WRESTLING.
FIERCE BOUT AT DUNEDIN. LOGAN DEFEATS RAY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) : DUN'EDIiN, Saturday. In a hard and fast display of wrestling yesterday Walter Logan (13st) defeated Tom Ray (li'st 91b) by two falls to one. The contest ended an the seventh round. •Logan secured a submission fall in the third round and Ray, using an aeroplane spin, pinned 'Logan in the fifth. The last rounds were characterised toy fierce wrestling, Logan eventually bringing Ray , to the mat,in the seventh round and 'winning with a toody scissors. v
TO-NIGHT'S BOUT.
STECI-lER TO MEET McDOUGAL. The bout to "oe staged by the Auckland Ex-Servicemen's Wrestling Union at the Town Hall' to-night promises to be a firstclass display. The opponents, "Scotty" McDougall and the new-comer; Tony Steelier (brother of Joe Steelier, world-famous heavy-weight wrestler),' in .excellent condition. • McDougall needs no in-troduction-to wrestling fans in Auckland, but Steelier will, since his appearance tonight will -be his first in the Dominion. Like his famous brotner, lie is a leg wrestler and, on his own statement, has not been beaten. He has'been managing and. training his brother for some time uofc, which has necessarily restricted 'his appearances in the ring. • It will, at all events, be decided to-night whether Tony can maintain his. unbeaten record, and in McDougnn <ie will find a ver [tough opponent. A number-of amateur bouts will precede the big event, .
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 218, 15 September 1930, Page 11
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