WRESTLING TITLES
DOMINION AMATEURS CONTESTS AT WELLINGTON J. DRYDEN WINS HEAVY-WEIGHT [BY TKLKGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] WELLINGTON, Tuesday 1 A good standard was maintained at the New Zealand amateur wrestling championships yesterday, considering that this is tho first year in which they have been conducted under Olym- : pic Games rules. Results were as follows: — Bantam-weight.—L. Nolan (Wellington) beat T. Harvey (Auckland) by one fall, S. Todd (Canterbury) beat O. Farnham (Wanganui) by one fall. Nolan beat Todd by one fall. Harvey beat Farnham. Nolan retained his title and Todd beat Harvey in a bout to decide the runner-up. 1 Feather-weight.—J. Head (Wanganui) beat R. W. Hutcheson (Wellington) on points. J. F. Genet (Canterbury) beat N. Thomson (Otago) on points, Hutcheson beat Thomson dv one fall. Genet beat Head by one fall. Final: Genet beat Hutcheson. Genet retained the title. Light-weight— L. Vare (Wanganui) beat R. Alinnis (Wellington) by one fall, F. Keach (Otago) beat L. J. Genet (Canterbury) by one fall, Minnis beat Ball (Auckland) on points. Keach beat Vare by one fall, Vare beat Ball by one fall, Minnis beat Genet by one fall. Keach took the title. Vare being runner-up. Middle-weight.—J. Aspiu (Auckland) beat D. Cudby (Wellington) by one fall, A. McGregor (Southland) beat G. Terry (Otago) by one fall, H. R. Godfrey (Wanganui) beat A. K. Asher (Canterbury) by one fall. Aspin beat McGregor by one fall. Asher beat Terry by one fall, Godfrey beat Cudby by one fall, Asher beat Aspin on points. Final: Godfrey beat Aspin. Welter-weight.—V. Thomas (Wellington) beat J. Podjursky (Wanganui) by one fall, J. Howard (Christchurch) beat R. Sutton (Southland) by one fall. A. Idour. (Otago) beat H. Duckworth (Gisborne), the latter retiring hurt; Thomas beat A. Nicol (Auckland) by one fall. Howard beat Podjursky, the latter retiring hurt; Idour beat Sutton by one fall. Thomas beat Howard by one fall, Idour beat Nicol by one fall. Final: Thomas beat Idour. In a bout to decide the runner-up. Idour outpointed Howard Light-heavy-weight.—T. Anderson (Wellington) beat T. Fahey (Canterbury) by ono fall, Fahey beat S. Kemp (Auckland) by one fall. Final: Anderson beat Kemp. Heavy-weight.—J. H. Dryden (Wellington) heat W. Norton (Auckland) on points, Dryden beat C. J. Pullar (Canterbury) by one fall. Dryden retained the title and Norton was runner-up.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23148, 21 September 1938, Page 13
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