WRESTING.

NZ Truth, Issue 66, 22 September 1906, Page 3

WRESTING.

PEARCE BEATS SCOTT. A Fast and ./Fierce Straggle Ends hi a Victory for the Veteran. "An old doa for & hard road" is an ancient adage Jand it seems as though those ancientsf were about as wise as they are nWde ; for what happened to Scott, , one/ of the finest human animals on eartfh, on Monday night wasa proof bf tSie wisdom and truth of the adage. J On Saturday night, when the police stopped.' fmrther proceedings because it was cl»se upon Sunday morning, it looked ibdds on Scott. He had put the champjion to hy-by twice out of three jtimdss m one style and was going great/ guns m another. Yet on Monday might, when the old 'un got a hammarlock on m the Qraeco-Ro-man, anw stuck to it for all was m him, Bi_b simply had to yield to jthe unhftarable agony and was, moreI over, incapacitated for any further work ifn the struggle ; which was really/hard lines. Mr Toohey, of Auekljand, was referee and no better or fairer ever acted. He knows the gamer and how to handle the contestants/ and audience. Scott was naturally/ sore over his defeat, and at the timfe was angry ; but he is too good d s/port and too honest a man to let hisj temper interfere with Ws sense of j justice. Pearce won because lie kn«.ws too much. He allows that the giant from Invercargiil is a champipn and a hard man to beat, but— wjbll, he beat him ! INo faster wrestling has ever been saen on any stage. It was go from sttartto finish and patrons who put uj) their three "bob" had a car load elf sport for it. Scott was attended ;»v Jack Quinn, a veteran London Ifrize Ring performer, better known iiow as Australia's champion trainer 'Af greyhounds, and half the fun was /this tough old gentlemanjs faith m land loudly-voiced admiration for his /principal. An unrehearsed incident was the ejectment of a gentleman, who had travelled all the way from Westport to see the match, by a policeman, Is imply because he dared to call out "Kapai Harry" when Pearce obtained I ' a "fall. This copper first told the gentleman to "hold your damned row." A little later he howled and applauded himself when Scott put Pearce's shoulders on the mat, and when reminded of his failure to practice his own theory he seized this reputable citizen and dragged him out of the hall. He was told that it was either arrest or assault and dared to take his capture to the station ; but he simply let the man go, and when taken to task later on, by the victim's friends, admitted that he had acted without warrant and on the dictates of his temper. This sort of prostitution of the police uniform is not what should be expected m a free country. It is rather Russian.

Dick Carroll, champion wrestler of the North Island, is prepared- to meet R. J. Scott, m three styles (Grkeco-Roman, Cumberland, and ; collar and elbow) at any time that is convenient, and will ' make it at Invercargiil or Master.ton, whichever Scott prefers, as soon as he chooses to fix a date, and for a stake to suit himself.