WRESTLING
COLOSSUS DOWNED THE WORLD’S TITLE. NEW YORK, Feb. 2. Skill won against superior strength, when Joe Stecher (world’s champion wrestler), pinned to the mat Ivan Poddubny, the Russian colossus, in one hour 40 minutes. The champion weighed 15.2, and challenged 17.12. AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP McMURDO BEATS SUNNI SYDNEY, Feb. 15. In a match for the heavy-weight wrestling championship of Australia at Broken Hill, McMurdo (Melbourne) defeated Sunni (New Zealand) by one fall in the sixth rorjid.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19513, 16 February 1926, Page 4
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76WRESTLING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19513, 16 February 1926, Page 4
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