WRESTLING

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21582, 19 September 1935, Page 9

WRESTLING

MCCREADY BEATS •CATALINO AMATEttfc CHAMPIONSHIPS DECIDED Ear 1 McCready, of Canada, beat Tony Cataiino, of Italy, in a professional wrestling match held in St. James' Theatre last night. McCready, although he won by one fall to nil, wrestled disappointingly, and it was left for Catelino to make the pace. McCready did not appear to "be in danger at any Stage of losing his proud record this Season—nearly 25 matches won without a fall registered against him. There was a large attendance. Before the professional .match the finals._©f the Canterbury amateur championships were decided. The referee for the amateur bouts was Mr A. P. Craig and for the professional match Mr J. S s Shaw. ' The results of the amateur championship bouts were as follows: Bantam-weigtt S. Manger (Bst Sib) beat Percy Chew Lee <Bst 41b) oil points in a dull bout. Featherweight

J. P. Genet <Bst 111b) beat S. Todd <9st 31b). (Todd retired at the end of the first round when an old wound on his elbow Was reopened. Middle-weight

F. E. Pops (list 31b) beat W. Mitchell (lOst lOlb) by one fall. tope was tho stronger and used Ms advantage in weight well. V. L. Thomas (lOst 61b) beat C. V. Hartley (lOst 131b) by one fall in a nonchampionship bout. After tha amateur contests the trophies were presented by Mr P. E. Climie, president of the Canterbury Wrestling Association. A trophy presented by Mr E. Patience, of Wellington, for the most Scientific amateur, was won by Thomas. Professional Content

McCready's weight waß given as tCst Blb and Oatalino's as 15st 61b. McCready shook Catalino with a fierce head scissors Boon after the start, but the Italian jerked out and forced a hectic pace, with side chanceries. McCready crashed and spun but endured the strain, and counter-attacked With a hammerlook. Catalino wriggled out of the ring. McCready attacked again, using a fierce body scissors. Catalino was trapped for two minutes, but broke free as the goufc ended the round. Catalino worked In close-from the referee * hold in the second, and slammed McCready with a reverse wristlock. He concentrated on McCready's right arm, trying to weaken « with wristlocks, arm strangles, and short-arm Scissors. McCready grimly resisted Until he caught Catalino off- balance and applied a cruel standing splits. Catalino finally spun free brilliantly and, incensed by the crowd's laughter when he yiesed a dropkick, he rushed In swinging a heavy tight Catalino won the round by a very Wide inarijin, endiu.'r it with a rapid succession of side chancery throws. ' MoCready tried to concentrate on Catalino'B less in the third, but Catalino was more than willing to mis it, and, apart from momentarily falling into a hammorlock trap. continued to strain at MoCready's right arm with wristloeks and short-arm scissors. One of the latter whitened McCready's hand and fore-arm. Catalino was over-eager to attack the weakened arm and was brilliantly slammed by a flying head scissors to obtain which McCready threw himself five feet in the air. Catalino jerked- free before the round ended. ( . ... There were few Bolid holds until half-way through the fourth, when McCready completed a Japanese leg lock. Catalino was wracked, but crawled out of the ring to Bavo Like a flash McCready hurled him self in consecutive flying tackles, but Catalino stood them well. It was McCready s The fifth round opened with Catalino using elbow punches, hut McCready retaliated in kind. Catalino employed many of the better known showmanship resources but mixed in some good arm and wristloeks. McCready punished Catalino early in the Sixth with a body scissorß. Catalino tossed McCreudv with two forward chanceries and landed With a drop-kick, but missed a second. Catalino tried illegal punching, but that annoyed McCready. who tossed Catalino from corner to corner of the ring. Then ho held CataJino. in a "fockme-horse" splits. The- seventh had scarcely begun when Catalino dumped McCready with halch. throws. McCready suddenly caught data- I lino as ho tried for another dump and took , a quick submission fall with a hold cnUed "the octopus death lock," in Which Mc« i Cready specialises. , ... PWinir tnckleß by McCready were the highdictated the terms of work on the mat.