WRESTLING FIASCO.
SPECTATORS PELT REFEREE. Aroused wrestling spectators forced a •fourth fall in a main bout at Boston recently, says an American exchange, after the referee had been pelted with bottles and chairs, and a squad of police called. Sahib Sebeg of Turkey, had taken the deciding fall from George Linnehan, of California, with a flying tackle when the near riot started. The referee, J. Boston, had ruled that Linnehan was not to use the flyingtackle because his opponent was unfamiliar with this stVle of wrestling. When Sebeg felled Linnehan with a flying tackle and was announced the, winner the uproar started. After quiet was restored a fourth fall was decided on and Linnehan was returned the winner.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 5, 5 December 1931, Page 12
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118WRESTLING FIASCO. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 5, 5 December 1931, Page 12
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