ALLEY BEATS MCDOUGALL

Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1931, Page 6

ALLEY BEATS MCDOUGALL

TORRID WRESTLING CONTEST WINNER’S FALL WITH CRUCIFIX. NEW PLYMOUTH CROWD PLEASED Tom Alley’s crucifix, the hold which has never been broken, won for the Mormon h>s wrestling bout with Scotty McDougall at New Plymouth on Saturday night. There was little between the two grapplers, but all through Alley showed better ringcraft ana secured the only fall in eight torrid rounds. •• There was little of the spectacular in the bout, both men concentrating on a few solid holds applied vigorously. Both tried frequently for the crucifix, but most of the damage was done with wrist-locks and head-locks. The big crowd, which included the Taranaki and Australian Rugby teams, seemed to prefer the hare grappling to the more sensational tactics of the encounter between Pinto and Pencheff. The vigour of the bout, especially in the last round, made the referee’s job no sinecure, but Mr. W. J. Claringbold, Hawera, kept a quiet but efficient control of proceedings. Alley secured a head-lock to force McDougall to the mat but in a side-slip to evade head-scissors lost the advantage. Head-scissors hurt McDougall till the Mormon let go to work on headlocks. McDougall had had enough of this treatment and when he got hie opponent’s head in chancery he worried him. Alley covered up, avoiding another head-lock till he had somewhat recovered. McDougall locked on bodyscissors and then with a sudden twist tried for the crucifix, and with an even more sudd.n movement Alley slipped clear. There was a little mixed work, with McDougall attacking at the end of the round. McDougall re-opened hostilities with a wrist-lock and then an arm-bar. Alley held grimly on till at last he managed to effect a release following head-scis-sors on the Scot. A head-lock was preparatory to Alley trying for his crucifix, the Scot getting sufficient warning to be somewhere else when the legs clicked together. Then another wrist--1 ck came McDougall’s way, following which he put on short-arm scissors, working it into a key-lock. McDougall missed a crucifix by the barest fraction and the round ended with Alley holding his own, again. Round three opened with Alley breaking splendidly from an arm-bar. Throwing the Mormon with a head-lock, McDougall worke<. on a toe-hold and then had a useful cradle. Hard work on the mat ensued with little advantage either way till Alley locked on shortarm scissors. - McDougall threshed his way across the ring to escape through the ropes. With a’minute to go Ailey, had the same hold again, McDougall just breaking as the round ended. ALLEY COVERS UP. McDougall tried a series of headlocks but again Alley’s smother proved effective in averting danger. Alley slipped on head-scissors preparatory to giving Scotty another dose of shortarm variety. The hold was perfectly applied but McDougall struggled to his feet somehow to seek refuge in a corner. He was dragged out with headlocks. Alley tried to kick the legs away from under the Scot, who retaliated with chancery holds, to which Alley’s counters were an excursion through the ropes and his smother. Alley put body scissors on but again missed the change to the crucifix. Alley was trying to perfect the hold at the gong. The fifth round had scarcely been in progress a minute before Alley almost secured his crucifix. Despite the Scot’s frantic efforts Alley clung to his partial hold and at length got the chance to lock his feet. McDougall submitted and had to be assisted to his comer. Alley came out fast in the sixth round but McDougall had learnt something in his bout at Hawera with Pencheff and brought Alley down with a fine footthrow to apply a toe-hold. Alley was limping when ne escaped, hopping round the ring to elude Scotty’s furious onslaught. Then Alley took a couple of head-locks to make the Scot very groggy. He rested in a corner till he felt better; then he made a sortie. Both had head-locks but \lley followed his with a slam and cradle-hold. Grabbing Alley’s legs in the seventh round, MeDougaU tried all he knew to o-et a Boston crab. Missing this he found liead-scisso.s some consolation. With Alley breaking this hold McDougall tried short arm-scissors, followed by an armstrangle. Alley broke and had a cradlehold when he was kicked clear. Alley again tried for a crucifix and, missing, found himseif held by a toe-hold. A furious attack saw Alley go through the ropes to take his full 20 seconds’ rest. Alley refused to shift from his corner till thrown out with a headlock. Following head-scissors McDougall went for a body press from which the gong relieved Alky. WRESTLING OUT OF RING. McDougall set the last round going with head-locks and Alley spelled in a corner. A species of splits troubled Alley till he worked on a wrist-lock. Some more head-locks followed and Alley climbed out of the ring. Another furious attack saw Alley seek the same refuge. A wild mix-up with both men usino- tiieir shoulders freely culminated in using his clenched fist. Brushing the referee aside as he reprimanded the Mormon McDougall threw Alley out of the ring, between the ropes and, again disregarding Mr. Claringbold’s restraining hand, darted through the ropes in pursuit. Then there was an uproar with the spectators in the cheap seats rushing forward to see a furious battle waged on the floor beyond the ring. Fists were flying and the referee was unable to separate the men without assistance. They returned to the ring and though. McDougall continued his onslaught Alley kept out of harm’s way till the bout ended. The crowd was almost equally divided and cheers for Alley’s win were equalled by the hoots of the Scot’s supporters. AMATEUR PRELIMINARIES. Bert Bailey, Okaiawa, list, lib., was too long in the head for F. Quin, Hawera, list. 31b. After summing up his opponent in the first round, which was evenly contested, Bailey took two quick falls with body j esses. D. Tito, Okaiawa, list. 21b., secured the mly fall in hie bout with 0. Quin, Hawera, list. 21b., with a body press in the third round, Quin spent most of his time getting out of holds but

nearly scored a fall in the second round with a species of cradle hold. Tui Robinson, Okaiawa, lOst. 41b., and P. Jones, Toko, lOst. 21b., wrestled a draw. The best amateur bout of the evening was between S. Fama, Hawera, list, and C. H. Watson, Urenui, lOst. 61b. Watson Suowea great speed and took a fall in the second round with a body press. In the third round he did his best to evade Fama and refused to come to grips. His tactics nearly succeeded but just on time Fama swung him up for an aeroplane spin. Watson came down heavily for Fama to get an equalising fall with a body press. The Harris brothers, Toko, gave a bright exhibition bout. reaching the fairway of the 20th hole