WRESTLING TOURNEY

Northern Advocate, 20 April 1933, Page 10

WRESTLING TOURNEY

KAIKOTIE ASSOCIATION AEGIS

FIXTURE AT KAWAKAWA. Before n fair attendance of the general public, the Kailcohe Wrestling Association staged a most successful amateur tournament in the Kawakawa Picture. Hall last .night. Three car loads of Whangarei competitors and officials, including Mr G. .Reid, president of the Northern Amateur Wrestling Gymnasium Club, Mr .1. McFarlnne, referee, and Air Ron. Conic, instructor, made the trip to the northern town.

Owing to the untrained condition of its members, the visiting contingent failed to attain p great measure of success, but their participation added considerably to the interest of the three three-minute wound bouts. •Messrs C. R. Ban ton, of Kaikoho, and .1. AlcEarlane, of Whangarei, jointly acted as referees, while Mr G. Reid officiated as announcer.

Proceedings opened wi.th a featherweight bout between P. Quayle (Wha ngarei) and AY. Davis (Kaikohe). The former weighed in at 9.10 and the latter at 8.2. Throughout the first round Davis held the ascendancy,, but no falls Avore registered until two minutes after the commencement of the second session, when Davis secured his opponent in a full-Nelson to roll him over for an easy fall. The third round was evenly .contested and, with neither able to pin the other, Davis Avas the winner by one straight fall. Plenty of action marked the lightaveight go between F. Hollows (AVhangarci) and iB. Banton (Kaikohe). A scoreless first round Avas most exciting, but before the second session had lasted long the AVhangarei boy held Banton in a figure-four body scissors. However, the latter was on top and managed to hold Hollows’ shoulders to the mat for the required throe seconds to gain the first fall. No further falls were scored and Banton took the honours by one to nil. The lightweights, N. Boyd, .10.4 (Whangarei) and M, Rika, 10.(5 (Kaikohe) were very evenly matched. The first fall came in the second round, Rika catching Boyd in a cradlehold ami pinning his shoulders. A headlock and body-press gained another fall for him in the last and thus clinched the issue.

The most scientific display was that o'f.Jjh Hollows of Whangarci, .11.1, who completely outclassed E. Anderson (Ohfieawai), ll.fi, in a welterweight tussle. Eight from the-start Hollows was the aggressor and after nearly two minutes' wrestling cleverly intrigued his opponent into his favourite hold, a combination figure-four body scissors and half-Nelson, to gain an easy submission.fall. In the second session the jWhangarei exponent was clearly superior and, although displaying a thorough knowledge of the game, never extended himself. The end came after 45 seconds ip the last round, when Hollows again, trapped Anderson in a figurefour body scissors and forced his shoulders to the mat.

The next was a light-heavyweight go between A, Steers, 11.0 ( Whangarei), and A. Hubne, 11.4 (Okaihau). After two rounds of even wrestling Hulme applied a body-scissors and face-bar, to which Steers submitted.

The middleweight.?, 8. Henry, 11.1

(Kaikohc), and E. Baynton, 10.2 (Kaikohe), contested throe even rounds and were awarded a. draw. After two rounds, R. Keogh of Moorewa, was given a points decision over X. Harrison, also of Moorewa. A good ddal of horizontal wrestling marked the go between H. Findlay, 9.11, of Whangarei, and W. Paid, 11.3, of Kaikohc. In the opening session Paid applied a hcadlock and held Findlay for about a minute until the gong intervened. In the second, the Maori displayed little inclination to go to the mat ail d the big discrepancy in the weights militated against the Whangarcite’s efforts to take him down. At the conclusion of the third round the referee ordered another, in which Findlay was successful in pinning the Maori for the deciding fall. i y In another lightweight go, I. Boyd 8.10 (Whangarei), defeated F. Bristol, fl.fi-(Tvaretu), by one fall, secured in the last round per medium of a double Japanese leglock. The comical antics of J. Keogh, 13.0 (Kawiti), in his heavyweight tussle with v W, Young, 12.4 (Kaikohc), greatly amused the spectators. The first fall came in the second session, when Keogh submitted to a reverse full-Neb son. On his evening matters with a body-press in the next, two further rounds were held, in the last of which Keogh pinned Voung with another body-press.

In the third round of an unscientific display, W. Fairburn, 11.0 (Kaikohe), clam ped a head lock on .T. Short land, 11.0 (Kawlti), and throwing him over pinned his shoulders for the necessary three seconds.

The last bout of the evening between T. Hollows, 10.12 (Whangarei), and T. Keogh, 10.10 (Kawiti), was highly entertaining. The first and. second rounds were very evenly contested, but in the third the referee awarded Keogh a pin fall, which met with a greatly mixed reception. Hollows was troubled with an injured arm,- which later necessitated medical attention.