POLICE INTERVENE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 521, 2 August 1932, Page 11

POLICE INTERVENE.

But Wrestlers Keep on With Bout. VERDICT DISPUTED. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, August 2. Arguments and hoots marked the end of a professional wrestling contest last evening between George Walker and Harry Demetral. At the end of the fifth round, each man had secured a fall. Matters then became fairly lively, each man being thrown through the ropes. Demetral hurled Walker through four times, causing the inspector of police to have a word with the referee. While this consultation was going on Demetral caught hold of Walker’s head and brought him over the ropes back into the ring with a flying mare. Walker regained his feet and threw Demetral, gaining the deciding fall with a bod)'- press. Demetral at once jumped to his feet, gesticulating wildly and commenced to argue with the referee. It was some seconds before he could be pacified, the spectators hooting. Demetral stated in the dressingroom subsequently that he was under the impression the referee had awarded him a fall when he hauled Walker back into the ring, and consequently offered no resistance to Walker. The referee denied tapping Demetral on the back. At all events it was an unsatisfactory ending. Muir Defeats Wilson. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, August 1. Bonnie Muir, Australia, defeated George ** Wildcat ” Wilson in the Town Hall, winning the decision fall in the fourth round. Both wrestlers were in a state of collapse following a series of heavy throws and dumpings, in which Muir had the advantage. The match ended when Muir evaded a second flying tackle and Wilson fell heavily. Muir, although exhausted and out of training, secured a headlock and pressed Wilson down for the final fall.