SPIRITED WRESTLING
DRAW AT CHRISTCHURCH KATAN AND CORBETT [ Per Press Association. ] CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 14. John Katan (16st. 101 b.) drew with Joe Cbrbett (16st. 101 b.) in a spirited bout this evening. Katan took a fall in the sixth round with a toe-hold and press after he had made Corbett groggy with a few “pile-drivers,” and Corbett took the equalising fall in the eighth round by pinning Katan in a cradle-hold after a series of stomach throws.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 191, 15 August 1940, Page 6
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