealand amateur wrestling championships were decided | here today. The new champions : are: Bantamweight, W. Ruby (Well--1 ington); featherweight, J. Genet (Canterbury); lightweight, R. Minnis (Wellington); -welterweight, A. Idour (Otago); middleweight, G. Harris (Canterbury); light-heavyweight, H. Cook (Wellington); heavyweight, L. Dryden (Wellington).