TORRID WRESTLING BOUT

Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1930, Page 9

TORRID WRESTLING BOUT

FIGHT CONTINUED OUTSIDE RING. TOM ALLEY DEFEATS MeDOUG'ALL. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. In a fiercely spectacular, wrestling match before a crowded house at the town hall this evening Tom Alley (America) defeated Scotty McDougall (Scotland), obtaining the only fall of the bout in the last round. The two men were very evenly matched and for the first four rounds' gave a fine exhibition of fast scientific wrestling. They were allowed a fair amount of latitude by the referee, and from the fifth round onward tlie contest became a fierce struggle with fists and feet used freely on occasions. The climax came in the seventh round when McDougall escaped from an arm [mil by rolling through the ropes. Ailey following him, they fought fiercely outside the ropes, disregarding the referee. The seconds attempted to intervene, and one of Alley’s supporters, L. Naylor, received a blow on the mouth necessitating the insertion of two stitehes. The round ended jii6t as McDougall was persuaded to re-enter the ring. The end came early in the eighth round, Alley securing a toe hold and body press and forcing his opponent's shoulders to the mat.