WRESTLERS DRAW

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 185, 6 August 1936, Page 4

WRESTLERS DRAW

FORSGREN AND DUSEK BOUT GOES EIGHT ROUNDS FALL GAINED BY BOTH MUCH SHOWMANSHIP DISPLAYED In a bout which was characterised by showmanship from start to finish Jack Fftrsgren (Canada), 16st. lOlbs., and Dan Dusek (United States) 16st. 31bs., wrestled a draw in the Wanganui Opera House last night. The Canadian was the showman. Forsgren gained a submission fall in the fifth round with a Boston crab. Dusek evened matters in the seventh with a body press applied after a series of flying butts and a drop-kick. Dusek showed a great variety of holds and counters and captured the crowd’s appreciation. Forsgren, as usual, was booed by the crowd, and when he suffered a fall in the seventh round the chair he sought for refuge afterwards somehow got wobbly and he slipped out of it. The crowd was treated then to a characteristic display of “banging about,” the Canadian dumping first the chair, then the towel. Throughout the bout Forsgren maintained a studied attitude of hostility to the crowd and feelings, apparently, were reciprocated. Mr. Alex Anderson was the referee, Messrs. M. Grogan and W. J. Feeney timekeepers and Mr. Jim Broad an- l nouncer. Round One Short arm jabs were applied by Forsgren to open the first round and Dusek retaliated with a severe wristlock. Then the fun started, Dusek chasing Forsgren round and out of the ring, seeking to molest him with some of his own short arm jabs. Again Dusek came at a severe wristlock and was kicked, Forsgren being warned by the referee. Forsgren brought his opponent down with a reverse headlock and then severely molested his right arm in a stiff arm roll. Dusek gave Forsgren something to think about when he had the Canadian in a head scissors. Forsgren coming out of that, came close to obtaining a Boston crab, but the American kicked clear. Another lively passage came when, following a series of butts, Forsgren crawled out of the ring and glared. Dusek brought him back in again with a reverse headlock, and then started butting. Forsgren sought the shelter outside the ring again and got. into remonstrative mood with a ringside spectator. Round Two Dusek took punishment from a barred toe-hold early in this round and then found himself in a splits held by Forsgren in a standing position. Dusek kicked out of it. Forsgren came back to an approach to a Boston crab, but the American turned a somersault and pulled Forsgren over with him. Dusek had the Canadian in a body scissors, but Forsgren got to his feet and another Boston crab was looming ahead. Dusek again used his strong leg play to kick his opponent over backwards. Round Three A flying head scissors was used by Forsgren to bring Dusek to the mat. The American made it 50-50 by gelling a head scissors on to Forsgren. That was lost, however, and the Canadian, still maintaining his head seis- ' sors, played on Dusek’s fiqgers. Several times Dusek complained that Forsgren was molesting only one linger, and the Canadian’s hold was broken by the referee. Dusek’s retaliatory hold was a hammerlock, and he very nearly had his opponent gone with a pin fall. To all intents and purposes Forsgren was saved by the gong. Round Four Pure and simple showmanship was revealed at the opening of this round, the wrestlers taking it in turns to prance round each other. Twice Forsgren sought the shelter afforded outside the ropes. A full nelson was calmly countered by Dusek. He bent forward and downward suddenly and the crowd yelled, “That’s a new one.” Round Five. A severe wristlock and an arm roll had Dusek in trouble and he also suffered an arm stretch. Forsgren was held in a leg splits for a lime, but eventually got out. A series of short arm jabs followed, Both showing a tendency to like that sort of thing. Then, quick as a flash, Forsgren drove horn a Boston crab, jolting his opponent to remind him it was on, and got a submission fall. Dusek lay in the ring and Forsgren with a broad grin of the victor looked at his fallen foe and laughed. At the same time he beat his own chest and laughed to the crowd. “A mighty man Forsgren,” his attitude declared. Then he walked over, got Dusek under the shoulders and, lifting him over to his corner, dumped him down like a sack of potatoes. The round had lasted live minutes eight seconds. Round Six Forsgren applied a Japanese arm bar midway through this round. Dusek twice tried to use his strength to* get a pin fall. Round Seven. Thirty-six seconds after this round opened Dusek, a warm favourite, gained a fall. Forsgren attacked with reverse headlocks, but Dusek’s retaliation was by way of shoulder butts and tackles. Four times he levelled Forsgren, then drop-kicked him. Following the drop-kick up with a body press, he gained a fall. Round Eight. Action characterised the final round, both wrestlers butting each other to raise the crowd’s expectation. Forsgren had a Boston crab on the horizon, but Dusek got out of it with comparative ease. He just kicked Forsgren off. A double bridge was the last display of note, the pair being in complimentary head scissors. The result was a draw. AMATEUR BOUTS Featherweight.—J. Wilkie (9.8) defeated E. Mete Kingi (9.0) by one fall. It was a hard bout in which the heavier boy made the pace, but met a game opposition. The winner gained