WRESTLING
CONTEST AT DUNEDIN SAVOLDI BEATS KRUSE (By Telegraph—Press Association) DUNEDIN, This Day. In a professional wrestling bout, Joe Savoldi (15st 41bs) beat Bob Kruse (15st) by two falls to one. The bout was marked by solid wrestling, Kruse doing most of the work, but Savoldi appeared to have the measure of his opponent. STRENUOUS BOUT WIN FOR McCREADY GREYMOUTH, This Day. In a strenuous wrestling contest, McCready defeated Pencheff by one fall to nil. His fall was obtained in the seventh round with a body press following a dump. The contest was devoid of showmanship. BLOMFIELD AND DAVIS DRAW BOTH CONTESTANTS KNOCKED OUT DANNEVIRKE, This Day. After heavy jolting, both Blomiield and Davis connected with hefty hits to the jaw soon after the sixth round commenced in a match on Saturday evening. Each was knocked out and both lay on the mat dazed and took the count, a vigorous contest ending in a draw. It was some time before they came to. Prior to the double knock-out each had secured a fall, Davis in the second round with jolts and a body press and' Blomfield in the fifth, af ter dazing Davis with three vigorous flying tackles.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 5 October 1936, Page 6
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198WRESTLING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 5 October 1936, Page 6
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