WRESTLING
WIN ON PENALTY FALL (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH. Aug. 18. Jaget Singh beat Jos Corbett by $ penalty fall in a professional wrestling bout to-night. The penalty fall was in the seventh round, when Corbett broke out of an Indian deathlock by punching Singh with his clenched fist. Before that the men were equal with an Indian deathlock fall for Singh and a body press fall after flying tackles for Corbett. Corbett hotly disputed the decision to give Singh a penalty fall.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24685, 14 August 1941, Page 11
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