ROUGH WRESTLING.
REFEREE THROWN OUT OF RING. ATTACKED BY AMERICAN. Received October 14, 10.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, Oct. 14. There was a disgraceful exhibition of wrestling at the Stadium oh Saturday night. Joe Zikmund, tho American, attacked the referee, Mr Bridges, and threw him out of the ring. Mr Bridges hurried back and crowned the other wrestler, Brownipg, who is also an American, whereupon Zikmund rushed the referee again, but was promptly attacked by Browning, who secured a stranglehold. The referee gave him help and the hostilities then ceased. The bout from the beginning was a series of upper cuts, thumb and knuckle gouging, and nose and ear. pulling. Both men were in a bad way when they left the ring.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 270, 14 October 1929, Page 7
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120ROUGH WRESTLING. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 270, 14 October 1929, Page 7
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