WRESTLING.
GEORGE BEATS WOODS. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, Oct. 5. Ed Don George, ono of the world’s greatest professional wrestlers, made his New ’Zealand debut to-night, when he beat Joe Koepach Woods by two falls to one. George gained the first fall in the third round with a body press following a light slam, the pair having previously exchanged forearm jolts. Woods evened in tho fifth round in a similar manner, after having sent his opponent through the ropes with forearm jolts. George ended the contest in the sixth round with a press after felling Woods with forearm jolts and slamming him heavily several times.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 October 1936, Page 10
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105WRESTLING. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 264, 6 October 1936, Page 10
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