RAINES AND FRALEY

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 150, 28 June 1938, Page 18

RAINES AND FRALEY

ANOTHER TOUGH BOUT DRAW, ONE FALL EACH WRESTLING AT TOWN HALL When Vincent Lopez arrives to make his Wellington debut next week it looks as if he will have to meet two opponents, unless something is done to settle the issue before then. The two cowboys, Dick Raines (Texas), 16st 81b, and Pat Fraley (Nebraska), 16st, met in the Town Hall ring to decide who is to meet the Mexican and also, incidentally, to carry their private grudge a stage further. As it turned out, however, neither question was decided, the contest ending in a draw one fall each, taken in the last two rounds. Although it is only a week since Fraley and Raines had their first match there was another big crowd when they met for the second time last night, and another exciting evening was had by all. Memories of the previous match took the keen edge oil some of the enthusiasm, but the crowd could not fail to enjoy a keen and gruelling display plentifully flavoured by rough electrifying tactics in the ring, as a matter of fact, seemed to interfere with some of the electric fittings in the hall. Mr. Jack Hughes, the announcer, made another attempt to reach the audience through the recent-ly-installed amplifier, but, after a few words had boomed through the loudspeaker, he suddenly went off the air and had to finish his little piece on his own. Then, later in the evening, when things seemed to be shaping up for an affray between the wrestlers after Raines had taken the first fall in the seventh round, every light in the hall went out for, a moment or. two. SOME EARLY JOLTS. Fraley forced his man into a corner from the first referee's hold and sent home a jolt to the jaw. Raines im r mediately twisted round and landed Fraley one of the same kind. : After Fraley had bent Raines's neck over the top rope the pride of Texas tossed the Nebraskan with a wrist lock and proceeded to pummel him in the stomach. Soon Fraley was doing the same, but the referee caught him and he was called off. A kick to the jaw oil the mat by Fraley started a lively exchange of jolts and dropkicks. Raines rushed out like a mad bull in the second round, but the threat of a dropkick made him halt in his stride. Fraley proceeded to bait the bull by planting his hand in the other's face and handing out some open-handed slaps. A charge off the ropes did not get the enraged Raines far, but he resisted a press after FraleyJiad felled him with a jolt. A head scissors and a pile-driver scissors made matters more uncomfortable for Raines but failed to pin him, and he tested the strength of Fxaley's bandaged left knee, Fraley was holding a head scissors at the bell. The third round had not been long under way before'Fraley was warned to take the plaster bandage off his lefl wrist or else use his right wrist tc rip across Raines's face. afterwards Raines grabbed a Japanese arm bar with which he threw Fraley heavily, and he then did his best tc break the arm across his knee. Botli men made free use of their knees tc the stomach, and Raines battered Fra ley to the mat with a barrage of jolts Fraley had just started to show up when the round ended. To add to his mortification he found Raines installed in his corner when he went there foi a well-earned rest. Raines lifted Fraley into the air with a chin throw to start the fourth round but when he tried to repeat it he was caught in the flying toe hold and hac to scuttle for safety under the ropes Fraley next worked a surprise by giv ing Raines a taste of the latter'! specialty back-breaker. He tried to d( it again, but it was too much for him After Raines had tossed Fraley wit! some loop slams he was caught in one himself and nearly pinned. He cam< again with a hammer lock, but Fralej resisted stoutly. CROSS-COUNTRY CANTER. The gong for the fifth round startec a cross-country canter with Raines ai the pursuer. When he did overhau his quarry he was trapped into th« Fraley toe hold, but immediatel; twisted out of it, much to Fraley's dis gust. Fraley had to suffer anothe: hammer-lock before jjjdicious use o his elbow drove Raines off and the; descended once more to jolts. A hand ful of hair aided by a wrist loci enabled Fraley to take Raines dowi but, from his point of view, a shori arm scissors was not so good. Fraley had a shot at the boston cral in the sixth round, but was kicked ou of it. Raines then grabbed Jiim by thi legs and swung him round and rouni until Fraley put an end to the turn b: collaring an ankle. He tossed Raine against the ropes, and, while the latte hung suspended, made a dive at hin which put him out between the bel and the Press table.- Raines■ returnei with murder in his eye only to mee a dropkick and then be rammed heai first against a corner post. This mad him rub an ear in disgust, but ther was plenty more in store for himand Fraley—before the round endec Dumps were the principal means - o attack with jolts and punches throwi in for good measure. The seventh round had been goin only a few seconds before Raine picked Fraley up after hammering hir with his elbows, carried him out int the middle of the ring, gave him good aeroplane spin, and then dumpe him for a fall. This was a signal fo a complete black-out of the Town Ha' lights, but only for a few seconds. Fraley .scored a complete miss in a tempting a flying toe hold in the las round and Raines immediately rushe him to a corner where he picked hir up for another aeroplane spin, ant perchance, dump. When Raines trie to unload Fraley off his shoulders, hov ever, he found that something had gon wrong—Fraley was hanging on tightl; The upshot of it all was that Raine was tipped over and lost instead c gained a fall at 2min 10sec, leaving draw the only possible decision. Mr. Alf Jenkins was the referee. AMATEUR PRELIMINARIES. Results of the amateur preliminar bouts are: H. Wales (Petone), 7st 131b, beat 1 ' Mahoney (Johnsonville), 7st 71b, b , one fall. T. Maddock (6st 81b) beat D. Rigarl , ford (6st) on points in a match for th Kilbirnie Club Ladder Cup. R. Gifford (Koolman's), 9st 61b, be: ' E. Twohill (Kilbirnie), 9st 41b, o ' points. There were no falls. N. Gunther (Koolman's), lOst 1311 beat R. Harestage (Koolman's), 11; 21b, by falls in the second and thii , rounds. Mr. J. H. Thompson was the refere BLOMFIELD BEATS MEEHAN L (By Telegraph— Association.) AUCKLAND, June 27. Clinging tenaciously to. a lead of or fall gained in the sixth round of I nrofessional heavyweight wrestlir