YES, McCREADY WON.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 243, 13 October 1936, Page 15

YES, McCREADY WON.

HE DUMPED PENCHEFF. . GEORGE DID THE WRESTLING. FIFTH ROUND END TO BOUT. When Mahomet called on the mountain to come to him it didn't, so Mahomet went to the mountain. What he did to it when he got there isn't common knowledge. But George Peneheff, 15.5, making hie first visit to Auckland since three years ago, entered the ring at the Town Hall last evening with Earl McCready, 10.12, big man of the New Zealand wrestling squad, on similar terms. Actually he. did most of the wrestling—he threw himself at MeCready; he put all .sorts of holds on him; he tried to knock bits off him in head and arm throws — but in the fifth round he buriiped his own lio;fd in a throw against the mountain and the mountain fell on hjm. It wasn't a very thrilling bout for those who knew the size of the mountain. It. was a" question as to when the mountain would' decide to fall. When it- did, it foil N very thoroughly, and there was no reed for a second time. In the meantime George Peneheff demonstrated that he is a much better wrestler than he was three years ago and lie worked -hard and neatly in applying a wide variety of j holds. Had it been a points decision he ould not have missed it. He was enter-

taining, too. • A section of the crowd thanked him very nicely for his smile when lie entered the ring, but the smile was reserved for the crowd. His wrestling mien said, definitely, "I'm tough." A few punches, a rabbit punch or two and a threatening: knee said it, and the eyes with .which he followed the referee said it, too. Their message read, "Just turn your back for a couple of minutes, Mr. John McLean, and I will show them really just how tough I can be." But Mr. McLean didn't turn his back, so PenchefF was saved the effort and gained his laugh. McCready's threat was a mute one, but the fulfilment carried no apologies. 0 Penclieff Docs It All. McCready entered the picture only as an objective during the opening stages of the bout. I'enehefT, a neat, compact athlete, made an early impression when lie arm-threw McCready twice and then, when taken in a wristlock, jumped to take a head scissors. That was exchanged, but PenchefF broke and with a leg trip applied a barred toehold. A few punches f'ddctl to his toll and he scored in popular favour with a dropkick that sent McCready down to be held in a stopper, and then a body scissors. There was excitement when McCready, thrown against the ropes, came in with a flying tackle, but Penclieff had leaped to land n foot on the back of the Canadian's neck. I'heu it was Pencheff's turn and with two I

flying tackles ho staggered McCready, but stopped a butt as he came for a third, lie held Met'ready in a headloek and tried a few punches to the back, but was against the ropes under u McCready eharge at the gong. The second was equally productive of action on the part of McCready. He was held in a wristloek, then a reverse fullnelson, was tossed, and a head scissors applied. McCready took a hand with a sitting splits, but Peneheff broke with his Kruso-Blonifield fall taker—a short arm scissors. lie showed Mc{>ead.v the sights in it, too, on a somersaulting tour of the ring, with the stopping i>lace when McCready again broke with a splits. Penciled had the last word, however, using his head as a jack under McCready's chin. McCready Gets Bite. The third brought double-sided action, with McCready scoring a few points for the home side. Three times head thrown, McCready picked Peneheff up and dumped him. let him up and then applied a hammerlock, which Peneheff broke by 'climbing the ropes. He returned with a hammerlock for McCready and then an octopus, which McCready broke after a i hard struggle. He in turn was dumped and a wristloek applied, but he broke that with Peueheff's ankles under his arm ~

pits, and the. Mail from Australia landed under the ropes.from a giant's swing. That attempt at a press was broken by the referee, and Peneheff returned favours with a toehold. "Just give me something I ean get my teeth into." suggested his manner, and he tiied McCreadv's toe, but that was coveretl with leather —so lie didn't eat it. He mishandled McCready's head instead and tried out a rabbit punch. That started a minor Donnybrook of flying jolts and punches, until the referee put the barrier of law and order between them and tile gong came. A Jump at Himself. Peneheff entered a headlock. but tipped McCready out of the ring, following up with an arm throw. He tried it again and the big Canadian jumped to a body scissors, only to be caught iti a giant's swing. He kicked that off and took Peneheff down in a headlock, threw him, and then dumped him twice. Peneheff replied with a drop kick that missed, but jumped to a body scissors, which he converted into a full-nelson. McCready broke that and returned with a toehold and then a fullnelson, was thrown, and the two were at evens in toeholds and wristlocks to the

gong. . The fatal fifth —with Peucheff breaking a splits by knuckling McCready's backbone and then turning on the spectacular. The crowd was 011 its toes as McCready was head thrown twice, butted off, and dodged a drop kick. Peneheflt missed with a flying tackle and let go another drop kick: he missed, his feet hit the ton rope and his head the mat. Ho lay still, and the mountain rumbled and poured out its strength. Peneheff was dragged to the centre of the ring, and three times he hit the mat resoundingly in dumps. The press was the final avalanche, and when

tilo gong wont for the sixth lie was still out on the mat. And so, Pepys-like, to bed. The Amateurs. S. Roberts (7.13) beat L. Taylor (7.10) with a fall from a hammerlock and head scissors in the first round. The boys made a hard battle of it, with Roberts the stroncer most of the way. K. Waugli (9.7) beat D. Tucker (9.12) in straight falls. The first was taken in the second when Tucker took cramp in the left arm, and Waugh took his sccond with a press in the third. T. Harvey (9.6) beat C. Hammond (9.0) by one fall, taken with a press in the second. They made it interesting, with quite a variety of holds and shared points h °]"° Murphy (10.6) beat R. Double (10.3) on points in a hard-fought bout. Murphy was the stronger wrestler, but they made it interesting with a variety of holds.

SAVOI/DI DISQUALIFIED. TOO LATE WITH KNOCK-OUT. ' I (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this clay. Savoldi knocked out Blomfield ivitb a diopkiek after the timekeeper's bell had terminated the seventh ronnd of a. professional heavy-weight wrestling match at the Wellington Town Hall last night. Eor this breach Srtvoldi was disqualified, and the bout awarded to Blomfield. Until tnis episode the scores stood equal at one fall each. Blomfield had pinned Savoldi within three seconds of the opening bell, when Savoldi's dropkick had missed. Savoldi had taken a fall in the fifth round with 0 successful dropkick and press.