TWO SUBMISSION FALLS

Taranaki Daily News, 19 June 1934, Page 7

TWO SUBMISSION FALLS

MEYER BEATS WONG BUK CHEUNG. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. Wong Buk Cheung had to concede two submission falls to Fred Meyer in their wrestling bout in the Town Hall tonight. • • - /V J Cheung sprang a surprise in the third round, catching Meyer with a King Foo stopper hold and finishing off the movement with a fall from a body press. Meyer evened in the next round with a submission fall from a devastating ham-, mer lock. From then on he fastened on to the Chinese’s semi-paralysed arm at every opportunity, and in the sixth round Cheung after evading several holds had to submit to another hammerlock.

KOLOFF DEFEATS WALKER. ONE FALL IN WELLINGTON BOUT. Wellington, Last Night. Eight rounds of solid but dour and unspectacular wrestling between George Walker, New Zealand, and Dan Koloff, Bulgaria, was witnessed by a crowded house at the Town Hall to-night. Koloff won by the only fall, secured in the sixth round with a dump. Considering the publicity which had been given to the meeting of the matmen, a more thrilling bout was expected, and it is probable the crowd was disappointed. ALI BEY DEFEATS SHIKINA. JAPANESE UNABLE TO FINISH. Auckland, Last Night. The wrestling contest at the town hall to-night between Ali Bey (Turkey) and Oki Shikina (Japan) ended abruptly in the fifth round.. The pair were interlocked on the ropes and the referee was attempting to separate them when they toppled over on to the staging outside the ring, rolled over a couple of times and then fell to the floor in front of the occupants of the stalls. Bey was assisted back into the ring before the referee had counted the regulation 20 seconds. Shikina lay on the floor surrounded by spectators, who had rushed forward from their seats.

Medical men, ambulance attendants and policemen hurried round to where the Japanese lay prostrate. He was still there when the count Was concluded and Bey was declared the winner. Shikina had io be assisted to the dressing room, where he lay some time before recovering. There was plenty of life in the match, with a lot of by-play and light forearm jolting which roused the crowd. Some clever wrestling was witnessed, with a good variety of holds. ®