WRESTLING ITEMS

Grey River Argus, 26 June 1931, Page 6

WRESTLING ITEMS

(By “Head-lock”). The wrestling season is now in fu-l swing, and from reports received from centres which have staged bouts, it promises to be a most successful one. Stan Pinto, Tom Alley, Harry Demetra I and King Elliott arrived in the Dominion from America last Mondav week ami all except Elliott have taken part in matches. Jinto defeated Jack Higgins at Auckland, Alley was defeated by Scotty McDougall at Auckland and DemetraL was to meet Higgins at Nelson on Wed-nesday Karn Pasha. Bob Kruse and Bursch will arrive in Wellington on Monday iicxi and with their arrival there will l>e no 1.-. s than 13 first class licensed grappler.s in the Dominion. Already we have here George Walker, Scotty McDougall, Toni Lurich, Jack Higgins, Anton Koohnan and Peter Linnitkin. Walker, the “Canadian Cave-man,’’ had a most suecesful season last year, and was not beaten, but he will be opposed to a more select band this lime. However, George is expected to hold his own with the best. Harry Demetral is reputed to he an even more cunning matman than Pasha ‘‘The Terrible Turk,’’ who made a great impression here last year. The Greek is anxion s Io try conclusions with Walker, Au<*kland’s idol, and as he has a wonderful American record, a l>on( between these two would crowd .out the largest hall available in New Zealand. Stan Pinto who created a surprise l>y incapacitating the Australian Higgins at Auckland .’ast Monday week will prove, one of the best drawing cards. He has wrestled a draw with the redoubtable Joe Steelier, reputed the best leg-wrestler in the world, has defeated Lon dos. regarded by a large section in America as the heavyweight ehampi n of the world, Stanislaus Zybzsko and Fat McGill. The Auckland authorities endeavoured arrange a match between Pinto and McDougall but the police refused a permit, no doubt because of Pinto’s kicking Higgins in their recent match and as McDougall, is no lover of “tea-party” wrestling, the police probably thought it inadvisable to allow him to grapple with the “Nebraska Wildcat.’’ King Elliott, the ex-Auckland policeman, who went to America last November with Tom Alley, in order to take up professional wrestling, had twentyfive contests in the States for twentyone wins. He has come back a real cauliflower-oared professional and Alley says he will turn out a great wrestler. Tom, Alloy’s famous crucifix hold succeeded in holding McDougall on Monday night though Scotty made strenuous effort s to get out of it. It

is interesting to note that Alley claims that it is impossible for anyone to escape from this hold, aS applied by him. Kara Pasha’s Bostoi Crab will again bp in evidence shortly, and the popular Turk is sure to have a pretty successful season. This year he will probably be meeting Walker, and he will have his work cut out to escape the husky Canadian’s dump. The newly formed Nelson Wrestling Association conducted its first professional contest on Wednesday and as anticipated there was a packed house. Wrestling is popular where-ever it is introduced. Perhaps the Greymouth Boxing Association might make endeavours (o get a good match for Greymouth fans. The last bout staged here between Kara Pasha and Lundyn was an interesting contest, but the Finn wa s no match for the wily Turk. The local Association seemed to be unfortunate in its choice of an opponent for Pasha, as Lundyn, though a colourful wrestler was not in the first flight.