WRESTLING.
(By Telegraph.—Press Associatfot.) CHRLSTCHURCH, Wednesday. In a professional wrestling Inrnt to-night O'Connor beat Raines s>y two falJs. one a penalty, to one. TTaTnes s<--»re<l the firn fall with a Boston crab in the fourth round. O'Connor evened in the sevenin with a bodr press after a drop kick. The last round was very willing. Raines sent O'Connor* through the ropes and the referee wat iuvolved in a free-for-all which followeij. Kvenrually O'Connor was awarded a penaltv fall and the match.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 157, 4 July 1940, Page 18
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81WRESTLING. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 157, 4 July 1940, Page 18
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