WRESTLING TITLE
ANDERSON (HOLDER) BEATEN OPPONENT WEIGHS list 21b, Per Press Association. PALMERSTON N., October 12. The heavyweight wrestling title of New Zealand changed hands to-night, when Isaac Robin (Hawke’s Bay), list 81b, defeated the -holder, Alexander Andemon (Palmerston North), lost 101 b. Andersen looked insignificant beside hie huge opponent, and had no chance on account of the differenoe in weights, Anderson cleverly eluded the big man’s holds, bnt succumbed to a test of strength on the mat. Robin secured the first fall in 6 minutes, and the second fall in 9 minutes id seconds. In the amateur lightweight bouts, McDonald (Turakina) defeated Kara (Hawke's Bay), securing three falls, and Davidson (Wnipawa) defeated Dixon (Turakina), securing one fall in five bouts.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11649, 13 October 1923, Page 10
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121WRESTLING TITLE New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11649, 13 October 1923, Page 10
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