"STRANGLER" LEWIS.

Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 20076, 3 August 1937, Page 3

"STRANGLER" LEWIS.

PROVES GREAT WRESTLER. DEFEATS FLOYD MARSHALL. IN SPECTACULAR BOUT. [Uy Telegraph.—Press Association] AUCJ.IL.AiSD, Aug. 3. Ed ("Strangler") Lewis, live times holder of the world's wrestling championship, made his initial appearance in Auckland last night, when he defeated Floyd Marshall in the fifth round. Having previously withstood a good deal of forearm jolting, Lewis suddenly released his energy in lflce respect, and sent his opponent reeling into a corner with a scries of heavy jolts under the heart, placing full arm and shoulder power into such attack. Marshall was then thrown herfvily several times with headlocks, Lewis varying with more solid jolting. He rolled Marshall over with another headlock to win a fall.

The former champion bowed his acknowledgments to the crowd, among a section of whom he was not over-popu-lar, and pennies and crumpled programmes were hurled in his direction. Meanwhile Marshall lay on the mat, and he was eveiiTually assisted to his corner by his seconds, at the same time holding" his chest in the region of the heart. He was unable to continue when the gong sounded for tho opening of the sixth round, and Lewis was" declared the winner.

ANOTHER ROUGH BOUT.

COX AND McCKEADY.

[By Telegraph.—Press Association] WELLINGTON, Aug. 3.

"King Kong" Cox again drew with Earl McCready last night, the bout going to eight rounds without a fall. Although the referee, Mr. A. Jenkins, judged the points to be equal, Cox set the pace throughout, not giving McCready a moment's respite. He took a good deal of punishment without any apparent ill-effects, and repeatedly had McCready in difficulties. The bout was a rough one, with much fisticuffs.