WRESTLING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 191, 13 August 1931, Page 14

WRESTLING.

Kara Pasha Wants £IOO for Wanganui Match. PRIZE MONEY WITHHELD. “ I did fulfil my contract. I have never wrestled harder in my life and I don’t see why I should give up £100,” declared Kara Pasha, replying yesterday to charges made by the Wanganui Wrestling Association in connection with the bout between Kara Pasha and Stanley Pinto last Saturday evening The association declared that the bout was not fair and has decided to withhold the prize money. “ I don’t see how they are going to keep back the money,” Kara Pasha said. “We wrestled eight rounds and a decision was given. The crowd enjoyed the match all right, and it was only a few people round the ringside who made the trouble. They started throwing pennies in the ring before the bout started. It is nonsense to say that amateur wrestlers are prepared to state th.at the bout was not fair. Even I could not say whether two wrestlers were on the level. I can take any amateur wrestler and twist his neck off without my muscles twitching.” Kara Pasha pointed out that it was to his interests to see that every conj test in which he appeared was beyond such criticism. His reputation was made by wrestling other men and beating them. “ What have I to gain by not wrestling on the level?” he asked. Hard Wrestling. It was the Turk’s opinion that there was more hard wrestling in the Wanganui bout than when he met Pinto in Christchurch previously. The referee had discouraged showmanship, warning Pinto twice in the early stages of the bout, so both men had settled down to hard wrestling. Kara also claimed that he had been insulted on the day following the bout when he had gone down to interview members of the association. He had been accused of swindling. “ 1 felt very hurt, I can tell you,” he said. “ I have been twelve years in the game and, if I do things like the Wanganui people say I did, I am cutting my own throat. I am not a gambling man and have never had a bet on a wrestling match. Wrestling is my only profession and the better I wrestle, the more I please the crowds the more money I get.” Another point raised by Kara was that the referee was an old wrestler himself and knew the sport thoroughly. “If there was anything wrong, why did he not stop the match immediately and declare it no contest?” he wanted to know. “ I shall demand the purse and I am going to get the money.” BOUTS AT UNIVERSITY. The avidity with which wrestling lj as been adopted as an amateur sport in Christchurch was demonstrated last evening, when a University championship tournament was held by the Canterbury College Wrestling Club in the college gymnasium. There was no showmanship about the bouts, but the majority of the wrestlers showed a considerable knowledge of the sport. The matches all had at least one feature in common—they were contested in an excellent spirit and with cheerful enthusiasm. At the conclusion of the wrestling Mr G. C. Calvert presented the cup for the open championship to the joint winners, A. F. Townsend and 11. A. Waymouth. The officials were:— Referees. Messrs A. D. Craig and J. Shaw; timekeepers, Messrs R. M. Simmers and P. B. Lattey. There was a good attendance. Results:— Under lOst. W. A. Doherty beat K. W. Sandford by two falls. W. J. Musgrove heat D. O. Dawson by one fall in the last round. Final. Doherty beat Musgrove by two falls. Under lOst 71b. G. N. Macdonald beat J. Coford by two falls. N. Gray beat A. P. Campbell by two falls. •R. C. Lester heat N. Gray by two falls. Final. Chester beat Macdonald by a fall in the second round. Open Weights. N. L. Uniaeke defeated N. W. Mulvey by two falls. O. J. Taylor beat G. D. Bayly by two falls. A. C Wade beat C. L. Wiggins, gaining a fall in the second round. *H. R. Watts defeated R. J. M’lnnes by two falls. Watts drew with Uniaeke, each man gaining one fall. H. A. Waymouth drew with A. F. Townsend, there being no fall. Semi-finals. Waymouth heat Wade by a fall In the first round. Townsend beat Taylor by two falls. Final. Waymouth drew with Townsend.