REPORT OF 1911 EVENT
'.- (By,.Telegraph—Press Association.):1., 1 '■"■■' ■"■■;.. WANGANUtjvJuIyrSJ The Press Association' message from Hastings published this,week:covering 'the statement h6f■ ■the:'wrestler,;? George Walker, that he holds, the' British. VEmpir'e wrestling ' championship'has aroused intense interest here. •.•..'■>•!;
A wrestling enthusiast has looked'up the newspaper, file's'bf'..l9il^aild;:has I come across a Press' Cable message pub- • iished in morning ' ■ papers';' qi' Jiily 7- of that year. The message,- '<■ V/hich had been sent by the > United r Press Association from London, ZyAy 5, 1911, reads: "At the festival of the Empire competitions, in' the boxing section Hard wick beat Hazell in,.,one round, Thompson a bye. In the" final Hardwick, Australia, beat Thompson f-in-less than- a round. In:the wrestling' Walker beat Smythe. Bacon'WOn■■•the; final with.two falls against Walker md won theevent." . . V :';!";.. ■■. vj ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1935, Page 31
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125REPORT OF 1911 EVENT Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 6, 6 July 1935, Page 31
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