ROUGH WRESTLING
BOUT STOPPED BY POLICE ONE MAN DISQUALIFIED [BY TELEGRAI'H —riIKSS ASSOCIATION] WANGANUI, Thursday After conceding a penalty fall to Jack Kennedy in the sixth round, Leo Jensen was disqualified bv the referee, Mr. A. Anderson, a few minutes before the gong in the final round of a professional wrestling contest this evenTii6'boiitf \v ns entertaining, bilt? was not productive of good aiid during the • last two rounds was marked by much- showmanship, Jensen being the worse offender. - . . ~ J The police -had to intervene in the last round'when the wrestlers tried to fight outside' the ring. Shortly after* v wards-; Jensen > kicked -his opponent it} the i stomach ..when ho was getting into ,the ring, and was disqualified. , " Kennedy 'did nor want, this verdict aiul sought botVbj; the er<i>vd : bnOking- hiln ; iiji. the referee had ; experienced in separating tho men , fclie pol in. , • •-. /" ' ' 1 I II l' I Y I ''l'' I I • '"iVm liWi'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23036, 13 May 1938, Page 10
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156ROUGH WRESTLING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23036, 13 May 1938, Page 10
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