WRESTLING
WALKER BEATS RUMBERG By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, October 20. Out-generalled by a cleverer opponent, Hal Rumberg was beaten by George Walker in the final match of the Auckland Wrestling Association's season. Walker taking the decision by two falls to one in a mediocre exhibition. Walker gained the first fall in the fourth round, catching his opponent unawares after the latter had exploited a series of headlocks, with a back loop slam. Rumberg evened in the fifth with a dump and the contest ended in the seventh, when Walker, after being thrown round the ring by headlocks, bounced off the ropes to catch the American and throw him for the deciding fall.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19626, 21 October 1933, Page 21
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112WRESTLING Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19626, 21 October 1933, Page 21
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