WRESTLING
TONTI AND JENSEN DRAW ,! Illy Telegraph—Press Association| WELLINGTON. This Day. Opening the professional wrestling 1 season at Wellington, Joe Tonti and Leo 1 Jensen drew with one fall each. In j the early rounds the wrestlers showed J themselves nimble and fast and very j evenly matched. Tonti took advan,l tage of a flying tackle that missed its ' I mark and pinned Jensen for a fall in j | the third round; Jensen took a fall in _ 1 the sixth with drop-kicks and a bodyL . i press. As the bout progressed increas- , j ingly rough tactics were introduced and J the final round developed into a some* I j what ludicrous hurly-burly, with both i ; wrestlers staggering around the ring ti knocking one another over in turn but ■\ \ being too dazed and weary to take advantage of any opportunities. i.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 29 March 1938, Page 3
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140WRESTLING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 29 March 1938, Page 3
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