WRESTLING
EKLUND BEATS VANCE The return match at Auckland last night for the light-heavy-weight wrestling championship of the world between Clarence Eklund, the holder, and Farmer Vance ended in the sixth round, Eklund winning by two_ falls to one. Eklund secured a fall in the third round with a partial hammer-lock aud scissors on the other arm. Vance evened in the fifth round with a headlock and body scissors. Eklund, however, retained the title in the following round with a toehold and arm bar.
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Evening Star, Issue 20312, 22 October 1929, Page 4
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84WRESTLING Evening Star, Issue 20312, 22 October 1929, Page 4
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