LIVELY WRESTLING

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 125, 29 May 1934, Page 4

LIVELY WRESTLING

— r -» DETTON BEATS CHEUNG

RAM-LIKE TACTICS WIN

TWO FALLS TO ONE

Those who like then wrestling sened up hot and fast with plentj of spectacular movement had a leal feast when Dean Detton (America) 14st 10lb, and Wong Buck Cheung (China), 14st 121b, met in the Town Hall last night. For an hour the going was torrid, battering charges, flying mares, and similar electrifying tactics .keeping a capacity house' simmering with excitement, which reached its height when Delton took the winning falls In the bixth and seventh rounds by knock ing the reustance out of his opponent wlth hiq ramjike onslaughts Cheung had secured the-first fall in the fourth, xound with his combination choke and slam hold, picturesquely called the "King Too Stopper." ■ . :. j Detton, remembered for his -versatile ex hibitions when he was in the cbuntiy two yeais ago, was a warm favourite, and be showed that .even if he is carrying- an e-?tra stone in weight, he retains plenty of agility His win, however, was more due tofaulty tactics on Cheung's part than to anything else Ihe Chinese quickly in dieated that he has a good stock of tricks to draw from', and in the straight wrestling he was the mister of the Amencan But he made the mistake of attempting to beat Detton in the latter's favourie line — fast, open work CHEUNG'S GOOD WRESTLING. Had Cheung perseveied with the grips which he einplojed m the fiist half of the match he could scaicely have lost. He used the splits veiy effectively, and also did well with: hammerlocksi. but though :his quickness enabled him to dodge many of Detton's charges he more often got in the way When both leapt at each other in the last round it was his misfortuner"t6:be the more badly winded, and he could ofier no resistance when Detton took the fall Both men had a good hearing, Cheung having many of his countrymen in the audience, and there was also applause for All Mahomet Bey, who appeared in the ring with fez and gold topped -.walking stick Early attempts to come to grips were unavailing until Detton dived for his opponent's leg and secured a reverse^toe hold which caused Cheung some trouble A reverse wristlock was the 'Chinaman's first reply, and he then applied a punish ing hammerlock, .which 'he . .maintained stubbornly while Detton * X twisted and turned. The American secured momentary relief, but was soon caught again His turn to secure this hold soon came, "however, but he was careless^enough to allow himself to 1 be caught m^a headlock in which he was ttiQ held at the bell. The first round Had been fast-* and gruelling, and the "second -opened, in'eyen more spectacular fashion," Cheung lifting Detton off his feet several -times with, flying mares and then falling before -a^couple of Gus Sonnenburgls specialties when Detton rebounded jOff the ropea. * A mg drop to -the 'canvas saved, *him from a third, but after he had held Detton for a while m a head-scissors ,he again, stopped ..the American's-sKead with"- his ribs "Hold him'" yelled the crowd whenl.Detton put on a head-seissprs,» and h "Qh1" cned Cheung when he had-hie heafl [banned ■on the iflooi;. A rldQuble,reverse^"to'ehold took Cheung joutjof trouble, and> afteu'resistmg an. armbai:''-f.or~tsome Time ?< .he Aad his opponent writhing ;under a'fully applied standing splits" which^to DettonVTehef, the bell .ended '■<T - , Detton crejit warily to a corner ".at the, start of "'{he third, but he was runceremom ously dragged out into the middle-of the ring and, again placed in the pamfuTsplits. This, time he cleverly ,broke the hold, by getting on a Japanese leglock.,-?J3ome qlbow jabbing fey \ Cheung started »as.spell of 'slapping' and sham fisticuffs~f%hich funded wheH J)etton was1 againjtrapped. into ■n standing >Bpli}:?. 2 ." ♦^3>"' i THE "KING FOO 3jq5PER|2 There ,was more Jively work-at tbl start of the. fourth round, but rough-house tactics detracted frdm the seriousness of, the display. Bpth men we^e thrown .heavily w ith^ hatches,-And DettoiL app.care^ to be ,do\ng fluite •well "vrjtlTa nammqciw^wnen the Wjly Cheimg "got behind "X% and <saught him .in the dreaded "King 100 stopper " The hold came right up to expectations, and a badly-dazed Detton had to concede a fall at snun 35sec Detton was resisting a hammerlqck at the start of the fifth when he bent-down and grabbed the Chinaman's leg, gamins a reverse toehold which Wong broke with a strangle hold After more jumping about the ring Detton did some good work with an armstretch which Cheung quite a lot until he managed to clip Detton's foot off hie neck and apply a splits Detton kicked free and was endeavouring >to cap a series of charges with a press when the bell rang i ,

THE WINNING FALLS. ; Detton rushed his man at the start of i the sixth, and eventually secured a iull ,'nel6on, which he used to bang Cheung's ■head on the canvas until he was - tossed ■clear. Flying tackles were dodged -by both men, but Detton was the more sue-

'cessful in this type of attack, and he finally flattened,Cheung, taking a.fall at 3min 54sec amid '.wild excitement.

Dettori.was the aggressor again at the start of the seventh roundY and Cheung came back full of fight, with-the Tesult that they were coon at it hammer and tongSi'lOnce'Detton sailed into :the arms' of the ringside spectators when Cheung ducked a charge, but he was quickly .up again. The end came dramatically 2min 2sec after the -round commenced, 'the contestants hurtling into each other and being flattened out by the impact. Cheung lay on the broad of his back, but Detton' showed signs of- life, and, in response to the frantic -cries of his supporters, managed to crawl over and lie on top "of the prostrate Chinese, securing the winning .fall. In the tumult of cheering that followed there was praise for both wrestlers, Mr. J. Creeke was referee. AMATEUR PRELIMINARIES. The results of the amateur preliminaries K.Mollier (Bst lib) defeated E. Jowett (Bst), taking two quick falls. H. R. Godfrey (12rt lib) and A. Irvine (12st'121b) wrestled a draw, giving a vigorous and lively display. There were .no falls.' 1 L. Boe (9st 91b) defeated T. Beard (lOst) taking a fall in the second round. The

pair caused quite a Jot of amusement.

H. Birkett (12st 101b) defeated J. BartIcy (12st), by falls in the second and third rounds. <" , Mr. J. H. Thompson was the referee. .