WRESTLING
PINTO AND1 MBESKE
UNSATISFACTORY; -ENDING,
, (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) , AUCl^LANp.vleth November., ' The return wrestling match at the Town Hall between ' Stanley Pinto, of America, and Billy Meeske, of Australia, went1 the rfu]l "eigiht' rounds, bnt'it ended most ■unsatisfactorily, as Pinto was awarded a fall on a ioul mi. the -sixth round. Some of those a/itasonistic to Pinto threw lollies and pennies toward his corner. The% crowd became 'nj'oie hostile to the American when>-he--tuined''hiß back' on George', Walker, refusing his offer of a handshake. , . , . . After .Walker had" been " announced as Mceske's 'opponent in, the contest for-the hea\'yweight championship* of the Biitish Empire on ' Saturday evening, Mceske shoSk Hands with" Walker.
' Scotty M'Dougall and- Kara Pasha entered the ring and were^ bidden iaiewell by the announcer on behalfvof (he Auckland Wrestling Association. Both men will'leave by the 'Aorarigi..
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 120, 17 November 1931, Page 6
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WRESTLING
Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 120, 17 November 1931, Page 6
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