WRESTLING

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21315, 7 November 1934, Page 15

WRESTLING

KOOLMAN BEATS KEATOS

EVEN AND STRENUOUS BOUT

Anton Koolman boat Joe Ivoatos in a professional wrestling watch in the Caledonian ITall last evening. Doth wrestlers Becured a submission fall, ami Koolman was given tho decision on. points. Both men were fast and clover, and gave a display-of hard but nut spectacular wrestling. Koolman, who uus announced an tho professional light heavy-weight champion of Now Zealand, weighed ISst 41b, and Keatos 12st 61b. Koolman put pressure into a figure four arm-bar, Keatos retaliating with a head-lock. Keatos cleverly broke a leg strangle, but was caught in a punishing head-scissors. There was alow work on the mat until the and of the round. Konlos twice applied the splits early in the second round. Keatos tried a head-scissors, but Koolman bounced clear and tickled Keatos'« spine when he was trying for a figure four arm-bar. Koolman rushed Keatos and knocked him over, but was caught with a toe-hold. Early in the third round Koolman submitted to a figure four arm-bar, into which Keatos put great pressure.

Keatos had a useful short arm scissors c.-irly iu tho fourth round, but Koolman countered with a head-scissors. Koolman broke two toe-holds with face-bars and tried for a hammer-lock, but Keatos escaped to th© ropes. A leg-bar had Keatos in difficulty, and he broke it, to be caught with an arm-stretch. There was some fast work on the mat just before the gong. Early in the fifth round Koolman had a standing splits, but lost it, and was caught with n head-lock. Koolman dug his knees into Keatos's back and then managed to escape under the ropes. Koolman clapped on a liead-scissors and then put pressure into a figure four arm-bar. broke the hold just before the gong. Koolman clapped on a full nelson, but could not hold it. Koolman put on another full nelson and began to drag Keatos up, but the latter submitted. Keatos twice went down to wild charges by Koolman, and was punished with figure four arm-bars. Keatos put pressure into a toe hold. Koolman dumped Keatos hard with a cratch hold early in the last round. After' an exchange of slaps, Keatos was thrown with a head-lock and Koolman just missed a fall with a body press. Koolman put pressure into a toe-hold which Keatos c trove to break with a face-bar. Keatos broke clear at the gong. Mr A. Craig was the referee. Amateur Bouts Amateur bouts decided before the professional match resulted as follows: — W. Mitchell (lOst 71b) beat V. Thomas (lOst 31b) by one fall to none. Mitchell dumped Thomas hard in the first round but could not get a fall. Mitchell pinned Thomas with a body press early in the last round. It was an oven bout. S. Voice (list 41b) drew with L. McEwen (list 31b). [ The first round was lively. Both used I head and body-scissors, toe-holds, and headlocks, but there was no fall. Voice was caught in ft punishing body-scissora at the end of tho second sound. Both were last wrestlers. « J. Genet <9st 31b) beat S. Todd (9»t 21b) by one fall to none. Genet pinned Todd for a fall with a body press in the second round. T. JPahey (list 111b) drew with. K. Asher (12st 51b). In the first round Fahey gained a submission fall with a leg strangle. Asher secured a fall in the second round with a bodypress after 1 a dump. Mr g. ghatr yrm fha jN&cae,