WRESTLING

Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1937, Page 6

WRESTLING

SENSATIONAL BOIJT.

LITTLE WOLF DISQUALIFIED,

(Per Press Association—Copyright).

CHRISTCHURCH, .August id. The entry of-tile police into the ring mded last night's wrestliiig: bout between Earl McCready and Chief Little Wolf. Little Wolf tins disqualified in die seventh round after -McCready Had already been awarded a penalty fall against hiiri-. The Indian petsisted in punishing McCready with elbow jolts, punches,) &iid Slaps in-the face/'When the referee ordered him to break;* and ior this infringement the’decision’was given against him. The bout vended sensationally- half-way through* /the seventh round, when Little Wolf held McCready’s head over the ropes, had him bleeding profusely from four parts of the face, and rained slaps and punches and jolts upon him. The referee, Mr R. Shima, after vainly attempting to force the meri to a break, held up McCreadv’s hand, declared him the dinner, and then stepped quickly aside. The two wrestlers 1 faced One another angrily in the middle of the ring, Sftd the Indian began again dealing elbow jolts and slaps to McCready’s face. A sergeant and a constable stepped into the ring before the bout eridbd.'

A packed house watched the coritest and enjoyed every minute of it. The Indian was obviously out to make a spectacular bout of it,, arid he had no hesitation in adding the extra measure of jolting, ear-pulling, and .Temperamental spitting into the ring, all to the delight of his public. The audience booed him steadily at some stages, but he appeared to take this as an incitement to more of such tactics. -McCready attempted to return something of the Indian’s wild punishment, but Little Wolf seemed to like all he. got. Little Wolf gained the only actual fall of the evening with his fearful Indian deathlock. . , ••• •' ; ■ •

McCready ! s. weight was given as 16st 121 b and Little Wolf’s'as I6st. Little Wolf Jorced the pace . right 1 from ,the start and was soon busy with hammer and wristlockk and . an-: occasional fierce elbow, jolt for good; measure.--/Mc-Cready was the more scientific, wrestler, but Little Wolf thevniore'-cunnirig. McCready had some. punishing Tiolds -on the Indian at some stages, but Little Wolf’s endurance was apparently never seriously) tested, except, perhaps, when the Canadian in the second round put bn a painful arm stretch, i; Frequently when McCready established a painful hold -the Indian wriggled to the ropes and the men broke. / : .

McCready gained the first fall frofh a penalty in the third lounj,, when : Liitle Wolf could not resist the temptation toadd/an extra- elbow jolt of/two ag they broke from the ropes:' -Little Wolf, in the fourth round laid a clever trap'for McCready and caught him in his fearful Indian deathlock.The gong - sounded while the punishment was. still being administered. McCready staggered to his corner,/but (hardlyhath the next round started than the Indian had a deathlock on him again, this time; gaining a fall. At the start of the. sixth roand if appeared likely, that they would slacken the pace and fight to ai draw of a points decision, -but the Indian persisted:and the pace became; fast and-.furious, remaining so until the disqualification. BLOMFIELD wins, f ,

WELLINGTON, -August f i A single', arid father unusual type; of fall gave “Lofty” Bloinfiehb the decision over Matros Kirilenko-ih n'professionalwrestling contest to-night-at the Town Hall. Ini the sixth’ round -Kirilenko dumped Blomfield hard; and . lifted him to repeat the dump/; Aa )he looked likely to put him over-the ropes the referee, Mr Alf Jenkins, hauled Kirilenko backwards, whereupon he overbalanced and fell underneath Bitfield. The.latter promptly pinned him. Kirilenko gave a fine demonstration of speed and cunning. Blomfield interspersed his. usual sojid tactics with-a leavening of elbow jolts. ,