WRESTLING

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25546, 14 July 1948, Page 6

WRESTLING

PAZANDAK BEATS CLAYBOURNE Joe Pazandak beat Jack claybourne !a a professional wrestling exhibition in the Civic Theatre last evening, but it was not a victory of which such a very renowned performer as Pazandak could have Mt’ satisfied. The spectators, certainly, did not appreciate it to any marked extent Pazandak obtained a fall at the start ttf the fourth round, and Claybourne obtained one when the fifth round was only seconds old. In the sixth round, Claybourne fell on his head, and was unable to continue. It was all very unfortunate particularly for the spectators. . There was little between the men, al* though Claybourne’s gown was perhapl a trifle more splendid. He retained usual good humour throughout the bout and was a popular favourite. The start of the bout was as conventional as the opening of a game of chess, but in the second round, after Claybourne had been at work on his opponent’s ears, Pazandak came in with a face like a thundercloud, and in spite of the fact that the introductions were barely over, threatened violence. When Claybourne escaped from one of PazandakY more telling grips, Pazandak was guilty of one of the worst of wrestling cliches—he stared unbelievingly at his hands, thea trotted off to the ropes to wipe them dqh The cheers which greeted Claybourne'i first drop-kick were of such volume as to suggest that Canterbury had just won th# Ranfurly Shield with a last minute potted goal. In the third round, there was soma boxing by Claybourne, which appeared to annoy Pazandak somewhat. Claybouma. bubbling with' laughter—as well he might —perched himself on the top of a corner post, while Fazandak, almost tearful with what had to be taken as rage, stormed and raged beneath. When they did come to grips, Pazandak lost his balance with the monotony of a racegoer and Cisvbourne indulged in more of his whimsy. Completely out of sorts, Pazandak moved in like a deep depression from the north Tasman sea, but found conditions which did little to soothe his feelings. Clay-' bourne at one stage was in the first post-, tion for the flying mare, but Pazandak. judging by the effort needed to get him 1 off the floor, might have been a Mount- ' park hatch. There were words in the fourth round, J and Pazandak dazed CJaybourne some blows and surprising speed. A dua» gave him a fall which the spectatora viewed cynically. At the start of the fifth round, bourne shouldered his opponent severaltimes, and then Ipegan drop kicking. JUfaq amiSi k, earlier in the bout, had Know enough to keep out of the way, but on this occasion he obligingly stood up to receive the full force of each blow. Claybourne, as was natural, obtained a fall. The enthusiasm was of the variety Americans reserve for Frank Sinatra. In the sixth round, the combatant: threw each other about like Australtonld playing with dice, and finally leaped into the ropes and launched him- ' self back. He fell on his head, and tdm counted out. It was a disappointing enßd to what, like most of its predecessors,-I had promised to be the bout of the seY son. In amateur preliminary bouts, R. Sten* house (lost 51b) beat M. Allan (lOst 101 b) | by two falls; L. Keats (Bst 41b) beat M.l Fussell (Bst 91b) on points; M. Parry 91b) beat W. Straw (9st 101 b) by two* falls; M. Moulton (7st 51b) beat M. Beecroft (7st) by two falls; H. Kerr (lOst) beat k. Moore (lost 81b) by orte fall to nil; G. Hobson (lOst) beat R. Smith (lOst) on points. KUUSISTO BEATS BLOMFIELD (P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, July 13. j Bill Kuusisto 16st 61b beat Lofty Blomfield 16st 121 b by two falls to one in a professional wrestling match at New Plymouth this evening. ■ L!.-...". = HI