WRESTLING
KENNETH BEATS LOU SJOBERG (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, May 29. The professional wrestling match between Ken Kenneth, 16st 12lb, and Lou Sjoberg, 17st 51b, at the Town Hall on Saturday night had an unsatisfactory ending in the sixth round, when Sjoberg was disqualified. Kenneth obtained a fall with his octopus clamp in the third round, and Sjoberg dumped Kenneth in the fifth to gain a fall. At the opening of the sixth round Kenneth fell to the mat from a light blow and Sjoberg was disqualified amid uproar.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26125, 30 May 1950, Page 7
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