WRESTLING
AMERICAN DISQUALIFIED By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, April 29. The American heavyweight, Cy Williams, ushered in the 1935 wrestling season in a somewhat spectacular manner at the Town Hall when, three seconds from the commencement of a professional bout with Sam Burmister, he feigned to shake hands but dropped his opponent with a heavy jolt to the jaw to take the first fall with a press. It was a fitting prelude to a lively, boisterous bout, which, falling short of what was desired from the point of wrestling, lacked little in illegalities and showmanship. Burmister took the equalising fall by a submission in the third round, and the bout ended in the fourth round, when Williams was disqualified for repeatedly kicking his opponent on the face and body and othp* illegal tactics. There was a poor attendance.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20095, 30 April 1935, Page 8
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137WRESTLING Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20095, 30 April 1935, Page 8
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