WRESTLING

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8179, 22 July 1912, Page 11

WRESTLING

LENAUZE V. REEDAY

UNSATISFACTORY ENDING. A fair number assembled at tho Paris (lato Bijou) Theatre on Saiuruay evenintj to tno catch-fts-cuich-eun wrestling nuucii lor asiUo between Donald Rot-day, of H.il.ri. Pioneer, aiul Ted Lenauze. who claims the heavyweight championship ot New Zealand. The conditions were that Leuauze should weigh last »ib or under, and piniall itoeiiay tour times in tho hour. The big chap lailed to comply with the. lormer condition* liis weight ixnng Announced as 14st. Under the circumstances it was agreed to side-bet and wreerio lor “the house. Mr J. JJoyle, who acted as M.L., announced that uUpland 13st Gib (billed as “the Scottish champion") would lorteit4o to anyone whom lie failed to throw iu ten minutes, and a gold medal to anyone staying five minutes. Unfortunately the platform was far too small, unpro tec ted and dangerous. Mr Gordon Smith, of Pahialua, acted as referee. Dickinson, a local lOst man, had a tri for tho fiver and, considering the disparity in weight, put up a splendid go. His trionds yelled "strangle (told on one occasion, but tho referee disallowed the appeal. Tho local man proved very elusive, but an exciting contest concluded by the Scotsman securing a fall pei medium of a bar-hold. Time, 4mxn So£€C An* exhibition bout by two. men from tho -Pioneer resulted iu defeating In respono to Gilliland’s challenge for someone to havo a try for tho gold medal, an individual stepped forward, hat it proved a farce. The contest ended quickly as Gilliland took hold of his opponent and slowly but surely forcec both his shoulders down ou the mat. Time, 45sec.

LENAUZE v. REEDAY,

After a long wait both principals ap peured and were cordially received, iiotn looked well, though Reeaay appeared to bo in better couuition tnan ms burly opponent. About a minute after the commencement of the bout Leuauze picked the sailor up and dropped him heavily to the floor, but failed to gam any aavantage. A section of the e-row;d hooted, but they evidently knew nothing about the rules. Reoduy trom now ou showed great cleverness in getting out of tight corners. Lenauzc’s favourite seemed to be getting his opponent’s head iu chancery, tor this, and a bar hold completed his outfit. Reeday, time after time, wriggled out of the big fellows grip. Tho sailor’s head was dragged and pushed and twisted, but to no purpose. At twelve minutes Reeday was pushed on the stage, but escaped -unhurt. The same tactics were pursued until Reeday was again pushed off the stage. ibis Dme lus toes struck an iron chair but otherwise ho escaped injury. At nineteen minutes the sailor was overboard again. A section of the crowd hooted but the referee very properly explained that Leuauze was in no way to blame ns it was the-absurd size of the stage that was responsible. At thirty-seven minutes Leuauze got w-hat looked like a jiu-jitsu hold ou Reeday'a wrist, but, owing to the latter again tailing oil tho stage nothing came of it. Reeday protested against the hold, ’ but the referee said he "understood” that it was all holds in bar the strangle hold. After much wrangling tho pair got going again, this time in a very willing manner. Leuauze threw his opponent and, amid frantic yells of ‘‘strangle." put the sailor over. The referee disallowed the appeal for a foul and Lenauze was awarded a. fall, lime, 331 minutes. . , , . , There was an interval of three minutes and when, time was up the big chap walked on to the mat with a thick woollen singlet on. Reeday protested, but without avail, and they again got into “holts." By a smart piece of work Lenauze with the same bur hold downed the sailor in thirty seconds. There was another altercation over the singlet, during which Reeday left the hall amid cheers. Tho sympathy of the crowd was of course with tho little sailor, who had put up a very game battle, tho public forgetting what a big handicap ho was receiving. Lenauze was declared the winner. 1