WRESTLING
WORLD'S LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT ■ CHAMPIONSHIP | United Presß Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, 11th November. In. the lighf.-hca.vy weight* wirestling championship of the world at Sydney Stadium, Clarence Eklund, 12. GA, the holder, defeated Ted Thyc, 12.4, with a hanunerlock hold and fall in (ho sixth round. Tho contest was hilled as a, ten-round affair, but so severely did Eklund wrench Tliyc's arm, almost breaking it out of its socket, that the refeteo stopped the bout, and declared Eklund, the winner. A huge audience approved (he decision. ZAAYNOFF BEATS GARDNER MELBOURNE. 11th November. Count Zaaynoff, 12.11, beat Pinkie Gardner, 12.4, scoring a fall in the sixth round.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 13 November 1928, Page 4
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