CLEVER FALL WINS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21157, 5 July 1940, Page 10

CLEVER FALL WINS

SOLID WRESTLING MATCH McCREADY BEATS CORBETT ONE FALL ONLY SECURED Clever wrestling throughout the match was seen in the Theatre Royal last night when the British Empire champion, Earl McCready (17.1), defeated Joe Corbett (16.12), of U.S.A., by the only fall of the match. There was scarcely a moment throughout the contest when the wrestlers were not at grips in solid work which featured a wide variety of holds, swiftly and dexterously applied. The only fall came in the seventh round, when McCready won the match with a fall developed from a flying body scissors. Using crdss-buttocks with rapid precision, Corbett threw McCready several times in the first round and dropped him once with a flying tackle. McCready countered often but Corbett retained the initiative throughout the round, from which he took the honours. Corbett still retained the role of aggressor in the second round. First he had the advantage with a figurefour head scissors, then with an armstretch, a hold with which McCready retaliated for a while, before Corbett slammed on a painful standing splits. As the round ended McCready had the American pinned. Death Lock Broken After an introductory bout of fireworks, the third round soon settled down with a display of solid wrestling. McCready gained the superiority for the first time with a devastating Indian death lock, but Corbett endured it sufficiently long to break it and convert the hold into a splits in his own favour. McCready commenced to make up leeway in the fourth round when he had the referee giving the count to Corbett several times as he pinned him to the mat. McCready had difficulty with his left arm in the fifth round after Corbett had kept a clamp on a shortarm scissors for a considerable time. With solid grappling the advantage went from one to the other throughout the remainder of the round. Still no fall came. They battled through the sixth without either gaining any material advantage and only a spasmodic burst of showmanship was seen before the hard, straight wrestling held sway again. After a night of clever wrestling, McCready’s crowning achievement brought him a fall in the seventh round. It was cleverly executed. Corbett swung from the ropes for a flying tackle but, in a flash, McCready jumped in a flying body scissors. With a thud the pair met in mid-air, McCready with a scissors clamped hard, and as they tumbled to the mat Corbett was pinned and went down to a fall. Both wrestlers were angling for an advantage throughout the fmcil round. Mr W. Shattock was the referee. The amateur bouts resulted as follows: _ __ J. Fitzpatrick (10.1) beat J. Kennedy (10.3) by two straight falls; A. Lye (11.1) beat D. Willetts (10.9) by two straight falls; M. Allen (10.2,. and H. Fitzpatrick (10.7) drew, no falls; J. Major (11.8) and W. King (12.2) drew, no falls.