WRESTLING
—4 . ! CORBETT V. RAINES i ] T „_ mrhptt the Boston wrestler who is I to oppose Dick Raines in the professional < heavv-weight bout at the Theatre Royal, . Christchurch, to-night. Is well known as 1 one of the most scientific wrestlers. He i is perhaps, not quite so well known as a man who ean adopt the more rugged measuresemployed by some of his rivals. The , manner in which he did so when he met < Brines, in .Wellington provided shocks for 1 Raines and thrills for the spectators. The j fight developed into a climax in which the nower •of • resistance was beaten out. of Raines by a barrage of jolts, and the - win- < fall became a relatively easy matter. J Kaines naturally regards the c the match as a severe blow to his prestige, s and he intends to have full and adequate I revenge this evening. |®
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23080, 24 July 1940, Page 11
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