WRESTLING
WALKER AND OSWALD A very attractive bout, has been arranged by the Auckland Wrestling Association'for next Monday night at the Town Hall, when the British Empire champion, George Walker, will meet the American, Hank Oswald. Walker, after ,;his strenuous Southern tour, should be in particularly fine condition and can be depended upon to give a colourful and forceful display. Oswald has proved himself one of the outstanding overseas exponents at present in New Zealand, and he has b<?en competing with marked success in other centres.' He forced Walker to a very close decision iir a bout held in Wellington recently. . .■ .. The following amateur preliminaries have been' arranged:—E. Bona (Broadway), lOst 101b, v. N. Johnson (Leys), list 8lb; R.'HaTman (Wilson's), 10st 4lb. v. B. Thomas (Bayview), lOst slb; J. Mac Donald (Takapuna Surf Club). lOst 9lb, v: R. Lynn (Grafton), list 2lb; B'. Keesing (Grafton), Ost 4lb. v. F. French (Y.M.C.A.), '9st 6lb. Emergency bout:, C. Curtice (Y.M.C.A*), 9st 61b, v. Jl. Hobba (Leys), 9st Clb. j
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21578, 24 August 1933, Page 7
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167WRESTLING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21578, 24 August 1933, Page 7
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