DISGRACEFUL WRESTLING
REFEREE ATTACKED AND FLUNG FROM RING FOULLY-CONTESTED BOUT Rec. 10.30 a.m. MELBOURNE, Today. There was a disgraceful exhibition of wrestling at the Stadium, when Joe Zikmund, an American, attacked referee Bridges and threw him out of the ring. The referee hurried back and
crowned the other wrestler, Jim Browning, who also is an American, whereupon Zi k - rnund rushed the referee again, but was promptly attacked by Browning, who secured a stranglehold. The "referee gave help, and hostilities then ceased, f The bout? from the beginning was
a series of uppercuts, thumb and knuckle gouging, and nose and ear pulling. Both men were in a bad way when they left the ring. SPORT IN SOUTH AFRICA
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE DECIDED
Australian and N.Z. Press Association Kecd. 9 a.m. CAPETOWN, Sunday. The Transvaal Sporting- Club is tentatively promoting a middle-weight world’s wrestling championship on November 2 between Miller, holder of the title, and either Irslinger or Sherman. Babe Herman and Mickey Doyle will meet at Johannesburg on October 3 9 in a 12-round light-weight boxing contest. The winner will meet 'Willie Smith on November 16.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 793, 14 October 1929, Page 9
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