WRESTLING.
UNPOPULAR WIN.. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Monday. A return wrestling match between John Kilonis (Greece) and Pat McCarthy (Canada), to-night resulted in a win for Kilonis by two falls to one. The Town Hall was crowded. Kilonis again made himself very unpopular by adopting rough and illegal tactics, frequently necessitating the intervention of the referee. There was an angry demonstration in the sixth round, when Kilonis thumped McCarthy’s head several times heavily on the boards outside the ropes. The referee ordered Kilonis back into the" ring, Kilonis replying by catching the referee, Mr L. Wilson, by the shirtfront and ripping it right down the front, ’The crowd surged round the ring, and when McCarthy reentered, the referee held up McCarthy's hand and the crowd cheered wildly in delight, thinking Kilonis had been disqualified. However, the referee merely awarded a penalty fall to McCarthy.
Kilonis had previously obtained the “BiMon Crab” hdld )in the fifth round and secured the deciding fall in the eighth round with an arm lock. There was a prolonged burst of hooting at the close, when Kilonis was declared the winner, and McCarthy was cheered to the echo.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 December 1928, Page 5
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