WRESTLING
WALKER BEATS BLAKE.
AUCKLAND, May 23 The wrestling season opened
Auckland, when George Walker, New Zealand and British Empire champion, defeated “Whiskers” Blake, a recent arrival from America, The visitor injured )m spine when he jumped over liis opponent and landed on his bade early in the fourth round. He was an easy prey then for a lightly applied Boston crab. Blake wasi obviously unlit to continue, and the referee separated the contestants as Walker lowered hi s man to the floor. Blake won the first fall in the second round by a figure four on the arm and a reverse bar. The
American is six feet six inches tall, and is slender. He wears a flowing beard and red whiskers. Blake is one of the most entertaining wrestlers who have come to the Dominion.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1933, Page 2
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136WRESTLING Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1933, Page 2
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