WRESTLING

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 38, 13 August 1930, Page 8

WRESTLING

ALLEY AND M'DOUGALL

A DRAWN MATCH

Strenuous, and, for, the greater part, fairly exciting, -wrestling was seen in the Town Hall last night, ivlieii Tom Alley, who claims the world's light-heavyweight' title, and "Suotty" M'Doug&ll met in a! return match. When the pair. wrestled ] in Auckland recently they put so much j enthusiasm into their work, that the ring j moved too small, ynd at one:stage they | carried on among the spectators. LastJ night's large audience, if it :epcpccted a' repetition of this performance,, innst have'i been disappointed, but nevertheless, the two provided plently- of. incident. They wrestled at a last pace ■throughout, and .so keenly did they ; .contest matters that tho bout went the- ..-full? eight rounds. AparP from the . ; straight wrestling M'JJougtill provided most or the enfertainmeut, now, apparently, recognised, as part and parcel of the;evenjiig's tun. He also did most of the:, attacking, and it appeared as if Alley did .well to even the match with a fall in the filial round. THE CONTEST IN DETAIL. Alley ivas the first in .and his weight was given at 13st lib.. M'Dougall \vas announced at 14st. 21b.; . M'Dougali immediately attacked, but;with an arm bar Alley took M'Dougali to. the .mat; M'i)ougal worked free,- but when*. Alley: retaliated with the same'hold,\ M'DoTigall was hard put to it to get away*.- At length a head scissors gave him relief and their subsequent work gave the, audience some entertainment. Several times Alley fastened on arm holds;' but ; M'Dougali always tore himself free, and at the _ end of the round, when Alley was straining hard, M'Dougali got' a head.':scissors. No sooner had the second round commenced than M'Dougali got a species of the much vaunted "crucifix" on Alley, The American appeared in "a Lad way for a time, but at length he ..worked clear, and in reply he had M'Dougali in trouble with a body press and wristlock; M'Dougali worked clear and a. headlock had Alley doing his best. He jumped * clear, only to be brought to the mat with a flying mare. They stayed on the mat for a time, ■ and their antics when they arose amused the crowd. Three times M'Dougali threw Alley but, as the gong sounded, Alley replied by dumpiug M'Dougali. M'Dougali jumped over to Alley's corner at the opening of the third, but was thrown again by • a halch'. He remained on the mat for a fewj seconds, and then amidst cries of "Hold-pn Scotty? he secured a short arm scissors.' Alley tried hard to get free, 'and ll'Dougall added variety to the proceedings by. kicking his opponent in the stomach. At length Alley worked over the line and the referee ordered : them . to ; bi'eak. M'Dougali again got the dreaded'hold.1 An application of Alley's foot to his opponent's chin got the former free,? but M'Dougali immediately returned "to the attack, and he had again worked Alley' outside the line when the gong sounded. The fourth opened quietly, and-then. Alley got a toe hold from which.; M'Dougali kicked himself free. The pair lay on, the mat and kicked at each other until the referee separated them. With-a wristlock M'Dougali had Alley in bad.straits. It looked as if Alley would have!■ to give in, but he won out, and the t>vo fastened on mutual headlocks. Hitherto M'Dougali had done most of the attacking, , but Alley now took a turn and seemingly his worrying headlocks had M'Dp'ugaU dazed. The pair again indulged■• in ■headlobks .at the opening of $he-fifth,; and .then M'Dougali, working free, threw Alley to the mat with flying mares five times in succession. The sixth time over, shortly after the round had commenced, ended in the American being so dazed.that he was easily pruned with a body press for the first fall of the match. Standing upright M'Dougali gave Alley 'a solid application of his boot under the chin in the sixth, and after the latter had got free he bowled M'Dougali over and over with a leg hold akin to the "crucifix." M'Dougali was still full of fight, 'and he continued to force the pace. First he had Alley in the; splits^, aJid>'..then.-.'with.''double too holds Alley was in trouble until the gong sounded* To. the amusement of tho audience, : the * i'effe.re*!; had. to separate the feet .of tho •performers. The ringsiders on the four Isides of tho "ring" had a thrill as Alley threatened;to throw M'Dougali over the ropes in; the seventh round, but it came to nothing, and on the mat M'Dougali first got a wristlock and aim scissors/ whith he changed to a body scissors. Alley was by do meansdose, and after striving With a wrist and arm look, amply barred, he got a head scissors. Strenuous work followed, both men iv turn1 using the now wellknown (andy apparently popular) "over the head" method of dumping. Despite the antics of M'Dougali the round ended without a fall. He started off the last round by throwing Alley to the mat three times. He was unsuccessful at the fourth attempt, but his head -scissora ■ had Alley lying quiet for a time.- Alley worked hard for what appeared to be tho famous "Boston Crab" hold, '.'but, M'Dougali caught him in a head scissors. . Then M'Dougali, with halches, threw Alley seven times. It.: looked; as if; .the match was over, but Alley,, though .he,appeared really, dazed, caught-.his, opponent and to the great, surprise;-of-- the-.;'cr:ow,d^:sud-denly reversed the .position and secured a fall. The ■, referee >'(Mr.,; J.j.Greeke) declared, the matchVa draw;.;. ' :.. . The amateur-, bouts were, ;refereed by Kara Pasha.., ■ i ,'- : H^V::';. v-'^;-AMATEUR ipß|tjiyiiNAßlES. Soon after the'-'flr^^oiipd'.'-lia'>i v-Btavted between W. Woolhouse (9st 51b) and C. J. Burton (Ost 61b), the former secured a pin by a body hold. The next two rounds were productive, of strenuous wrestling with no decisive_'result.. Woolhouse was awarded a decision. . 'H. R. Godfrey (12st) and A, Bush (12st 101b) wrestled hard for throe rounds. Bush won the first round, the second round was about even, but Godfrey evened up in the last round, making the -match R. de Winter (lOst 101b) worked hard in the first round of hia bout with R. J. Sutherland (list), but his efforts were fruitless. In. the second round the heavier man, after a series of troublesome headlocks secured a fall with a top body hold. De Winter attacked strongly at the beginning of the last round, but Sutherland , was too good, and he Secured a fall with a body press. * ; C. A. Brown (14st 61b) proved too good for J. W. Thornton (13st), and m each of the first two rounds; of their bout secured a fall.