WRESTLING

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24913, 28 June 1946, Page 8

WRESTLING

CLAYBOURNE BEATS NEWMAN ‘

DISQUALIFICATION IN LAST ROUND,

After earning the disapproval of the crowd practically throughout the contest, Lou Newman, of the United States, was disqualified in the last round of the professional wrestling match against Jack Clayboume, of the United States, in the Civic Theatre last evening. The bout was a fast and interesting one, and the capacity house saw some solid wrestling and some that was extremely spectacular. Newman obtained a fall in the fourth round, and Claybourne evened the score in the seventh.

In the opening round Newman’s .first worry was the discovery that Clay bourne wore his hair so short that a hold orf it was practically impossible to obtain. In disgust, he introduced the main theme of his attack, the elbow jolt. Claybourne, who has had considerable experience in the boxing ring, led three beautiful straight lefts, which, although administered with an open palm, effectively stopped Newman. The round ended with both men wrestling solidly. Clayboume scored with a hammerlock,, which he held for a considerable portion of the second round. Newman was in trouble, but broke free finally with an elbow jolt. He walked off in modest triumph, but Claybourne recovered quickly enough to apply the hold again. At the start of the third round, Clayboume made clear his intention of persisting with the hammerlock; Newman was not willing, and the crowd was treated to the diverting spectacle of Claybourne doubling round the ring after his opponent. Newman came out of an arm stretch with a standing splits, but Claybourne re-applied the arm stretch, and Newman again had recourse to elbow jolts. The crowd roared as Clayboume came In with a flying tackle. He ran back to the ropes for a second one, but found Newman had decided on the same course. The two men stood poised, like a study in still life. The spell was broken by Newman with a down-to-earth full Nelson. Newman, as in the earlier rounds, exhibited a willingness to give the crowd its money’s worth by continuing after the gong, and seemed slightly disappointed when his concession was not well received In the fourth round, however, he found more to please him. He took a fall with a series of elbow jolts and a stepover toe-hold. There was plenty of action throughout the fifth round. Newman came in with a flying tackle, but Claybourne jumped high over Newman’s head. Both men dashed off to the ropes. Claybourne on his way for a flying tackle, Newman to wait for the flurry to cease. Towards the end Gf a particularly fast round, Newman hit Claybourne’s head, but wrung his hand in pain. Claybourne was unmoved by the attack, and unsympathetic about its. consequences. Both men threatened to use flying tackles in the sixth round, but failed to act on the intention. Newman increased his unpopularity with the crowd by failing to break cleanly, the referee on several occasions having to take a hand in separating the men. Clay bourne, extremely nimble, jumped on Newman’s shoulders to break clear of a flying mare. Newman went in with elbow jolts and two dumps in the seventh round, but Claybourne kicked him over, followed with a drop-kick, and won a fall with a body press. There were more flying tackles early in the eighth round, but after Clayboume had held a splits his head was thrust through the ropes by Newman, who zealously twisted them about Claybourne’s throat. Newman’s disqualification won unqualified approval from the crowd. The referee was Mr J, S. Shaw. Amateur Preliminaries Welter-weight.—B. Lancaster (list) drew with F. Nicholl (lOst 101 b); S. Todd (lOst) drew with J. Mclnnes (lOst). Light-weight.—B. Moffatt (lOst) beat D. J. McKenzie (lOst 61b) by one fall. Feather-weight.—R. E. Smith (9st) beat G. N. Topp (9st 81b) by two falls. The referee for the amateur bouts was Mr A. Thompson. KATAN BEATS KENNETH (PA.) NEW PLYMOUTH, June 27. Forcing his opponent to submit to an Australian crab hold in the fifth round, John Katan beat Ken Kenneth before a large crowd at New Plymouth to-night. The bout was characterised by solid wrestling, in which there was not a great variety of holds and a minimum of showmanship.

M’CREADY BEATS BLOMFIELD

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 27. Earl McCready beat “Lofty” Blomfield by a fall in the first round of a heavyweight professional wrestling contest before a crowded audience at the Town Hall to-night. As when the pair met in the same hall earlier in the season, McCready proved the cleverer of the two, though Blomfield did some of the attacking. The Canadian secured the only fall of the match early in the first round with a body press.