WRESTLING.
ATKINS BEATS CORBETT. (P.A.) AUCKLAND, August 2. Fred Atkins, Australian heavy-weight wrestler, • made his first appearance in New Zealand when he met Joe Corbett, of America, on Saturday night, Corbett obtained a fall in the fifth round with a press, following -a succession of jolts and flying tackles. In the following round Corbett was heavily jolted and then picked up and thrown over the ropes. .He lay on th 6. staging outside the ring for the regulation count of 20 and a fall was-award-ed to Atkins. In spite of receiving attention from his second, Corbett was still outside thb ring when the gong sounded for the seventh round and as he was obviously unfit to continue, the .contest was awarded to Atkins.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 250, 4 August 1941, Page 2
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