WRESTLING.
WILLIAMS DISQUALIFIED. ILLEGAL TACTICS EMPLOYED , (Per Pr#sß Association.) Anril 29. The American heavy-weight, Cy Williams, ushered in the 1935 wrestling season in a somewhat spectaculaf manner at the Town Hall when three seconds from the commencement of the professional bout with Sam Burmister he feigned to shake hands but dropped his opponent with a heavy jolt to the jaw, to take the first fall with a press. It was a fitting prelude to a lively and boisterous bout which, falling short of what was desired from the point of wrestling, lacked little in illegalities and showmanship. Burmister took the equalising fall by submission in the third round, and the bout ended in the fourth when Williams was disqualified! for repeatedly kicking his opponent on the face and body, and other illegal tactics. There was a poor attendance.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 168, 30 April 1935, Page 2
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