STEELE AGAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 300, 20 December 1938, Page 17

STEELE AGAIN.

WRESTLER'S WOES, "what can a MAN DO?" JONATHAN—AND THE REFEREE Three men in a boat can get into a lot of trouble—if anyone remembers the lighter literature of 20 years back—but three men in a wrestling ring spells' a good deal more trouble. Ask Brother Jonathan! Glowering behind his whiskers in the Town Hall last night the 18-stone 3f6rmon admitted that things. were a little too tough for him. Give him a snake any time, but- keep your referees—he doesn't want any part of them. Life is a trial and a tribulation when they, are about. Give a man a gentle little "slosh" in the chewing region—and they butt in! .Lie an arm or a leg round th£ windpipe, just to save your opponent the trouble, of breathing and there is the third man again. Heck! They even stop your kicking a man where the dinner-time steak rests! Brother Jonathan looked pleadingly at the referee. Mr. J. McLean: "What can a man do? lie asked. Steele Got There. B ay Steele, Australasian champion this past fortnight, didn't ask questions. He did tilings.. The referee spoke to him about some things, too, but because of the other things—including his wrestling—he named Steele the winner on points, with the falls one each. ! When he wasn't trying the things a ! man can t do—and get away with itJonathan joined Steele in a nice display of scientific countering. Steele was not at his peak form, but in the later rounds he showed enough to earn the deciding points. "Rile Jonathan" seemed to be Steele's line of campaign in the first, and it worked. In the latter, moments Air. .Al. , can AVas . kept busy stopping strangles and other odds and ends. He got tied up i himself in one encounter with the constants. Ihe crowd liked that, and, like Oliver iwjst, asked for more. i X'hey got it. After standing a little more strangling, Steele took a ,handful of those tempting whiskers and then went in i with jolts, '"That settles it" indicated t •/onat.ian. He wound himself up for a hay-maker knock-out. hit emptv air—and then the mat. The crowd liked that, too. It was just after that that he made his plea (to the referee—and then tried a few more strangles. Jonathan In Action. Up to the fourth Jonathan was doing most of the point collecting, bu-t he craved action. He tried it out with a barrage of jolts, liked the situation, and opened out . . . or rather closed in. Seizing Steele's hair with -the left h.ind, he brought his "fcht list into play -\vitli downward drive. \\Jiain! A sccond time he did it. Steele started to lo*?e interest. Up he went in the air and down in a dump. Again— and .Mr. McLean was beating out a fall to Mr. Jonathan.

That was where Steele -began, though •Jonathan was still claiming his just share of the hold taking . . . and. in the sixth, more than his share. It looked like the Fourth over again. Steele was down in cad locks to start it. and then under jolts. Ihe hair—and the downward blows, with Steele in. trouble. "Xo,, punching" warned the referee, and Steele took his momentary chance. He dived. down, grabbed Jonathan s right ankle, and spun quickly to get leverage on an \ inside step-over 'toehold. I here was no doubt about that. Jonathan submitted.* \

Fiom there on Steele wns on top. thoufch he suffered in the process. Matters. Warmed when Steele received a kick at

the Plimsbll -line..- He lay on the mat wliile Jonathan -was lectured and, for. a moment or two. under some heavy groundwork -by Jonathanbut; when he came. up : he grasped "those' firmly and twace heaved.the IS-stonerio'ut of the ropes. It.-looked like justice—but Steele's ears were in trouble, and then his minute-later# as Jonathan let himself go.Twice • again; though -?Steele • grabbed ;vfd'r.| ' thafc step-'orer'toe-hblflj was twice kicked : off, and was.still. trying- for it atjthe gong. The decision.was'Ms, : ori points. The Preliminaries. K. Kenneth, 14.6, drew with F. Irving. 13.8. in the professional preliminary. Irving made a good showing against a heavier and better equipped man. ' 'Messrs. G. Heald, and C. Browne judged the amateurs, *\fr.' F: Murphy -'acting as referee.--%'.£•.£•;r ■■ >*' ><£>: Sigbvy S. 10; beat T. Moore, 8.10, by one fall in-three minutes. ." G:: Hammond, 8.8. beat K. Shaw, 5.4, on points.Both 'offended with -breaches of the Olympic/rules, but they gave a close, bright display. 'V£ - /'• v v: . M. Sewell, 10.0, beat D. McLeod, 10.4, on points. . r i,{