SENSATIONAL MATCH
Wrestler Leaves Ring in First Round CONTEST LATER RESUMED By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wanganui, June 2. Nabarcs, 14.10, wrestled a draw with Kruskump, 15.1, at Wanganui on Saturday. There was a sensation in the first round when the referee awarded a submission full to Nabares. Kruskamp firotcsted, saying that he slapped the mat only to gain leverage, and when the referee held to his decision Kruskump left the ring and Nabares was declared the winner. Pandemonium broke out among the crowd, and officials then persuaded Kruskump to carry on. The latter decided to do so only when an understanding was come to with the referee and the submission full was washed out. Then followed one of the hardest and most spectacular bouts seen in Wanganui, the contest ending with a draw at one fall each. The spectators gt)ve the wrestlers au ovation at the conclusion.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 210, 3 June 1935, Page 2
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146SENSATIONAL MATCH Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 210, 3 June 1935, Page 2
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