WRESTLING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14300, 21 February 1910, Page 7

WRESTLING.

; .HACKENSCHMIDT V., SCOTT. v,; ; THE RUSSIAN LION AN EASY WINNER. , ; ;' An' ■ event \ to v '; which ' lovers of" wrestling". have I been* eagerly looking forward took place at the Wellington. Town {Hall on Wednesday evening, when George Hackenschmidt, " the Russian lion," met Robert James Scott,-champion of Australasia, under Catch-as-catch-can rules (says the New Zealand Times). This' style, which was formerly known as the Lancashire, permits of any kind of hold, but in the contest under review the strangle and hammerlock were specially barred. The 'first bout was of the -"short and" sweet" order. The Instant the men closed Scott went down and was almost pinned, but wriggled clear. Hackenschmidt then got a counter-hold—one arm round the leg and the other across the back. Despite Scott's utmost efforts he was turned over and, using- his enormous strength, the Russian forced- him down, scoring first fall in 55a. After a breath of 10 minutes the pair met again. This , time Hackenschmidt immediately had. his man on the mat, but Scott cleverly got away. Not to be denied, the visitor got a waist hold, pulling Scott ; backwards. The latter adopted a "sitting position—a good move against ordinary wrestlers but it, was useless with Hackenschmidt, who, really adopting Greco-Roman methods,' pulled Scott over and by sheer strength > pinned him fairly in lm. 18s. Good man as he is, Scott was outclassed and failed' to stay with his redoubtable antagonist as long as was expected, while he had no opportunity of showing his really clever footwork.' ~'.' ';''. '■■'.' '''"" ■■'.'"M"'' Interviewed niter the match Hackenschmidt said that in his opinion Scott was an excellent wrestler, who would be sure, to beat men in his class; but that, he- was hardly powerful enough for : the speaker. : .;. ' ■ . .: ,: . ■', :