EXCITING WRESTLING

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 123, 27 May 1930, Page 6

EXCITING WRESTLING

WALKER WINS AGAIN

M'DOUGAL INJURED

Science, strength, a little ferocity at times and plenty of showmanship were the elements of the wrestling contest between George Walker and "Scotty" M'Dougal at the Town Hall, last night.' Each secured a fall, and after M'Dougal had been hurled through the ropes on to the Press table in the seventh round he was unable to continue owing to an injury: The "roughhouse".tactics 'of both men pleased some of the crowd, but even those who hooted when one of the men was thrown out of the ring seemed to enjoy tha' entertainment. The whole performance was very spectacular. To what extent these displays of great strength and roughness were real is difficult to determine, but the wrestlers certainly lived up to their promise that they would give pienty of action. Both showed tremendous strength and amazing agility/and although the contest was not us scientific as some seen In Wellington, it certainly had more colour than any lo date. '

M'Dougal was the first -to appear. He raulted his 14st.5)b over the ropes, and grinned hugely at the crowd. .Walker (13st llbj followed immediately afterwards, After, a little preliminary sparring Walk er hoisted his opponent in an endeavour to throw Mm, but M'Dougal was too strong. M'Dougal threw his man with a head-lock and held him with one shoulder on the mat until Walker kicked free. However, he was. soon in a head-lock again, but countered with a head-scissors and arm-bar. M'Dougal's strength was equal to the occasion, and he picked up his man and dumped him. -Matters, got a little heated, and they went perilously' near falling on the Press table before the referee,ordered them into the centre o£ the ring. . Walker tried a double hammer-lock, but could get little leverage, and was forced to give it up. M'Dougal got a head-scissors, but Walker broke free and they rose. ' Walker threw his man with a -wrist-lock, but M'Dougal brought things to standstill. Up they scrambled again and darted and dived about the ring to the amusement of ■ the crowd.! For big men they were extraordinarily light on their feet. " ■ - ; M'Dougal bowled Walker over at the*beginning of the second with a trip, but was frustrated when -he"went for a toe-hold. He tried.a- little dumping, instead, but Walker retaliated with an arm-bar and' body-press, which made no impression. A head-lock and body-press made it awkward for. Walker, who exerted tremendous strength in heaving clear. A few> pleasantries such as hitting with the elbows were stopped by the referee. M'Dougal five times crashed Walker to the mat with flying' head-locks. The crowd was delirious with excitement. Walker lifted his man off the mat in an endeavour to crash him, but again M'Dougal was too strong. They went to the mat together, and M'Dougal secured a . short-arm scissors. Walker writhed'on the mat. He shifted his position and once almost countered with a head-scissors, but M'Dougal held on and dumped his man whenever he became lively. For two minutes until the gong Walker was held fast, and his arm was numbed when he went to the corner. At the beginning of the third M'Dougal almost -won a short-arm scissors again, but Walker sprang clear. They rushed it in the middle of the ring, and then M'Dougal trapped Walker again in a short-arm scissors, but Walker caught the ropes with his feet, and the referee ordered them back into the centre of the ring. ' Walker forced his man to the mat in Cumberland style and held him for several seconds. Walker change the hold to a double-arm scissors, but could make little impression, and M'Dougal countered with the splits. Walker twisted out and fell into a double Nelson.-. This was broken, and Walker threw his opponent with a reverse wrist-lock, which lost its effect when they reached the mat. M'Dougal applied an arm-scissors, and Walker got free just before the gong. THROWN OUT OF RING. Walker caused a sensation at the beginning of the' fourth by crotching his opponent n.nd throwing him into the crowd. iU'Doiigal rushed back and applied a punishing* head-lock. M'Dougal twice lifted his man and threw him heavily, lie then put on a head-scissors that partially dazed Walker. M'Dougal picked his opponent up again, dumped him hard, and then with a head-lock and body-press won a fall. The round, which was full of excitement, had been going 2min 38sec. Walker was shaken and dazed as he wobbled to his corner. He recovered during the interval, and made the first move in the fifth, by sending M'Dougal to the mat with a trip. M'Dougal won a wristlock, but it had little effect. The referee sensed another attempt by Walker to throw M'Dougal out of the ring again, and ordered them away from the ropes. The wrestling was Very strenuous. Walker twice crashed M'Dougal with chancery holds. He was annoying M'Dougal with elbow digs, and the referee again spoke to the men. M'Dougal worked hard at a head-lock, and after tripping his opponent secured a toe-hold, but could not get leverage. Walker countered with a toe-hold, which he held to the gong. > CROWD ON GUARD. The sixth opened with some roughing, and as they got near the ropes-the crowd seated there cleared out. The referee ordered the men into the centre of the ring, where Walker threw M'Dougal with a flying mare. When they came up Walker missed a flying tackle and shot out of the ring; Back again, he bowled M'Dougal over, with a trip". A leg-bar and then a toe-hold had Walker grimacing on the mat, but he freed himself by pushing M'Dougal under the chin with his boot. He k^pt his boot there and claimed M'Dougal's arm. M'Dougal was held fast, and whenever he made a move Walker pushed with his foot,' lifting back the Scotsman's head. M'Dougal'wrenched free, and he sprang on top of Walker, applied a scissors, and brought his man to the mat: Holds were won and lost quickly, but M'Dougal was definitely on top when he gained a short-arm scissors which the gong, broke. • The referee stopped an . attempt at "chucking-out" tactics in the seventh, and the crowd scattered from the ringside as Walker carried his man high. He dumped him on the mat, however, and M'Dougal retaliated wtih head-locks. Walker picked him up once more and threw,him out of the ring. M'Dougal's back was hurt, and ho was pinned with a body-press. Iv the interval he writhed in pain on the mat. He was unable to continue, and it was some minutes before he was able to leave the ring. . Mr.. G. Creeke refereed the bout. ' . THE PRELIMINARIES. ■ J. Needham (Bst li\b) and E. J. Burton (Bst) provided a strenuous bout. Both displayed a fair knowledge of the game and'are steadily improving. The iirst two rounds were fairly even, with Burton just ahead on points. In the third Burton secured a fall after Needham had resisted gamely. , ' , : The referee appeared to miss a fall to Boe.(flst 21b), against C. Fauchell (9st 121b), but Boe caught thp eye with a body press a minute afterwards. ,Boe attacked again iv the' second and gained a second body press in 2inin 42sec. He was the stronger' of the pair. Fauchell did not show the form on . this occasion that he did last year. A. J'...Drummond (ZOet 101b), and Godfrey (list 111b) were unevenly-matched physically, but for the iirst'two minutes Drtimmond did the attacking. However, Godfrey exerted' his weight and won a fall in 4min 40sec. Godfrey dumped his man with a tackle at the opening of the second, but Drummqnd put up a valiant fight until the decisive fall was gained after Imin sGsec. The weight beat Drummond. , •. A. Mace (lOst lib) did most of the attacking against R. Allen (lOst 121b), and several times went near gaining a fall with a body press from a head-lock. Allen's defence was good, and he stuck to it gamely for two rounds, but was pinned after 3min SOsec of the third round. A Belgian, J. L. de Winter (lOst Sib) met F. Upchurch (list 31b). Upchurcb was the stronger and won the first fall with a half-Nelson and body press after 'imin 12sec of the first round. In the second Upchurch back-slammed his opponent, but de Winter was undeterred, and, ■ amidst applause, soon after evened up with a half-Nelson. The third round was oven, and the referee declared the match a draw. Upchurch caused amusement during the round by tickling his opponent.