WRESTLING

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27445, 3 September 1954, Page 15

WRESTLING

COSTELLO BEATS KINDRED

i,2 n B ?ttleman did not take the floor last evening to wrestle with Don Kindred tn o- 1/S V 2 . lb * because of an injury ai rnc+lW 1 ’ z D A Ut . his , P lace was taken by Al CosteDo (Australia), 17st. • Che match opened quietly, but early j ?° urth round Costello pinned Kinan octopus clamp and gained a fan 111 . 15 -* 1 !? 11 faU ' Kindred then took a „ a “ within seconds of the start of the £°YP d after dazing Costello with and Piledrivers. The match round six when Kindred was disqualified for fighting outside the ring. -,,.7 n t Ji, e ,? rst of the amateur preliminpe Maimanche (Toe H Linwood B °ys). 7st lib, beat I. Clarke (Toe H Linwod Boys), 7st, by two falls. . (Riccarton Health and strength), 7st 101 b, moved quickly in the nrst round of his match with G. Edwards (Riccarton Health and Strength), 7st 121 b, to catch his opponent in a cross-buttock. * n , the third round, Lewis gained another jail from a similar hold. Better wrestling in the last round gave J. Hinds (Riccarton Health and Strength) a.’good win over R. Anderson (Toe H Linwood Boys), 7st 51b. In the first round Anderson gained a fall from a half nelson, but Hinds equalised in the next rodnd an d went on to win on points. _ T De Malmanche (Toe H Linwood Boys), 6st 71b, beat F. Paviell (Toe H Linwood Boys) by one fall gained in the first minute of the first round. Paviell fought back gamely and threw De Malmanche twice with headlocks, both of which were almost falls, but could not pin his opponent. In a very short time, D. Keats (Toe H Linwood Boys), 9st 91b, gained two falls in his bout with D. Flutey (Crichton Cobbers), lost 41b. Keats, the more experienced of the two, worked hard and used a wide variety of holds. The liveliest bout of the evening was ?. e ‘. w . e =" G - Wooton (Crichton Cobbers), list 101 b, and M: McNarn (Crichton Cob.’2?’ 12st - T bese two tried all the tricks of the professionals, and were most popular with the patrons. The match ended in a draw.