WRESTLING
AUCKLAND CONTEST STEIN GAINS DECISION [By Telegraph-Press Association! AUCKLAND, This Day. A professional heavyweight wrestling contest between Sammy Stein and Gordon McKenzie ended in favour of Stein, who obtained the only fall in the fifth round, following a series of flying tackles, each of which sent his opponent sprawling. Stein had no difficulty in pressing McKenzie’s shoulders to the mat. McKenzie lay in the centre of the ring, but in spite of the attention paid to him by his seconds, he had not recovered at the end of the interval, and the contest w'as awarded to Stein. DRAW AT DUNEDIN DUNEDIN, This Day. The opening wrestling bout of the reason on Saturday evening between Lofty Blomfield and Ray Richards resulted in a draw, after a fairly fast and willing bout. Richards pinned his opponent in the second round with a body press, following a crotch hold and dump, the New Zealander equalising in the last with an octopus clamp. Ray Richards will be wrestling Sammy Stein at Trafalgar Park on the afternoon of Coronation Day.*
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 3 May 1937, Page 2
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176WRESTLING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 3 May 1937, Page 2
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