WRESTLING MATCH.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 43, 20 February 1905, Page 2

WRESTLING MATCH.

SKINNER DEFEATS NANAIA. Bkk£m7'TffiL m! ? tch be *ween Mr Arthur 'n v _ th ? Aucklander, and w.h?.^ a ? ala V tl,e uatlve champion of the wa^ k dleid f e °d r *& Of Auckland! was decided la His Majesty's Theatre on &*?£ \ VCUing before a ' ar *e andilnce When the two men appeared on the mat i was seen that the native had all the adl_?t n bU,m ,', beia S »«>*!£. and a little taller than his opponent, the advant«?oJ Q ¥ ng uot le * s than two to L A" t , hr *2* h match Skinner had eve 3 v H™ lead i n «'. taJ f-»S. the first hold ******* in .the first round, assumed the aggressive after the pair had got to hoios an? proved that P t aa has still a lot to learn, he is not altogether ignorant of wrestling. He got a good hold or two on, but - the Aucklander was far too quick, and countered time after time never allowing the native to follow no «if a _T a «-' ife - > He attac!j ed strongly himself at times, but the native kept clear bkinner made several attemps to buttock his opponent, but was unable to do so owing to the weight of his opponent, who was very hard to shift from his feet The native blocked a cross buttock, and both h_SSIS r8 - T Ut , t0 - the mat " Skin ß« here bridged instead of getting away and Nauaia, getting in a half-Nelson and a neck no.d, forced bkinner down afer 28 minutes, getting the ilrst fall. On resuming. Skinner was on the attack all the time, his opponent being palpably distressed He kept Nanaia |oing and forcing him on to the mat got on a half-Nelson with an underarm hold slow- /, levering hia burl - T opponent over, the fall being got in eleven minutes Skinner continued to attack on'the third round, but the Maori took a hand for a brief while getting in a back hold and trying to lift his opponent, who hanked He shook out the hank and got away from a dangerous position, and then brought the bout ayd the match to an end with a similar fall to that with which he defeated his man in the second round. Mr W. S. Fagan (referee) then declared dinner the winner, amid great applause,