WRESTLING

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 219, 16 September 1930, Page 15

WRESTLING

ITONY STECHER'S . DEBUT.

I * drawn match with J . McDOUQAL..

LIVELY :SHOtVING

' At his first; New" Zealand; appearance: jn r : the. Town. Hall last evening, Tony ■Steelier, elder brother of. the former heavy-weight champion ' of 'the: world..; found that he was unable, to concede Scbtty':*lcDoiigal a big. weight advantage and; beat him. At one stage is/Jookedas if the heavier Scottish Canadian would win" but Steelier equalised the falls, . and as''neither man • was able to • make • the. s ; core 24-1, the. referee declared the match a draw. A ■ feature of the, bout, which ' was staged by the Auckland Ex-Service- . mens Union, was the vigorous' tumbling tlmt took" place in every round. 'It was wood entertainment all .through; and-the h'oufee seemed' well ; satisfied, although; there was some' hooting when a draw was announced. . \ Largely as the result of - his, claim that he had had five hundred matches without a single defeat, Steelier was' the centre',of interest. It was believed that the Bohemian was almost as clever, with his.'legs .as his more .famous brother, but against McDougal he-by no means con-, centra ted on scissor liolds ; , The newcomer proved -.himself a clever wrestler,' very'light on .Ids. feet,, and as , cool as. fhe- proverbial cucumber. ! Several timefe he set .out to annoy; his biggei; opponent and was more., or less successful, : ' Dougal manner-of ,faces -and muttering l|3rd words under .his breath. .Against a' man his ;pwn weight, Stecher would take a power of beating. Nearly Two Stone Heavier. 1 Steelier -weighed in at 12.7' and McDoiigal -at 14.2. . !McDouga,l" opened .the proceedings .with. a headlock, but Mas soon put to the mat with, a- rc\erse double wristlock. \\>en v-'McDoiigai: secured a good waistlock Steelier pushed him down by the facc and thereby incurred the Scot's wratli.. For half a hiiiiutc 1 McDougal ga.ve the impression that lie < was ill a real fury, and the crowd yelled < as Stecher Avas put through "the' ropes. Stecher- came back smiling and threw his" opponent's head'back with i eVcrsc headMcDougal neatly dropped to the inat and tripped the Bohemian with iis:{]egs. vMcDougal had a short . arm ..geissors at the gong. ;

; f : - k . : ' ••' • -v*-. .• ** \ ■. ; * • . i j Both applied heafllocks to, open., round two,- and then'". Steelier bnstle'd McDougal half-way through . the. ropes, • the , (Mr. C.'Toilai-d)- intervening.' Stech'er/s habit df-placing .one haiid on<McDougal's head annoyed the Scot. and' lie pulled . further.faces. iL.-revefse : then an arm; bar,had- Stecher in .trouble, but- he eseapediand hurt McDougal "with headlocksl. • ';• ' There was 4 a • bright' ' ttr¥.fet : VA.ffet>:.throwiog his. opponent's. ' v head', back , sharply four times' a with reverse lieadlocks Steelier leapt into/the air.;;t,6 . secufe a . body, 'scissors;. *P6r>; a* time.'Stecher. had all the best of 'the £?H*g "and: ;i-Mc;Dougal. appeared; to .be .hut, the Scot suddenly caine to life : to-seeiire a headlock. The crowd : treated to something new in the -way of S^llery. play when McDougal went ' rou g] l the. ropes and Stecher jumped-on %tlie".back of the referee. Agaiif. Steelier, with'a .sjenes.^of reverse, head' lWks,Jijid agaiii .M(iDo.ugal looked groggy, - , revived in - startiing faghipn »n<l. dumped, his- man with a cr.ptch' hoid. : >"• "pPougal kicked free from a' dbuble arm tried to get .a fail with a crotch' Kold -near the end of'the round. •. McDougal made . the it" - the, start of- round '■> four, but lieadlocks soon.had.hjm swaying about asiif>grbggy ; and. the crowd hooted. For a'few seconds • :, the referee was;kept busy with the double ' Jobof hbldiiig iupthe ropes for.. McDougal ■ toYcrawl back into'the ring, and keeping dancing .Stecher. out of .tliti; way. A short" arm scissors allowed McDougal to take charge for a minute and a s ... half. / f : Eater-, McDougal' twice v 'put "his fflanwthrough the- ropes witlr. throws' from f reverse' headlocks, but • Steelier.'gave ;a hot time with a varied head " the gong." V* •/■ First Fall,to McDougal . ....... opened the fifth .round'in ; fashion by.putting .his roan W and grinding his palm into his ; face. Heathen• put . him oiitsidc the ropes ' a . of times before picking .up, above Mislead and dumping him. hard to take < ; fall with a body press. , , i '■A short-arm scissors had- McDougal trussed -up for two minutes early in . % six. Later, when kneeling down, McDougal used-his elbows into, his oppojP en t*B. face, and the Bohemian replied by striking downward with his hands, but, took,care.not to land on the, back 3 opponent's neck. A word .'from the;referee-put an. end to the fun,, but v. the,official,had to speak to McDougal agarn, -.well., on, through ; the round. • man all over the ring "with .reverse" headlocks to.open round seven, and then leapt up and secured a figure four scissors round the waist, from, which position ho did his beat toT , ® c °t'B head off his . shoulders. « but Stecher repeated e* trick, and when they went to the Mat Stecher held his scissor hold and got-a submission fall. ; f: a PE?%inglall in at,the; start ; of round, McDougal got another •hprt-arm scissors and held it for ! two 4 ' McDoHgai 7 threw the ; ~v.^?® n a ; flying, mare and-put ■lou^' IS ' °PP9 n e"t's head: as. the; • ' e Si-it, the mat. There .was . some , - e - - ewor^cs ; the finish," but nei- j:

THE: AMATEURS.

j*.* L. Pickering (9.131) beat L. Ball (9.7). •This was a bright /bout while it lasted. •After a vigorous opening Pickering nailed his opponent with a headlock. A body scissors and press gave Pickering another fall in the second round. P. Baker (10.9) beat B. White (10.6). The first and second rounds were even, /but in the third Baker won a submission fall With a hanimerlock. ?; F. Munce (10.10) beat. ,W. Hyatt; (10.12). . A fall, to Munce with a body press in the first round was the only one of the bout. -J. Simpson (11.9) beat . W. .Towett (12.2). Simpson scored a fall in the first round,with a cradle.hold, and'another in the second with a reverse headlock. ' '