McLAUCHLAN WINS

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 43, 14 November 1932, Page 11

McLAUCHLAN WINS

Saturday’s Wrestling at Show Stadium DUMP ENDS MATCH Although it was to have been a championship bout for the middleweight title, Saturday evening’s wrestling match at the Winter Stadium between Jock McLauchlan (list. 101 b.) and Hughie Whitman (list. 41b.), was an ordinary bout instead, through McLauchlan not having been able to get down to the required weight. But about the wrestling itself there was nothing ordinary. Each man gave a good account of himself, Whitman gaining the first fall in the second round, and McLauchlan equalising with a spin and dump in the fourth. As Whitman was unable to continue, the bout was awarded to McLauchlan.

In the first round the men settled down to real work very quickly, and before long McLauchlan tied Whitman up in a novel double leg Nelson and double armhold. It worried Whitman . a good deal, but he escaped eventually, balancing' McLauchlan so that he had to move quickly to avoid being pinned. Toward the end of the round McLauchlan developed a severe barred toe-hold, but Whitman turned the tables neatly and held his man severely in a similar hold. The second round was brief and to the point Whitman was caught in several holds, and McLauchlan remained on top, troubling him with a drastic splits. But Whitman was playing a waiting game, and in the mix-up which followed his escape, caught McLauchlan’s legs cleverly, stepped over in a flash, and sank into the Boston crab position. McLauchlan w r as caught fairly and was forced to submit in 2min. 20sec, With a fall against him McLauchlan came out like a tiger for the third round and bustled Whitman hither and yon, to the ropes and back into midring, until Whitman suddenly checked him with an arm-roll and assumed the top position. Both men went to work with a will, and wrestled solidly for the remainder of tbe round. They were trading toe-holds at the gong. The fourth round opened spectacularly, with both men on the qui vive, and before many seconds were gone McLauchlan hoisted Whitman aloft to his shoulders, and began an aeroplane spin. He swung around half a dozen times before dumping Whitman heavily to tbe mat, where he pressed down his shoulders tor an easy fall. During the interval it could be seen that Whitman had suffered some strain or wrench to his right shoulder, which had struck the mat first. One of his seconds called the refreee, Mr. L. Rathbone, who, after exchanging a remark with Whitman, walked over to Mo Lauchlan’s corner and held up his hand for the decision. Whitman was not prepared to continue. Amateur Preliminaries. The amateur preliminaries, which -were refereed by Mr. 'Taffy’’ Bydder, resulted as follow: — L. Drew (8.13) defeated W. Altman (8.13) by straight falls. L. Boe (9.3) and R. Greeks (9.4) drew, no falls. I. Upchurch (9.10) defeated L. Jacobs (9.9) by a single fall. P. Razos (11.4) defeated J. Leef (11.12) by straight falls. f DEMETRAL BEATEN Walker Proves Superior By Telegraph.—Press Association. New Plymouth, Nov. 13. Walker defeated Demetral at wrestling before a packed house. He secured a fall in the fourth round after a series of headlocks and a slam. Demetral was unable to continue. Walker was easily superior. The crowd was very noisy, counting out the wrestlers for obvious showmanship and throwing pennies into tbe ring.