ALI BEY BEATS BOLT.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20329, 12 June 1934, Page 10

ALI BEY BEATS BOLT.

Unconvincing Exhibition of Wrestling. POLICE ARE CALLED IN. Until the police were called in the crowd provided most of the amusement in -the wrestling bout between Ali Bey (Turkey; and Rex Bolt (Texas) in St James’ Theatre last night. A certain national spirit was in evidence frim the start, and jocular advice was offered to the Turk in large quantities. A penny or two were thrown into the ring in the first half of the bout, but the intervention of the police quickened interest. Ali won, but it was not, at all a popular victory. He gained one penalty fall and'pinned Bolt for a second fall when the Texan had obligingly knocked himself out by diving head first to the mat when he missed a flying tackle. It was in the sixth round that the police were called in. In this round both men were punching with the elbow and Bolt was also using the closed fist, or so it appeared. The referee (Mr J. Shaw) cautioned Bolt. J3olt came in again and Mr Shaw stepped between the two men, awarding a penalty fall to Ali. This annoyed Bolt, who rushed in again—but it was Mr Shaw he met, not Ali, and the two wrestled their way across the ring with Ali in hot pursuit. Ali attempted to intervene, but Mr Shaw made it plain that this was quite a private argument. He kicked out at Ali, who retired to think things over. He, apparently, was not wanted. Inspector A. Cameron then took a hand, leaving his ringside seat to reason with Bolt. But Bolt was still annoyed, and the inspector called' a uniformed sergeant and things simmered down. In the next round Bolt tried a few flying tackles. He missed one, nearly knocking himself out, and Ali drooped on him for the deciding fall. The first five rounds were unconvincing. Ali permitted Bolt to do most of the work, groaning in awful torment as Bolt applied a number of holds. When Bolt attacked him with the open hand he staggered back with a delightful expression of bewilderment on his rugged face. Amateur Bouts. With the exception of the first few minutes, L. Thomas (9st 61b) made all the wrestling against H. S. Batchelor (lOst 71b), beating him by a fall gained in the second round with a body press following a trip. A fall in the with, a press gave D. M’Laren (lhst 131 b) the decisionl over D. E. Calder (lOst 41b). There was some clever wrestling in this bout, with M’Laren generally the aggressor. L. J. Genet (Sst 101 b) worked h*»rd on F. Paviell (Sst 101 b), but Paviell had his turn in the final round, when he pinned his opponent with a head scissors and arm bar. T. Fahey (list 61b) gained a points decision over F. A. Logie (list 21b). There was no fall. Fahey working hard to pin the elusive Logie.