WRESTLING
O’TOOLE BEATS RICE (P A.) TIMARU. Sept. 5. After each had gained a fall. Tommy O’Toole (17st 21b) beat Tom Rice (17st) on points in a professional wrestling contest. Rice obtained his fall ,in the fourth round after a series of headlocks and O’Toole evened in a similar manner. O’Toole held Rice in an Indian deathlock for most of the eighth round.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25282, 6 September 1947, Page 10
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