WALKER WINS AGAIN

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 260, 30 July 1937, Page 2

WALKER WINS AGAIN

Bronowitz Penalised For Punching’ VIGOROUS WRESTLING George Walker beat Frank Bronowitz by a penalty fall in last night’s professional wrestling bout at the Town Ilal'., Wellingtou. Bronowitz, in the third rotjnd. knocked Walker down repeatedly with tistier.ffs, despite the admonitions of the referee, Mr. T. Bidder, who promptly awarded a fall to Walker. Although Walker showed much of his old-time cunning, and Bronowitz twice made use of impressive toeholds, the bout was remarkable more for the vigour than for the science of its imit-ernft. There was a moderate house. The preliminary bouts were also professional, that between Tony Felice and Louis Szabo being remarkable for the difficulties experienced by the referee and attendants in separating the combatants. At one stage there were five men interlocked in the ring. The Main Bout.

Walker weighed in at 15.0, and Bronowitz at 16.0 for the main contest. Walker opened smartly, driving his shoulder into Bronowitz’s solar plexus. Bronowitz retorted with elbow jolts. Walker, knocked down twice, crawled under the ropes.

Walker took the offensive fiercely in the third round, throwing Bronowitz with violent headlocks and rabbit-punch-ing him on the mine of the neck. He drove his knee into Bronowitz’s ribs. Bronowitz rushed in and knocked Walker to the mat with a jolt. lie took h’rn on a headlock anil then knocked him down again) using his fist. The referee warned him, but he promptly did .it aga'n. When he sent Walker crashing to the mat a fourth time. The referee again cautioned him. But ho marched Walker out from the corner into the open and again knocked him down, swinging a fist. The referee awarded a penalty fall against him. Walker, after halching Bronowitz, apulied a sitting Bronowitz emerged in 1111 iridian denthloek, standing over Walker meimeingly. Walker pulled him off btikince. He recovered the hold, but again Walker tripped him over, and this time kicked him off. Bronowitz fastened on. Walker with a heiid-Kcisiws; Walker hoisted him on his elioulders as though for a back-fdam, clr'nged his mind and started on an aeroplane spin. Round and round he whirled until, as though giddy, lie sank to the mat with his burden on top of him. The gong should have rung at this point, but broke its sui-'pension cord and failed to make any noticeable noise. The referee tried to separate the contestants, but only became himeelf embro.iled with them. An attendant came to the rescue, and the wrestlers were proceeding quietly to their respect:ve corners when the bell finally pealed out triumphantly. Bronowitz threw Walker out of the ring on to the knees of a spectator. When he clambered back, before he could enter the ring, Bronowitz rushed at him. The referee tried to hold him back, but he hauled Walker into the ring with'a flying mare which knocked the referee over and Bronowitz hurled himself 011 the pair of them in a body preys, Unfortun-tely, it was the referee who was effectively pinned down, shoulders to the mat. As there was nobody left to tap him on the shoulder, Bronowitz retained his successful press for some time.

Bronowitz developed an interesting variation of the short-arm scissors, using Walker's arm, instead of his own, to obtain leverage. IValker marched him round the ring in a headlock and deposited him with a hip-throw.

B alker threw Bronowitz with a headlock, whereat the.other pitched him clean through the ropes into the crowd. “I must apologise,” sai- Walker politely, as he picked himsalf off the laps of a couple of onlookers.

,Walker knocked- Bronowitz to his knees with rabbit punches, and whenever he tried to rise beat him flfit'again. Bronowitz eventually fought to his feet, and battered Walker with jolts and halehes, until his nose and mouth were bleeding. Ho pitched him into the ropes and as Bronowitz rushed at him Walker let fly a kick that laid Bronowitz groaning anil grimacing on the mat. Both wrestlers appeared in sorry plight, for Walker was leaning .011 the barrier breathless, his face a mass of blood. But there were further fireworks before the bout ended. lony Felice (Italy, 16st.), drew with

Louis Szabo (Hungary, IGst. 31b.), with a fall each. Both falls were early in the bout. In the second round a penalty was awarded against Felice for use of his toe, whereupon he and Szabo resumed the melee and were only with difficulty parted. Later Felice dumped Szabo, and forced his shoulders to the mat with an arm-bar. In the second round Felice knocked Szabo down with a jolt. He picked him up by Urn hair, and knocked him down once more. The referee warned him not to use his fists. Szabo developed a shortarm scissors; Felice promptly sank his teeth into the fleshy part of Szabo's thigh. Szabo beat , a retreat and. began to examine himself tenderly. .Felice thereupon rushed at him,. took him by the hair, and knocked him down with a forearm stroke. The referee reproved him severely. Felice took Szabo by the head and* threw him into the top ropes, where he remained inextricably entangled like a fly in a spider-web. The referee and another had hard work releasing him. A vigorous elbow-jolt battle followed, which left bo’ll matmen with bleeding faces. Felice dumped Szabo, and kicked him in the face, dumped him again and kicked him in the ribs. The referee awarded a penalty fall against Felice for kicking with the toe. Felice appeared annoyed at this and the referee had more than he could manage when he tried to separate the two wreotlera. Indeed, it took him and two attendants all their time to separate the wrestlers, establish them in their corners', and restore pe"ce. ThenSzabo threw his ehair at Felice. His second, however, interfered and spoiled his aim. But Felice could no longer be restrained. He charged from his cor-’ ner, and the two mixed it anew. Tile referee stood in Felice’s path, so he tossed the official aside into the ropes. While the spectators booed and hissed, the two wrestlers, the referee, and the two attendants swayed in . picturesque group in the middle of the ring. It was some time before Felice could bo persuaded to return to his chair, and Szabo to his. And then Szabo started the trouble all over again by splashing the contents of his water-bottle at Felice.

Felice stamped violently on Szabo’s toe when hostilities were resumed on a more orthodox basis. Szabo returned the compliment with interest. Felice howled with pain and hopped round the ring on one foot, nursing the other. Felice dumped Szabo smartly, picked him up by the hair and threw him with a flying mare. He lifted him by the hair again .and threw him. Szabo came back in a flying tackle that sent Felice to the mat. He jumped up willingly, however, and, after throwing Szabo with headlocks, dumped him and took a fall with an armbar. Time, 7min. 48sec. There were no further falls.

Bauman Beats Douglas. George Bauman (Germany, 14.0) beat Al Douglas (Auckland, 14.6), Douglas being unable to continu after Bauman had taken a jack-knife fall early in the second round. The bout was somewhat one-sided, Douglas being no match for the Nazi matman.

Bauman fell down in anticipation of an elbow-jolt from Douglas; unfortunately the blow hardly reached him. He threw Douglas round the ring with hip-throws, but the other butted him in the midriff and bowled him over.

Early iu the second round Douglas slapped Bauman’s face, which apparently peeved him. He seized Douglas by the wrist, and threw him with an armbar, and repeated the manoeuvre half a dozen times in quick suecesvsion. Then he dumped him, but could not pin him, so first threw him heavily once or twice more, and finally took a fall with a jack-knife. Time, Imin. 55sec. Douglas lay prone for some moments, and his attendants worked hard to revive him in the interval. But when the bell jingled he was still unable to leave his chair, and the bout was awarded to Bauman.