WRESTLING
BOUT AT NEW PLYMOUTH DAVIS BEATS BLOMFIELD I Per Press Association. ] NEW PLYMOUTH, Nov. 22. "Wee Willie” Davis snatched victory from "Lofty” Blomfleld by two falls te one on Saturday before a packed house. The forcing tactics of Blomfleld were his undoing. At the end of the aout Davis brought his knee into BfpniheJd's chin and followed the advamagc with a press to gain .he decissve fall. It was good exciting wresilmg. WALKER'S GUILE j PRIZE-FIGHTING TACTICS BAUMAN KNOCKED OUT [ Per Press Association! WELLINGTON, Nov. 22. Guile gave George Walker the deciding fall of a wrestling match with the German George Bauman at the Wellington Show Stadium on Saturday night. , The grapplers had one fall each when they entered the ring for the sixth round. Bauman took the offensive with prize-lighting tactics and after receiving a particularly lusty buffet Walker climbed out of the ring as if unwilling to continue. While the referee was counting him out Walker dived head first over the ropes, butting Bauman in the face and knocking him out. BOUTS AT SYDNEY WIN FOR MIKE Mc(.ILL Received Nov. 22, 7.5 p.m. SYDNEY, Nov. 22. Wrestling at Sydney Stadium Mike McGill outpointed the Italian Tony Lamaro. At Leichhardt Glen Wade backslammed and defeated Joe Dawson, who was unable to continue.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 23 November 1936, Page 4
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