WRESTLING MATCH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 763, 11 March 1910, Page 7

WRESTLING MATCH.

/:;'/:;/ 3AIN/:y.! SCOTT. V / MS FOR /SCOTTISH/ CHAMPION. ..-"., 14e; wrestling, match at. Stratford on ■Tuesday night; between' A.. Baih,"Scottish champion "and! R/.//J./ Sod'tt; the well..lffiown' New-Zealand .wfestldr, .was well ./attended, Desdribing/; tiie' contest,"■- tho Stratford 'Tost", says that ; .Bairiwent .'.to./.ths/mat - at .16sfc9ibV,. : whilst y.Scdtt . tfeighed list. 81b.'; : ,'and . that./ tile', event prd'yoked ,oohsiderabie. amusement as well The cdnditiohs pfofided that in' order to win Scott, had to-throw Bain ' three■;.times'; in/'pno .hoiif—a:;contract which .he found; beyond . bis, : capabilities to.'carry -but..: .This" was-.ndt surprising, efteing .that Bain,in ;l -addition- to, pdjs'ess/"ihg great. weight-; and,-. strength,', ; is:. a 1 ... wrestler/.of /rast-/experience,/iihd has; /as '.- Sedtt. put' it/after.'tlile/hiatch, a 'stpp';,'f6f jvery hold that can. be, pilt ; oh, ,to, Jiiiii.' ' It appears froni'.thV report that at the /iutset .Bain (who /was'oh'the"defensive throughout) contented-..himself VwitK ,'rejUhihg .face . dbwhwaids; . iVhilst. : Scott dulled ; and,, tugged, /.without. ..prbclucing ' iriuch visible effect.:/ Tiring. somewhat /of. head, arm, and. b'ddy r holds, Scott next turned, .'his, attention .to / Bain's•; legs, Wit' the .-change... of /.-.attack .was riot ■•- very: ;. : encouraging/' .V at : \%\ ' idiniites. .1. Scott' securing, a. legiock .under the/ arms aid over his. heck, but ['Sam managed to wriggle .out. of it..-. '.'Hard- work;''/said Bain;. and. ' 'fifteen ■ minutes",.;was,;called; he/added in.a tone.of,'conviction/ "Thank f'id'dness, ~ohe. quarter:! gone.";/-Upon ain'd: suggestion it./was.: agreed that : Biere should /be. a; .-"breather" after., each twenty ; mihntes./df : wrestling.'■;; Shortly.after, "seventeen- ■ minute's" had been; called,, excitement fan high,in.the body of the- hall, as .Scott; appeared.>tb -have' : Baii all butover.'/ To; those, on: the stage, : however, 'Bain's..position;;it^was.app'aTtait; .was not one: pf-.:particular . danger: Shortly.: after . the third bout, had/.com-menddd-.Bain reminded;:Soqtt that ,he would have, to' gain/three falhv.ih. the spell; and advised hiin hot,to-overexert ),-himself. -; After fifty minutes' wrestling • Scott, with; the /'.leg,.hold;, referred:-. ■'to; gained what /the' referee, declared was ,a . fall; though.:many On thei stage, were of .'/.. ian ..entirely / different .opinion; : and, even ■ Scdtt 'said ■ that; the. did riot; consider, it ,|was/a. pin/fall. During the remainder .df the term Scfltt .was, unable-to. again thrbwn Bain; who; whdh time-was called; jpas. declared the irihiier/of the match: •

-;• During .the - evening there .was some •ialk of further matches., ,'L; .S: RobertSim offered to .deposit £25 to say that Scott : eould hot throw him' three -.times in oho hour under . the same, conditions as. the other match.-.. Scott wanted a three'gtyle match, but Bain held but for a level. match . in r -two but of three pin. falls' to' win. . Scott, -however, objected, to :■' pin falls; saying (that the .New' Zealand - rules ■' allowed flyjihg falls; .and, hb. would .wrestle, no bno :,nhless flying ■ falls wdre to count. Bain •-then remarked that in- Lancashire, tho' Home of. catch-as'-catoH-can ivfestliiig; pin falls;, were the rifle, and iii his. ofiihibM ■jthe apprentice (New Zealand) bight, td ■abide by the: rules bf. the (Lait icashire).; No. .definite, arrangement, as to f e. match was therefore made at that time, '■but'as theiputcomo ,of .subsequent,-nego-Ytiatibns it is probable that a match bei<tween the pair will .take. place as soon convenient .after Scotfs return from the championship', .meeting - ! which •; is shortly to be held at Greyinduth.