AND LIKELY TO BE

Evening Post, Issue 12, 14 July 1936, Page 14

AND LIKELY TO BE

CANADIAN WRESTLER

'B SOB KR.USE DISGRUNTLED

Earl McCready's unbeaten record in New Zealand still stands. Bob Kruse's attempt to spoil it in the Town Hall last night promised well—on paper—but when it came <!3\yri to he'd and counter-hold the Canadian was the maste- in practically every department. It is true that kruse repeated L- -taers's feat o£ taking a fall off the Empire champion, but. when tie tried to clinch the match with a dump MeCreaely bounceti off the canvas, , twisted over, and rested his built securely on top of his opponent, taking the decision by two falls to one. • ■ ■

The match was not without its incidents, and one or these, just before the. concluding dump, aroused a controversy similar to that which marked the close of last week's bout. Kruse had levelled the scores in the fifth round and came out in the sixth intent upon following up the advantage he had gained by rocking McCready with elbow jolts and chancery throws. He flew at the Canadian, beat him o. to the defensive, and then hurled him to the mat with a head , lock. 'Unfortunately for Krus^ he had driven McCready near the ropes and most of the latter's body was out of the ring while Kruse was trying to press his shoulders.

i Some thought that lie succeeded, others, of course, held the contrary view, until McCready settled tin argument by getting wholly into the safety zone. ; When he stood up Kruse helped him back into the ring by tossing him over his shoulder. Kruse then „ lifted him for a dump, and the staging . quivered when McCready hit the deck, but he was too good a man to stay down, and it was Kruse who was underneath when the rouno' ended after lasting a little over half a minute. KRUSE REGISTERS PROTEST. The whole affair made Kruse properly disgusted He aimed a kick at McCready, shaped up to the referee, and attempted to lodge a protest vith the spectators' before he could be induced to leave the ring. Meanwhile, McGready was muttering angrily in his corner, and the crowd was booing and cheering as the fancy took it. It was easy to see that no public handshake was going to mark the end of the' bout. ~■■ .- \ ;. ■: ■ Of Kruse it can be said that better • things were expected of him than what he produced. As ever, wrist locks were his specialty, and he used-them right well, putting them on from all sorts of positions, ' but McCready always seemed to be more than a handful for him. Kruse did distinguish himself, however, by quickly entering into an argument-with the referee, and continuing it almost without cessation throughout the contest. w Kruse took the ring at ■ 15st- 61b and McCready at a stone and a half heavier. *n fairness to Kruse it must -• be. stated that'the eye trouble which kept him out of,action for some time, and from which, he has only recently recovered, interfered with his training and prevented him from taking the ring as fit as he probably would have liked. -TheUhall was well filled, but the importance of tKe match was such ' that ;a-capacity !h6use.might have been expected.; ■ KRUSE, STARTS WELL. It-was apparent1 from'the start that Kruse;.was going vjt'b. lose no opportunity of keeping on top of his man. Though this was no easy task he sent McCready to the mat with a reverse " wrist lock after, a hard struggle, only - to be caught in a; head scissors^ It was strenuous work all the time and Kruse held on doggedly when he had McCready's right, arm securely locked. A head lock forced McCready down, butt he rose and clamped on a full nelson.. Kruse .made for* the ropes and grabbed the top strand with both hands. The referee asked him to let go.but he refused, claiming that Mc- - Cready should be made to break He finally" placed -his . shoulders through* the ropes. McCre'ady,obeyed the order" ' to break, but Kruse wanted to continue ;. the;, argument, and, he entered- into ;■■' another; ; when', he ■ had '■'■ M,cGready ; i underneath him, claiming a ■'■■ fall. He argued the point, further when 1 the..bell had-ended the round.', ■ : Another difference of opinion marked . the start of the second round. Kruse ; r threw McCready against the ropes and ' '.tried to kick him off the staging, but ■;■ without,- success. They then went into a'tangle on the mat and McCready developed a painful leg lock Kruse ■■; made -.him release it, by rubbing his spine;v.: Kruse was in another argument with the referee\when he head locked McCready with his arm. round the-top rope and refused to break. -: "Keep away from me!" he screamed.at' ■; the referee, afterwards.. A little later .Kruse riled McCready' properly "• and, ■': when the latter. chased him ' with fire .;'/&['.his^eyes, Kruse ran out of the ] ring amid.a chorus of boos. He made further use, of the ropes to get out of a 'ivsplit. He protested hotly when ; "McCready, did a little back massage on his own account. FLYING BODY SCISSORS. Kruse was the aggressor in the third . i;ound' but. he-had to surrender an advantage through using the ropes: ■ S^on he w;as,being -thrown in 'halches and,'when he hurled McCready off, the . latter cannoned back from the ropes! ; caught Kruse in a body scissors, and pinned him at 3min 58sec. ' Kruse secured a bear hug: in the fourth round and forced McCready through the ropes. He broke when • ordered to do so but gave McCready a parting gift in the form of a rabbitkiller, being sent flying by a backward , kick for • his transgression. Kruse . repeatedly invited disqualification for disobedience. He was in trouble when he was caught in a body scissors, but struggled- manfully and finally managed to return the compliment with a head lock and he came out of a spreadeagle with a wrist lock. When the bell made him let go he stood back and planted a kick in the seat of McCready's shorts. Kruse started the fifth round with another wrist look. He changed to a head lock, sent home.some elbow jolts, threw McCready with a halch, 1 clamped on another combination wrist - lock and arm bar, and pressed : McCready's shoulders at 2min 45sec. The sixth rourrcl was very brief, the action which brought the bout to a close being packed into 35 seconds. Mr. Alf Jenkins was the referee. AMATEUR PRELIMINARIES. The amateur preliminaries, in which the-wrestlers confined themselves to mat work, resulted:— D. Sword (9st 91b), Petone, beat D. \Mett (9st 101b), Berhampore, by falls in the first and second rounds. Bi'Mdnastra (9st 81b), Kilbirnie, beat W_. Cook Ost 51b), Kilbirnie, by two ~ lulls to one. .... ?n the final of the Kilbirnie junior fly-weight championship, A. Mulhol- , land (7st 51b) beat L. Dayman (7st 51b) by falls in the first and third rounds. C. Southward (lOst 51b) Karori, beat L.' Hancock (lOst 41b), Kilbirnie, by a fall hi the third round. Mr. J. Crecke was the referee.