WRESTLING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18179, 29 August 1933, Page 9

WRESTLING

OSWALD AND PATTERSON PROSPECT OF PINE MATCH Those followers' of wrestling who listened in last night to the broadcast description of the professional match at Auckland, between George Walker and Hank Oswald, must have been impressed by the line performance registered by the lastmentioned wrestler. It was not until late in the match, and then only by a method that' really represented a successful gamble against considerable odds, that the champion was able to get the better of Oswald, who was stated by the announcer to be even, on falls and points, up to the time when Walker caught him in midair and turned him over with a heavy slam for the deciding fall. Right through the match, according to Auckland advices, Oswald was dangerous to the champion, and his methods were highly spectacular as well as effective. He scored the first fall, and later when Walker was trying hard to even matters, Oswald persisted in resisting one of the most painful holds in the gamut of wrestling, to the admiration of the Auckland audience. Walker did equalise in the sixth, and in the last round decided the issue by turning the tables on Oswald when tho latter seemed to be reducing him to impotence by repeated flying tackles. Oswald had launched himself through the air again, when Walker succeeded in catching him under the chin, jerked him over on his back as a steer is thrown in rodeo practice, and held him in a body press to secure the fall. It was a pretty piece of work on Walker’s part, and according to those who were eye-witnesses of the match, was about the one feat that could have stopped the sturdy Oswald. Walker is expert at using his opponents’ strength to beat them, and from experience it is known that lie exerts himself only at critical periods of his contests. In last night’s match, Oswald gave him plenty of wrestling, however, and up to last few seconds it looked as though a draw would figure in Walker’s record as the result of this meeting. Patrons of the sport will welcome the chance to see Oswald in action for the first time on Friday next, and against the powerful and rugged Jack Patterson. The lastmentioned wrestler has made one previous appearance in Gisborne, against Hal Rumberg, this match being one of the most exciting in the brief history .of the Gisborne Wrestling Association. Patterson is a strong and combative individual in the ring, and mny be expected to provide plenty of excitement in his meeting with Oswald. The fact that both are flying-tackle exponents should tend to make tho match especially interesting as a spectacle, and Gisborne association officials are expecting a full house when the pair meet on Friday. In yesterday’fs reference !to the preliminary bouts, the name of A. Badham was supplied as that of A. Read’s opponent, in error. Read will meet Flavell, a boy more of his own weight and of considerable experience in the amateur wrestling ring.