JOLTING AFFRAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 89, 12 October 1937, Page 5

JOLTING AFFRAY

WOODS & MARSHALL

TROUBLE AT THE FINISH

i The effects of the "revivalist" wrestling meeting between "Lofty" Blomfield and Floyd Marshall last week apparently did not take long to wear 3ft, for there was only a small attendance at the Town Hall last night when Marshall and Joe Kopach Woods came to grips, or rather traded jolt against jolt. A jolting affray was promised, ind a jolting affray materialised, while the men were apparently eager to con;inue the battle even after the issue iad been decided by two falls to one in favour of Woods. At 18st 81b Marshall had a full stone n his favour over Woods, and he also iad a big advantage in reach which proved valuable when it came to mixing jolts, although Woods's skill in weaving, ducking, and slipping enabled lim frequently to get inside Marshall's ;uard, and even things up a bit. Woods also nullified Marshall's greater size by his own exceptional strength, toughness, and fitness, and it ,vas mainly because he was able to ;ndure more than the other fellow .hat he was on top when the final fall was taken. NOT SATISFIED. Marshall seemed to think that he iad not been fairly treated, alleging ;hat Woods had used his fists, and he wanted to have the matter out with 30th the referee and his conqueror. Neither was Woods backward in comng forward, and the spectators needed 10 invitation to remain where they were for a little longer; the night was still young anyway. However, somejne switched out the lights for a little vhilc, and this served to restore order. The result of the match gave Woods mother eight points in the elimination .ournament. Vigorous sparring for holds sent the jout under way, and Woods came t6 ight with a nifty wrist lock throw. When Marshall decided to use his foreirms and sent Woods spinning back; .vards, : that started it. Encouraged by he, crowd, the ex-boxer moved in with jbth arms swinging free. Whang! Whang! Lusty raps from his right and eft elbows caught Marshall on the side of the jaw. A little more and Marshall decided it would be better ;o do some wrestling. By sheer strength he broke a hold by Woods md brought his elbow back sharply 0 knock Woods out of a hammer lock. Woods gritted his teeth and sought to land out reprisals, but his deficiency n reach was a big handicap. Despite previous . warnings Marshall grabbed Woods by, the hair in an effort to get >ut of a grapevine hold. "WE'LL BE HOME EARLY." ' Woods started the second round with 1 demonstration of the art of weaving, >ut his activities were temporarily lalted when Marshall held his head ind arm in'a .-figure-four scissors. Woods came out with a double toe lold and a Japanese leg-lock, which :aused Marshall plenty of troubled When Marshall rapped Woods in the stomach and tried to convince the reieree that he had used the heel of his iarid - the referee said. "We'll all be jome early if you are not careful!" Woods. then locked his hands behind Marshall's neck and proceeded to butt iim in the face, with the result that tlarshall began to be afraid that his lose would bleed. Some more unruly caused the men to be varned to keep their knees out of it. \t the end . of the round Woods was jiving Marshall the run-round with a rolling short-arm scissors. Marshall had his shoulders massaged while being held in a head , scissors in he third round, and he had no sooner ;scaped than he had to withstand a }arrage of - jolts. Woods dragged his nan; into the middle of the ring, but was flung against the ropes. He came jack- with"< a flying body scissors,. but vhen Marshall twisted over, he found limself underneath and. had to con:ede a<fall at 2min- 44sec. After demonstrating. Dan O'Maholey's Irish whip in the fourth round, iWoods held Marshall in an arm stretch, some leg twisting by Marshall, jolts ly .both parties, and a body scissors yy Marshall occupied the next few hinutes. Woods put a tight lock on ;o Marshall's ankles' and gave him a sample of his elbows. Back in the spen. again, more jolts were used, and iWoods was finally hammered to the nat in a corner and Marshall planted i toe.iih his middle: before leaving him. \nother exchange of jolts was to Woods's advantage, and just before the ind of" the round both the contestants md the referee became entangled in :he ropes, the spectators helping to seep them on the staging. When jolts were introduced in the Jfth round Marshall appealed to the referee to make Woods keep his head still, the latter's weaving giving him 10 chance to grab the hair he was •so :ond of. More jolts came along, .and ;hen Marshall picked up Woods and lumped him heavily. As hp went to repeat the manoeuvre, however, Woods lit .him in the stomach, causing him to iopple over backwards. Woods then assumed the offensive. Two or three iolts ,were useful, and when a dump .vas added that was enough for Marshall, the falls being equalised at tain )9sec. In the sixth round both men seemed :o be feeling, the effects of the fray, but did not. hesitate to expend their remaining energy in vigorous jolting exchanges. Finally, Woods, . who seemed to be in a bad way, came back sff the iropcs with a last desperate ;ffort, crashed his right elbow to Marshall's jaw, and fell on him 1 for . the deciding fall at lmin 28sec. Both men lay on the mat in the last stages of jxliaustiqn until Marshall started the irgument which threatened to set them ?oing again. Mr. Alf Jenkins was the referee. amateur preliminaries. Results of the amateur preliminaries were:— ' / A. Monteith, 7st 101b, beat R. PauL Ist 91b,.by one fall. A. Young, lOst 91b, beat C. Teague, lOst 51b, on points. : There were. no falls. • ' J, Wilkins, Bst 61b, beat J. v Park, Bst 71b, by two falls. , L. Nolan, 9st, beat J. Hill, 9st 91b, by two falls. Mr. J. H. Thompson was the referee. BLOMFIELD BEATS FOUCHE f ; (By Telegraph—Press Association.) ( AUCKLAND, October 11. Trapped in "Lofty" Blomfield's deadly octopus clamp for the greater part of the eighth round of a professional heavyweight wrestling contest at the Town Hall, the Frenchman Francis Fouche gave a splendid exhibition of endurance and refused to submit, but when the final gong sounded the referee awarded the New Zealander a points victory. .... Prior to this each man had secured a fall in one of the finest bouts of the season, exchanges from start to'finish being replete with scientific wrestling and lively action.