STERLING WRESTLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 165, 15 July 1930, Page 13

STERLING WRESTLING.

ALLEY DEFEATS McDQUGAL.

CANADIAN'S BLUNDER,

SECOND STRUCK OUTSIDE ROPES

At his first New Zealand appearance

this year Mormon Tom Alley (America) (I defeated Scotty McDougal (Canada) by a single fall in the Town Hall last evening. The contest was a eterling one— the best ever seen in Auckland, according to many of the big crowd of spectators —but it was marred to some extent by , a display of temper by McDougal, who | so far forgot himself as to strike one of

| his opponent's seconds. i lit rie\v of tlie fact that Alley had insisted on McDougal making - weight, much against his will, it was expected that the men would provide something more than usually thrilling and such

proved the case. McDougal was under

! a £.")0 penalty to make 14st and he came ; in at 13.13, a weight that gave him a j 101b advantage over Alley. Excitement J came in the opening round, and from [ then onwards there was plenty of it as ' first one man and then the other would go within an ace of registering a fall. McDougal was all out to make the Mormon lose his temper, and there was occasions wlien the men, particularly McDougal, showed all they knew in the way of rough-house titbits. However, although the Canadian landed a couple of times with solid punches, there was nothing of a really serious nature until the seventh round when the regrettable incident referred to in the opening paragraph occurred. Hall In an Uproar. With only a minute to go before the bell, McDougal bustled Alley through , the ropes and did not attempt to dis- | guise the fact that he was trying to j push him oif the staging on to the main j floor of the hall. Seeing the danger of j serious injury to one or other of the ■ men, four of the seconds and a couple j I of attendants rushed over to separate j them. This outside interference seemed j to infuriate McDougal, and for a few : seconds he appeared to have completely lost his head. Referee and seconds heaved and tugged, but the hefty j Scottish-Canadian seemed intent on i carrying on the battle outside the ropes. | Spectators got to their feet and the j hall was in an uproar, which subsided i when McDougal was pulled away. It seemed that the excitement was over, i but McDougal then got almost the whole of the house up against him by striking Len Xaylor, a well-known local amateur, on the mouth. The force of the blowwas sufficient to send Navlor reeling against the ropes and draw blood, but he straightened up immediately. Naylor had rushed to help prise the men apart when they were in danger of overtoppliiig and apparently had annoyed the irate Scottish-Canadian. The blow brought hoots from every part of the house. The bell for the end of the round came immediately after this unfortunate incident, and during the spell McDougal was "counted out" from the gallery. Alley's Quick Fall. With no fall to either man at the start of the eighth and final round a draw looked likely, but in quick time ■ Alley got a splits holds and won deafen- 1 ing applause when he took a fall and 1 the match with the help of a body press. As far as the actual wrestling was concerned, there were too many holds applied to allow for a detailed account of every round. Both men stripped in ' excellent condition, although McDougal : looked as if his weight-reducing had 1 taken something out of him. There was ' action from the start, with both men ' giving of their best. Alley showed re- * markable agility, both on "his feet and 1 when on the mat, although it was Mc- 1 Dougal who delighted in the iirst round < with a neat foot trip. Well on throu° , h ' the round McDougal put Alley down ' with a waist hold and quickly got a body ' scissors. Alley replied with a reverse 1 wrist lock, and a great duel ensued, first 1 McDougal almost getting a fall with 1 his body scissors, and then Alley all ? but putting the Canadian's shoulders on 1 the mat with his wrist hold. The house ( cheered wildly when eventually both men got_ free. McDougal tried to ruffle ? Alley with an open-handed smack to i the face, but the effort failed. "1

Merry Mauling. There was some merry mauling in the second. When McDougal roughed Alley's face, the Morman let fly with his fist to the ribs, and this got the Canadian pulling wild faces. A reverse wristlock by McDougal was followed by a. short arm scissors by Alley. N(ar the bell, McDougal tossed his man about with headlocks, and Alley was glad to go under the ropes. McDougal followed him, and was hooted. Alley did the heavier scoring in the third, on one occasion rolling his opponent round the ring with a double arm scissors behind the head. McDougal again threw his man about with he~adlocks in the fourth, but Alley was not troubled and almost got a fall with a single arm scissors. In the fifth round McDougal thudded a fist into Alley's ribs, and the referee (Mr. Len Wilson) warned him. A fierce mix-up in a neutral corner followed, both men using their elbows. Meanwhile the crowd cheered lustily. A short arm scissors nearly put McDousral's shoulders to the mat. A left-handed punch to the solar plexus had the crowd hooting McDougal, who, however, held Alley in a split's hold for the last two minutes of the round. A single arm scissors held McDougal quiet opening the sixth, but McDougal later flung the Morman hard with a reverse wristlock. Both men delighted in uing their boots on each other's face, and the crowd roared. There was a lively start to the seventh round, MDoujral throwing Allev four times with headlocks. Each time the Canadian rushed in for his hold Alley attempted to bring his head into I I play, but the butting did not trouble I Scotty. Once, when McDougal was on his back and keeping Alley off with his feet, the American dropped neatly to the mat and brought his own feet into play. For almost a minute the pair went at each other with their feet, for all the world like a couple of boxing ponies. A kick in the groin incapacitated McDougal for a minute, and when they got going again the sensational incident involving Naylor occurred. Then in the last round Alley got the win with a splits and press. As McDougal left the ring, he was booed by a setion of the house, but he only grinned. The Amateurs. S. Brewer, S.l, beat L. Clark, S.Oi, by one fall, scored with a body press in the first round.

K. Elliott, 12.6, beat J. Simpson, 11.9, Elliott made an excellent impression. A wrist lock got him a submission fall in the first round, and Simpson was unable to continue. Bahu, 9.0, beat H. Brewer.'9.ll. Eabu did all the work in the first two round?, and scored a fall with a press in the third.