PEANUTS IN RING

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 122, 25 May 1937, Page 17

PEANUTS IN RING

WRESTLING AT DUNEDIN

CULPRIT BEFORE COURT

. (By Telegraph.) (Spedal to the. "Evening.Post.'!) ; DUNEDIN, This Day. As a gesture 'of disapproval of the exhibition of the two wrestlers Kirilinko and .Mclntyre in the Town Hall, a waterside worker hurled a bag of peanut shells from the dress circle to the canvas, causing inconvenience to the wrestlers, according to the police ma statement in court. The dissatisfied patron, James Charles Mort. pleaded ■ guilty to''behaving in a disorderly manner in a public r-iace o f entertainment and was convicted. His offence cost him 5s Gd in costs. When informed that patrons becams rowdy ■>yhen, the .wrestlers failed to give a"■satisfactory exhibition, •'■ ■ the Magistrate (Mr.i H.; W. Euhdle). issued a warning" tiiat^si; substantial 'penalty would be imposed on future offenders brought before- him. When decent, citizens .went to? aYwr.estling match they did not.want their 'high t's: 'en joyment marred by foolish" : boyish: actions, •said the Magistrate. However; worse disorderly conduct than ' that alleged against Mort was going on.: '.'• The Senior-Sergeant agreed with the Magistrate's last remark. ; "What is the conduct, at wrestling matches usually like?" asked the Magistrate. • '•■ . - ,■ .The Senior-Sergeant: At times there is a fair amount of rowdyism, particularly ■if 'the contestants do not come up to the standard expected. If there is a good match they are very quiet.