WRESTLING.
LIGHT-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. - [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' ■ -','; ' Stratford, Saturday. ■ A*. catch-as-catch-can wrestling' contest,'-' 1,./ S. Robertson v. J- Prechnerfor; the light-weight > championship of New-Zealand' arid/ a v side stake, took place here last night and resulted' in what '■ experts' describe as the finest contest seen in- the island." Robertson's weight was lOst o|lb, his opponent being -about-' 10lb lighter. "-;'■ Robertson: proved the victor, gaining the, first fall in 48m. ' and' the second in' 23m, The contest '. throughout■ was most even and "exciting. Both men are finished . exponents ;; of this style of wrestling, ;' Robertson having,, been-six times light-weight, -i champion of Scotland and Prechner having been feather-weight champion of the world,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14359, 2 May 1910, Page 7
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