WRESTLING
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHKISTCHUECH, 15th November. By winning five rounds out of eight Clarence Tiklund, light heavyweight wrestling champion of the world, beat Walter Johansson, light heavyweight champion of Finland, in -an eightrrounds contest tonight. The coutest was a clean display of clever wrestling. Eklund, while not so strong as the big Finn, was much craftier, but the Finn was nevertheless a stout opponent, demanding all Eklund's skill. Eklund secured a submission fall in sixth round, and Johansson a fall in the eighth.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 120, 16 November 1929, Page 11
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84WRESTLING Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 120, 16 November 1929, Page 11
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