WRESTLING CONTEST.
BOUTS AT ROTORUA. [BY TE L EIU A Pll. OWN* CORRESPONDENT.] rtOTOKXJA, Tuesday. A series of wrestling matches was hold last evening under the auspices of the Eotorua Wrestling Association. Tho first event, an amateur one, between W. Heed and T. Jenkins, proved a very willing contest, and resulted in favour of Reed, by one fall. A match between Shurpo and McCarnell was very evenly contested, each man gaining a fall in turn. j[t ended in a draw. In the contest between 11. Davis (list 61b) and D. Amohau (12st 61b) the former proved moro scientific than his opponent, and was declared winner. A professional contest was licld between Jack McLaughlin, American cruiserweight champion, and Charles Pollard, cruiser-weight champion of Australasia, for a purse of £SO. In tho first round the wrestling was of an even character, but not of a very high class. In the second round, both men started very cautiously. McLaughlin was cautioned, and tho contest was fairly fierce for a while. Tho third round was a very even one, but rather ; disappointing. Eventually the referee J gavo his decision in favour of Pollard, - which did not meot with popular approval. 1
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20115, 28 November 1928, Page 14
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