WRESTLING
BOUTS AT AUCKLAND. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, August 12. Professional contests were staged at the Town Hall on Saturday evening under the control of the Auckland Wrestling Association in the presence of a moderate attendance. The principal match was between Ai Pereira and Count Varga, the latter winning' with a light back loop slam in the sixth round. Pereira gained a fall in the fourth round with a press, following on a succession of flyingtackles. In a bout of three ten'minute rouns, Charlie Pollard, the ex-Auckland referee, defeated Mike Sefarich, of Yugoslavia, by one fall, gained in the second round, with a press, after he had jumped feet first at his opponent, and sent him sprawling on his back. Pollard’s success proved very popular with his large following of support-
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 August 1933, Page 11
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131WRESTLING Greymouth Evening Star, 14 August 1933, Page 11
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