CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
WALKER AND EKLUND DRAW. By Telegraph.— Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. A professional wrestling contest between George Walker, heavyweight champion of Canada, and Clarence Eklund, light-heavyweight chamipon of the world, drew a large crowd to the town hall to-night. The contest ended in a draw after each man had secured one fall. Eklund gained a fall with the reverse armloek in the sixth round, Walker evening matters in the next round after making his opponent groggy by thrice rushing, gripping his legs and tipping him over backwards. Eklund was the more scientific of the pair but Walkers little extra, weight and great strength equalised matters. The decisioif met with a mixed reception. Eklund and Farmer Fance will meet next Monday night for the lig^t-heavy-weight championship of the world.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 October 1929, Page 11
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