Wrestling

NZ Truth, Issue 997, 3 January 1925, Page 10

Wrestling

Despite the fact that the wrestling match between Billy Meeske (12.6& > aha Ted Thye (12.4%) at Sydney last Saturday night was advertised as the world's light- heavyweight championship, a very poor crowd attended, and the .only excuse Stadiums, Ltd., can offer is bad weather.

In the first round Meeske was aggressive, but very little mat work waa done. However, it was whilst they were on the mat that Thye introduced his famous wrist lock.

In the third Meeske gained a wrist lock and threw the American, but on I falling Thye put his knees up and f Meeske stopped them m his stomach s and was winded. Thye immediately. | jammed on his double, wristloek, and * then the scissors. , Billy struggled hard to free himself, but was unable, and finally tapped the mat m sub- i mission. The N fall took one minute forty-five seconds. Quite a little excitement was caused a m the fourth, when Thye again applied a neck scissors, arid Billy reached down and put on a toe hold. After contesting' one hold against the other for some seconds both let go.

In the sixth both wrestlers had a go with knuckles, and it was not until Thye was bleeding from, the mouth that Referee Munro bade them cease.

Meeske, created a surprise m the seventh by gaining a fall with a head lock and a half Nelson combined. His fall took fifty seconds.

In the eighth both wrestled hard, with Meeske a little better of the two. At the end of the session the referee gave his decision as a draw.> Meeske deserved the decision. — -Special Cable.