COX DISPLEASES.
WITH ROUGH TACTICS.
DRAW WITH KIRILENKO. POLICE INTERVENE IN FIGHT. [liy Telegraph. —Press Association J HAMILTON, July 30. A professional wrestling contest held in Hamilton last night between Matros Kirilenko, 10.0, and King Kong Cox, 17.6, ended ih a draw, each man securing a fall. There was a large attendance, but the bout -was disappointing. Cox displeased the crowd with his rough tactics, which included hairpulling and punching. He was counted out several time, and when he was hooted ho jeered at the audience. Kirilenko obtained a fall in tho fourth" round with a body press, following hcadlocks and elbow jolts. Cos equalised in the eighth with a body press after elbow jolts and a dump, The two men were fighting at the fin ish and the polico intervened. Mr. VV", Shnttoek referred the bout.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20073, 30 July 1937, Page 3
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