WRESTLING BOUTS.
' Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Nov. 17. The Auckland branch of the vxServicemen’s 'Wrestling Union staged the last series of its contests of the 1930 season in the Town Hall to-niglit when two professional contests ended most disappointingly, in each case one contestant retiring injured. The first bout was' between Alex Lundyn, champion of ■ Finland, and Tom Hay. The first round had been in progress but a minute or two when Ray dived at his opponent and Lundyn caught off guard, and had to be assisted from the ring with a dislocated knee. The second match was between lorn Alley the liglit-heavy.weight champion of the world, and Abe Coleman, the Jewish Hercules, whom Alley defeated when the pair met previously. Colejnan won. an easy fall in tliG third round, but in the sixth round he was incapacitated with a liammerlock and armliold.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 303, 18 November 1930, Page 3
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