UNUSUAL ENDING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 207, 2 August 1937, Page 12

UNUSUAL ENDING.

REFEREE DISABLED FOR TIME. Pea- Press Association. AUCKLAND, Aug. 1. There was an unusual ending to a professional wrestling contest staged at the Town Hall between Marin Plestina and Frank Judson, both of America. In the seventh round prior to which each man had secured a fall Judson w/is fastened in a. wristlock, and m an effort to break clear he hurled himself in the air at the same time kicking out with both feet. The referee who was standing nearby received the full force of the kick in the abdomen and he reeled backwards into a corner where lie was huddled up against the ropes. , Meantime Judson had pounced on top of Plestina whose shoulders rested on the mat far in excess of the regulation three seconds. The referee, however took some time to recover, and when he did so he discovered that Plestina had Judson pinned with a body press and he awarded a fall which gave Plestina the match. The spectators took strong exception to the decision on account of the fact that Judson should actually have won tho deciding fall. The first fall was obtained by Plestina who slammed Ins opponent twice successively before finalising with a body press. Judson drew level in the fifth round. He bounced off the ropes, and although lie did not connect properly with a living body scissors, he was able to take 1 lestina to the mat and gam a fall with a body press.