WRESTLING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19835, 26 June 1934, Page 11

WRESTLING

SENSATIONAL MATCH AT AUCKLAND DETTON HITS REFEREE AND IS DISQUALIFIED By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, June 25. Easily the most thrilling and sensational wrestling match yet held In Auckland took place at the Town Hall to-night, when Dean Detton was disqualified In the sixth round of ms match with George Walker for striking the referee, Mr H. C. Sidford. Up to that stage each man had secured a fall, Detton in the second round with a body press after a series of flying tackles, and Walker in the fifth with a jack-knife hold. The sixth round had barely commenced when Detton rushed towards his opponent, sprang into the air, kicked straight out at Walker and landed squarely on his feet on the mat again. He repeated this process several times and Walker was caught on the shouders and side of the head. Walker eventually went through the ropes almost at the feet of the occupants of the front row of the stage seats. The referee commenced his count of 20 when Walker rose to his feet late in the count. His second held the rope while he crawled through. No sooner was Walker back than he was sent sprawling with another drop kick and he fell groggily with his head and shoulders just under the ropes in front of the press table. Detton leapt into the air and came down feet first upon Walker's prostrate body. He then stood of! and kicked his opponent twice, with his right foot. Detton in the meantime had pounced upon Walker and was trying to pull him back into the ring. The referee was also attempting to pull Detton away." As soon as he had done so Detton hit the referee a back hander and the referee then rushed over to Walker, who by this time had, with the assistance of his second, reached a standing position in the ring and held up Walker's hand in token of victory. The spectators became thoroughly roused and a wild scene was witnessed. In an interview Detton said he was annoyed because the referee had not awarded him the match when Walker's second first took an active part in the contest by assisting Walker back into the ring. Mr Sidford said he had not observed the second’s action apart from the fact that the last-named was repeating the count to Walker. He had not disqualified Detton because of kicking Walker, but on account of having struck himself as the official in charge.

SHIKINA BEATS CHEUNG. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, June 25. Six rounds of fast, entertaining and fairly spectacular wrestling in which a variety of punishing holds were exploited was seen in the Town Hall this evening, when Oki Shikina (Japan) beat Wong Buk Cheung (China) by two fflls to one. Shikina took the first fall in the fourth round. The equaliser came in the fifth through a flying scissors, and when Cheung secured another flying scissors in the sixth, Shikina threw himself forward to pin his opponent's shoulders for the deciding fall.