WIN FOR O'BRIEN

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 117, 14 November 1939, Page 14

WIN FOR O'BRIEN

TOWN HALL MAT BOUT

SOME LIVtELY. EXCHANGES

"V^ith', 'the, same programniq. as', last .-week the. New Century Sports Club made another slight advance with its wrestling attractions at th> Wellington Town Hall last night. Th£re seemed' to be a lew more spectators and the. men- put on another bright- show. In the case ol a return ' bout 'I,C 'is ; always \lferd for the men to' findf new .things-to do. or .to keep the same 'things interesting, but this pro-] blem was well handled. , j In'the'main bout George O'Brien, the- "wild Irishman.'* went one better than last week and secured a win on points ■ against "Tiger" Frank Atkins. The: men-secured a fall,each. A bright preliminary resulted in .Charlie Lowe beating Gus. O'Halloran. Atkins's glistening -locks, immaculately set,, caught O'Brien's eye as soon as they came out, and it was hard to convince him that it was Nature unadorned. '"Make him wipe the grease off,"; he repeatedly muttered as he sidled out of range.l Neither Atkins nor-the referee appeared to take much notice, however. When the; men came to "grips plenty of variety was intro- , duced. Atkins went well with air Indian death -lock-.for a while, but O'Brien replied wilh ono held with both. arms. At the end of the round O'JBricn-had a'swig from a water-bottle in Atkins's ctfroex" and, unloaded it on to his opponent as they passed on their way, to-their."1 proper quarters. Atkins had his--revenge when they came out for the next round and caught O'Brien fair.I'm the eye. Atkins worked an old trick- when he tied O'Brien's feet in his --belt -and later shook the 'Irishman- ■ j- • t ..' - .

with some" flying tackles. There was a near incident when the referee be* came entangled in a mix-up against the ropes. . . ' I Atkins tried to live up to his nickname in the third round, but a barred toe hold had .him in trouble after some lively advances. O'Brien set out to take the fight, out of Atkins by jumping into the air and flopping down on to the latter's prostrate body. It j worked all right until Atkins came (o jlife and ■rolled <from under. Both men ; spent 'quite,a lot oi! the round trying to ivpul each- other's nose out of joint. FALL, TO ATKINS. Atkins's flying tackles were the main fcatutc of the.fourth, round and earned him a fall at ; 2min lOsec. i The ropes were tighter than they' had been .for previous programmes but I the ring. creaked alarmingly when thu | men hurtled; against .them, which was | often>. Sometimes they jumped and1 sometimes" they were thrown ov pushed, i In the >fifth round O'Brien converted' an Indian death lock by Atkins into | a Bostori;crab of'his own but was mi- j mediately^ kicked out of it. The pro- | ceedirigs Were halted at one stage while ! th.c referee explained- that biting was , not in the; game. O'Brien ipleaded with the referee to get outI'of tine way in the sixth round. He objected to, being prevented from | emptying, Atkins on to the Press table. In the,heat of the moment he flew at Atkins- with a flying broad jump but missed)and made a.crash-landing. Ho found, ' himself. rammed amidships a little-before the-bell. • Atkins' was throwing O'Brien, about in good, stymie in tho;seventh round but the latter "suddenly grabbed him and dumped;him-heavily; levelling the falls at lminI.ssec. v •■ Eagei-; to' fix' matters'before Atkins could fully recover O'Brien flew across the ring, at the gong 'but' landed in' Atkins's "corner just after, the latter had left: ' That started something and they dashed round the ring and into, over, and through the ropes while the excited crowd yelled their heads off. The decision was also cheered. \ THE PRELIMINARIES. In'a professional preliminary- bout Charlie Lowe (14st 71b) ' beat Gus

6'Halloran (I4st 121b), who was incapacitated, in the fourth, round.-O'Hal-. jloran took a fall in the third round after a series of Chancery throws, but | had to face vigorous reprisals in the : next round. Eventually Lowe caught! him with a reverse Indian death lock (or perhaps an octopus clamp) applied with the arm. O'Halloran quickly submitted but was unable to' come back.

The amateur bouts resulted:—J. Nagar dOst) and R. Gifford (9st 121b) drew, one fall each. D. Gregg (13st 71b) and N. J. McCarthy (13st 31b) drew, one fall each. Mr. Taffy Bidder was the referee foiall" bouts.