WRESTLING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 259, 30 September 1935, Page 10

WRESTLING

McCREADY v. ANDRESEN. The Palmerston North Wrestling Association generally manages to get the real big men in wrestling at least once in a season, and this time has excelled itself in getting Earl McOroady, the Canadian champion matman, who is to try conclusions with the spectacular Swedish-Ameri-can, Ole Andresen. McCready’s name is known to everyone who follows this sport, and is the one man in the mat game at present in New Zealand that they want to see in the ring. The public want to see him so that they can judge for themselves, at first hand, if he is the champion he claims to be. On his performance here against Wade, Andresen proved that he was a class wrestler, and so great was the talk about his wonderful leg-work that those who saw him last month and many more who have heard of him but did not sec him, have signified their intention to be present at the Opera House on lnd > night. The box plans open at Messis Oollinson and Cunninghame a to-morrow morning. SINGH BEATS VENTER. WELLINGTON, Sept. 29. The Indian wrestler, Harbin Singh, beat Peter Venter, the South African, by two falls to one on Saturday night Venter took the first fall in the fourth round. In the fifth he nnssed a dropkick, careered through the ropes and landed heavily on the floor and when lie returned groggily near the end of the count he was dumped for the equalising fall. During the interval lie lay on the canvas apparently suileaing pain from a knee, but at the sound of the gong lie limped into action, whereupon the Indian dumped . m. m again to secure the winning fall within 20 seconds of the opening of the sixth round. MANAWATU v. HAWKE’S BAY. As preliminaries to the AndresenLabriola professional wrestling contest at Hastings, on Friday, teams of five met from the Manawatu and Hawke’s Bay associations. The Manawatu wrestlers proved a strong team and won three and drew one of the five contests. The results were:— W. Brown (Manawatu) 8.13 v. C. Workman (Hawke’s Bay) 8.6. The pair were very evenly matched but the exhibition was spoiled by the excessive use made by the visitor of the shelter afforded by the ropes. There w r as no fall and the verdict was a draw. A. Mercer (Manawatu) 9.3 v. C. Hawkes (Hawke’s Bay) 9.B.—The visitor proved the stronger and in the first round gained a submission with a reverse headlock, Hawkes submitting. The second session was similar to the’ first, Hawkes again submitting. E. Anthony (Manawatu) 9.0 v. C. Nuttall (Hawke’s Bay) B.6.—The visitor attacked early and kept Nuttall on the defence. Rolling his man with a three-quarter Nelson Anthony gamed a fall in the first round with a double arm bar and body press. Nuttall was more active in the second round and was the aggressor. In the final session Anthony repeated his first round tactics to secure a second fall. It. de Cleene (Manawatu) 9.6 v. E. Burton (Hawke’s Bay) 9.6.—This proved an interesting bout, both displaying a variety of holds. In the second round the visitor secured a reverse arm bar for a fall, the only one of the contest.

D. Harrington (Manawatu) 10.10 v. E. Morley (Hawke’s Bay) 11.2.—The aggressor from the outset, Morley gained a fall early with a body press following a body scissors. Morley easily had the best of the second round and in the third 'gained a second fall, to give the home representatives their first success of the evening. DRAW AT SYDNEY. SYDNEY, Sept. 29. The wrestling contest at Leichhardt Stadium between George Pencheff and Hardy Kruskamp ended in a draw, each securing a fall.