WRESTLING.
THE FORBIDDEN HOLDS. (special to "tm raEss.") DUNEDIN, .December 29
At the annual meeting of the New Zealand Athletic and Cycling Union Mr Meek (Otago) moved the following remit concerning wr6stljtig (catch-as-catch-cah): Stranglehold, full nelson, and breaking of fingers and toes barred; (2) shoulders to be pinned on ground two seconds (pin. fall); (3) no grease or any foreign matter to bo ÜBed on any part of tho body." The mover said that the proposed rule had been acted upon here for quite a nurafcer of years. It was a protection, from the more barbarous styles of wrestling followed in former days. The remit was carried.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18577, 30 December 1925, Page 9
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