WRESTLING.
DETTON BEATS MEYER. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, _ Aug. 5.. Lively wrestling was witnessed in tlve professional heavyweight contest between Dean Detton, 14st 71b, and Fred Meyer, 15st in the Town Hall on Saturday evening, when the former won by the only fall gained. The bout went -the full eight rounds and a fair attendance was treated to a good display of solid wrestling, brightened at intervals by more spectacular work. Detton gained the winning fall in the second round in a very peculiar manner. Meyer had taken his opponent to the mat with a head scissors and wristlock, but Detton spun cleverly on his head to escape. Detton then gyrated across the ring on his back, bouncing away from the pursuing Meyer . and as the latter bent down to apply a fresh hold Detton caught his opponent in the stomach with his feet, flung him high in the air, and then completed i the fall with a body press.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 211, 6 August 1934, Page 10
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160WRESTLING. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 211, 6 August 1934, Page 10
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