DESPERATE LAST ROUND

Taranaki Daily News, 18 July 1933, Page 7

DESPERATE LAST ROUND

AL PEREIRA FACES DEFEAT WALKER WINS WRESTLING BOUT. RECORD CROWD AT DUNEDIN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. The biggest crowd which has ever assembled in the Town Hall saw George Walker (14.5) defeat Al Pereira (15.4) by. one submission fall gained in the seventh round by means of a reverse toe-hold. Throughout Pereira did the attacking, and Walker was content to keep out of serious trouble. The winner did not show any new holds, and was never spectacular, but he gave some marvellous exhibitions of strength, at times completely bursting Pereira’s holds by sheer force. With defeat staring him in the face Pereira sprang out of his comer and staged a desperate last round. He clamped on body scissors time after time, but Walker always managed to twist himself free, and at the final gong was probably the fresher of the two. NEWCOMER BEATEN BY VARGA. DAZED BY HEAVY SLAM. Wellington, Last Night. A back loop slam in the sixth round terminated with unexpected suddenness the New Zealand debut of the newlyimported wrestler Hank Oswald (14.10) when he met Count Varga (14.8) in the Town Hall to-night. The American, who was billed as the Wrestling Detective, took a fall in the fourth round with an aeroplane spin and a dump after a series of spectacular flying tackles. He was the pacemaker of the -contest and proved himself a lively, attractive matman, but Varga’s slam lacked nothing in completeness, and the newcomer was so badly dazed that he was unable to continue. RUMBERG’S SUCCESSFUL DEBUT. “WHISKERS” BLAKE BEATEN. Auckland, Last Night. Hal Rumberg, the American wrestler, made a successful debut in New Zealand when he defeated “Whiskers” Blake to-night. The contest ended in the fifth round, when Rumberg felled his opponent with a flying scissors and obtained a fall with a body press. He had previously gained a fall in the third round with a' press following a spin round by the legs. It was evident from the start that Rumberg was too good for his opponent.