WRESTLING

Greymouth Evening Star, 12 June 1933, Page 6

WRESTLING

BLAKE—PATTERSON BOUT, r ASHBURTON, June 12. A thousand people noisily protested . against the exhibition of Whiskers Blake and Jack Paterson, in the eight . rounds professional wrestling bout on Saturday night. The bout was willing in places,,and the contestants displayed anger at times. The referee, A. Craig, declared ■ the bout a draw, each man having one fall. Blake was the more scientific, and . slammed his opponent violently several times. Patterson was much more powerful and thus got himself out of trouble. At the end of the Jjout he was hissed and hooted by a section of the crowd, which resented the poor display, and supported Blake, who held that only seven rounds had been staged. Patterson returned from the dressing room and offered to wrestle the deciding round, but was dissuaded. Chaos ruled, the patrons leaving the theatre, and returning in a body, twice. CONTEST FOR SATURDAY The Greymouth Boxing Association have matched “Thunderbolt” Jack Patterson, conqueror of Al Pereira, and Jack Clark, a new arrival in the conn try. Paterson is well-known to local fans for the spectacular contest he assisted to provide last Saturday week, and Coasters will look forward to the next appearance of this vigorous matman. Clark has had only one contest so far, and that at Auckland against George Walker. The American was leading by a fall, when Walker secured a back loop slam, and Clark was unable to continue. This happened in the third round, but an Auckland report stated that up till then, Clark had outwrestled Walker, and that the contest was one of the fiercest and most torrid seen in Auckland for a long time. . Clark meets Walker in a re- ■ turn bout at Auckland to-night. j The principal contest at Greymouth will be preceded by amateur preliminaries.