WRESTLING
RUSSELL DEFEATS FORSGREN A DISAPPOINTING BOUT (By Telegraph—Press Association! CHRISTCHURCH, 20tli May. Tn a wrestling bout, Rebel Russell (lost 81lis) heat Jack Forsgren (16st. lllbs) on points. The bout was disappointing. Forsgren gained a fall in the third round, both wrestlers and most of the crowd claiming that the decision of the referee was wrong, because Russell had uot submitted. Russell evened in the sixth, gaining a submission fall with an la dian deathlock.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 21 May 1936, Page 5
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75WRESTLING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 21 May 1936, Page 5
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