STRANGLER LEWIS BITES
WORLD TITLE LOST ON FOUL.
FRENCHMAN GIVEN DECISION.
Strangler Lewis lost the world’s heavyweight wrestling title because he bit his French opponent, Jlenri Deglare. A huge crowd' saw Lewis apply three crushing headlocks. The Frenchman turned the tables with a flying mare and secured a fall. Lewis later secured a fall, but Deglare displayed a bleeding arm with teeth marks on it, and was awarded the match and the title On a foul.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1931, Page 7
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76STRANGLER LEWIS BITES Taranaki Daily News, 6 May 1931, Page 7
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