WRESTLING.
HUGE MAORI DEFEATS HOLDER. PALMERSTON X.. This Day. The heavyweight wrestling championship of New Zealand changed hands at Palmerston North last night, when Isaac Robin (Hawke’s Bay) 17st. 21b-, beat Alexander Anderson (Palmerston North) lOst. 101 b. Anderson had no chance against his huge opponent, though he managed to cleverly evade his holds. The test of strength on the mat, however, proved decisive, as Robin, secured the first fall in six minutes and the second in 9min. lOsec.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1415, 13 October 1923, Page 4
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79WRESTLING. Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1415, 13 October 1923, Page 4
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