WITHIN THE RING

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 155, 2 June 1937, Page 6

WITHIN THE RING

MATMEN AND BOXERS. McINTYItE WILL DEVELOP. (By “Itingsider.”) Vic. Christy, the latest American wrestler to land here, is one of the youngest to come; lie is a vigorous type, while not displaying undue roughness, says an Australian exchange. The newcomer is only 24—and married at that; his wife is with him. Mrs Christy is a blonde, and only a handful. Her husband stands G. 3, and weights 16.2. Despite his youth, Christy has been wrestling for seven years, having a year as an amateur before turning pro. He held the light-heavy and heavyweight championships of California before turning. In all he has had about 800 contests, so that he has averaged about two a week throughout his career. He has wrestled all over America, and among others he has defeated Sarpolis, Cantonwine, Boescli, and Lutze. He held Strangler Lewis (then champion) to a draw, and held Londos (the champion) for an hour without a fall, losing on points. Two others he has beaten were Ernie anil Rudy Dusek.

Christy specialises in a “hook” body scissors, applied from behind, which is practically a “figure 4,” with the locking foot under the knee. Christy is to appear in New Zealand later on in the season.

Don Mclntyre, whom Blomfield disabled with his octopus clamp in L’almerston North last week, is a fine type of manhood. He is young at the mat game and is very stout-hearted. He uses the short arm scissors and reverse wristlock extensively also tho rolling cradle rocker. He will develop later into a very fast and colourful wrestler. He was not afraid of Blomfiekl’s forearm jolts, and the Aucklander abandoned these methods first when the pair got at it in some brisk exchanges last week.

Bout For Nichol. Claude Nichol, the Vest Australian heavy-weight boxer who beat, all opponents in New Zealand with the exception of Leo Kelly, and who has been fighting at Suva, lias been approached regarding a contest with Lindcsay, the Auckland heavy-weight who, in his first professional fight, had no difficulty in disposing of Jack Rainsford. There is every possibility of the match eventuating shortly. Russian Strong Man. Kirilinko, the Russian wrestler at present doing well in New Zealand, is of the Dan Ivololf type, a graduate from a strong man’s school to the wrestling game, and lie certainly proved himself a strong and hard opponent to vanquish, but as is usually the case with a very powerful wrestler who lias been weight-lifter lie invariably lets his opponent do most of the work, and glories in breaking his adversary’s hold. Pie is a good headlocker, and gives the impression that in a wrestle to a finish his shoulders would take some pinning to the mat. It is said that it took Jim Londos lhr 40min. to do this job, and one can believe it after the way lie has been wrestling in New Zealand. Kirilinko has been much impressed with the standard of wrestling provided in the preliminary bouts in the Dominion, Pie also says that New Zealand is the most wrestling-minded country he lias visited. Busy Boxing Champion. Americans would think Mickey Miller “plumb crazy.” This young fellow, dual holder of the Australian bantam _ .and feather-weight boxing championships, has defended his feather-weight title five times since he won it from Spider Roach last year. The ambition of the average American boxer is to win a title, hide it away somewhere and dodge his challengers. Miller’s last two fights in Melbourne were against Joe Sharp and Spider Roach, both of which he won. His bout with Roach, a six-rounder refereed by Merv. Williams, was voted as one of the best fights seen in Melbourne. Miller is a family man, and although comic strips make much of the saying that married life and fighting go hand in hand, Miller has it on experience that boxing and married life get along -into well together. Ho is 21 and the very proud father of a youngster of four years. His wife is very interested in his career, but lias never seen one of his 120 fights. German Matman.

Edmund Kraener, German heavyweight wrestler, 'recently arrived in Australia from India in search of matches. He began wrestling at the age of 14, and won the German amateur championship six years later. Pie represented his country at the Olympic Games at Amsterdam in 1928 and at Los Angeles in 1932. Ho was third and second in the respective centres. Olympic Rules. Following the agitation made in many sporting circles in Australia that the rules and regulations under which boxers and wrestlers compete should be made the same as those of the Olympic and Empire Games, the New South Wales Boxing and Wrestling Association has adopted the international rules. From this time onward tho Australian representatives in boxing and wrestling will have a thorough grounding in the Olympic rules and will not be caught napping ns they have been in the past (says the Sydney Referee). Draw With Belgian. Jack (Kid) Berg, now attempting to gain honours in the lOst 71b boxing division in England, was held to a draw by Louis Saercns, of Belgium, at the Colston Hall, Bristol, recently.