WRESTLING
MANGOFF DEFEATS GUNKEL PA AUCKLAND, Apl. 17. Replacing Lofty Blomfield, who is suffering from an ear infection, Ray Gunkel (United States) was defeated by two falls to one by Pete Mangoff (United States) in the Auckland Wrestling Association’s first carnival for the 1949 season. Mangoff secured his first fall in the third round, when he applied a figure four body scissors and a body press. In the fifth round Gunkel evened falls with’ a body press, which followed a series of flying tackles and a dropkick. Mangoff took the final fall with a dump and body press in the seventh round.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27058, 18 April 1949, Page 5
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102WRESTLING Otago Daily Times, Issue 27058, 18 April 1949, Page 5
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