WRESTLING.
WRESTLER OUTED/; . THYE V. McDOUGALLw -aPALMERSTON, N., September 25. .. ■ There was a sensational" entfiiig’' t6*' the professional wrestling contest ' here', to-night, between Ted Thye, 1 of America, and Scott,v McDougfflJ, r , ;1 01. Canada. The latter was disqualified aftfer dropping Thye with a right to the solar plexus. The bout was -very willing; ‘and rough from the third round. |.Thye was repeatedly butting, and in tlie sixth was kicking; Svith his knees to get free of. headdpeks. McDougall became anrioyed,: and he connected with a right to the solar plexus! Each man then had gained a fall. Thye pinned" McDougall in the second with a body press, and McDougall gained a fall with a head lock in the fifth. . f-; HASTINGS', September 26. The first contest to he staged under the newly formed H. B. Wrestling Association here yesterday, when Tom Alley met and defeated Alex Lundyn.. It'Van a t 1 ’idling ekliibition and the audience- which abopt; half filled pth.o theatre;-were kont td' te high pitch of excitement E, ro ”ghop|i : Lundyn gained first fall in the fourth round with a li'ca-'-I'd-; In the. sixth round Alley threw his opponent with a terriffic back •slam that dazed Lundyn and he was unable to continue - find the referee, Tko Robin, awarded the contest to Alley:
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1930, Page 6
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