Referee Involved in Fierce Jolting War

Northern Advocate, 16 July 1938, Page 9

Referee Involved in Fierce Jolting War

With Mir referee working overtime, '> and both contestants taking part in a prolonged elbow-jolting war, sue It a. 5 . lias never before been witnessed in . Whangarci. the professional wrestling 1 bout held last night in the Town Hall | resulted in Vincent Lopez securing the r only fall in the match against Abe Yourist. Opening in startling fashion. the bout was fast and furious to the end, the tactics of both men being received with mixed feelings by the large ' crowd. | Yourist set the pace in the first round, securing a painful fingerstretch on Lopez, who finally wriggled free by the leverage of Yourist’s nose. A preliminary warming-up of elbowjclting saw Lopez gesticulating with the referee, and the round came to an I end with the wrestlers sparring-up in 'regular boxing style. i 1 Referee Overworked- ' Referee J. Webb had his work cut out for the next two rounds, several times having to intervene. The two mat-men, however, seemed determined to play their own game, and would ■ take little cautioning. Warning Lopez j several times for punching, Mr Webb found himself pushed out of the way ,by Yourist, who believed in no talk j and all work. | Lopez lost no time opening up the third round, Yourist’s face, particularjly his nose, coming in for a deal of I beauty parlour massage, followed by j the use of bared teeth by each in turn. | Lcpcz was on the way to secure an j Indian deathlock, but Yourist buffeted i his way out in time, and made no 1 bones about putting in a few extra jolts after the gong had sounded, j Round four was resting-lime for the I three in the ring and a breather for j the crowd, by now worked up as much as the Yourist-Lopez-Webb melee. Round five, however, made up for the i slack spell, when a terrific barrage of elbow-jolts from Lopez left Yourist , with just sufficient energy to return likewise, and send both wallowing , groggily about the ring. The round j ended with the referee trying to unj ravel the respective parts of the two contestants, who seemed to consider him a third party to the general mix

Elbow-Jolting Warfare. Continuing the elbow-jolting mania in the sixth round, neither Ljpez nor his opponent could gain the upper hand, and succeeded in doing little more than demoralising each other. Lopez threw Yourist out of the ring a s an introduction to the seventh round, and, with the odds about even, it was anybody’s fight. Practically the whole round was confined to elbow-jolts. Yourist suffering more than his opponent. They ended up by tumbling out of the ring in each other’s arms.

i hardly able to make the pace into the centre again. Lopez wag reluctant to shake hands at the commencement of the last round. He followed the formality with the first of three minutes’ hectic joltj ing, which left Yourist hardly able to continue. Rolling out of the ring together. they were called back for Lopez to dump Yourist. He failed to secure a fall, but a second attempt a moment later allowed him to pounce on the badly-buffeted Yourist and secure the only fall of the match.

| The Amateurs. Four amateurs from the Northern

Wairoa Wrestling Association took part in the preliminaries. The star i performer was Ben Poa, a spectacular | and versatile wrestler, who, with R. H. Farrell, of Kamo, provided one ci the most appreciated amateur bouts jof the season. Poa (10.12) had little ! trouble securing a fall fn the second round when Farrell (11.0) unthinkingly balanced on his own shoulders for a fall he should never have given ! away. Poa. however, would have ! won cn points. j T. Connelly (9.12) and G. Pairama ' (9.13) indulged in a test of strength ! which had little action in it. Pairama , took the honours with a fall in the ' second round. L. Brown, of Dargavillc (9.12), put up a good showing against the more experienced f. Boyd, of Whangarei (9.13), but could net withstand the lati ler's aggressiveness. Boyd secured the only fall with a body press in the second round. E. C’Callaghan. of Dargavillc (12.0) and K. Maunsell. of Kaikohe (10.7), mac!; their bout willing and open. Maunsell was the more agile wrestler, securing falls in the second and third rounds. In a drawn contest. E. Bam'ccvich. or Dargavillc (11.8), and M. Heke, c.t Kaikohe (10.10). believed in stand-up tactics, and the referee had to bring them to the mat in the second and third rounds. Odds were oven throughout and a draw was the popular opin-

Mr T. Hollows refereed the amateur contests.