WRESTLING.
WALKER BEATS VENfER* CHRISTCHURCH, October 31. George Walker beat Peter Venter, of South Africa, to-night in a professional wrestling bout billed as being for the championship of the British Empire, which Walker claims to hold. Venter secured the first fall m ine second round, hut Walker equalised in the fourth round with a back-loop slam, and finished the match, within a few seconds of the opening of the next round with a body press. „ , The attendance was poor. Walters weight was declared at 15.5, and Venter’s at 14.8.
McCREADY BEATS JAGET SINGH.
GISBORNE, October 31. Before a crowded house this evening, Earl McCready, 16.11 (Canada) beat Jaget Singh, 16.9 (India) by one fall. The contest was even throughout but in the sixth round McCready scored with an octopus death-lock, and though the full eight rounds were _wrestled there were no further falls. The bout was one of the best seen here.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 17, 1 November 1935, Page 2
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