CLEVER WRESTLING

Evening Star, Issue 23371, 14 September 1939, Page 3

CLEVER WRESTLING

WRIGHT DRAWS WITH BHU FINDER INDIAN CREATES GREAT IMPRESSION [By Hookee.] The Indian wrestler, Bhu Binder, made his Dunedin debut before a good house on Monday night, and opposed to llube Wright he created a great impression. In size he was a mere handful compared with Wright, who on his previous visit here had made M'Cready even look small when the two stood together in the ring. This Indian wrestler is much smaller than M'Cready, so it is easy to see what Bhu Binder had to contend with when opposed to a giant such as Wright is. Binder is no ordinary man. however, for from the day ho could walk he was schooled by the great Gama in exercises previous to being taught the science of wrestling, - the timing and balance of which is the greatest essential, together with fitness, in the making of a champion. Bhu Binder must have proved an adept pupil, for, now 28 years of age, he strikes the eye as symmetrically perfect. Against Wright he showed followers of the mat game timing, balance, speed, and strength the equal of which has rarely been seen in the Town Hall. He had the answer to all the holds which Wright applied until he had been worn down by sheer weight and had to concede a fall to a body press following several forearm jolts to the chin in the last round. Binder provided action all the way, never stopping for a let-up, and he took a good fall with his Indian crab. Both would go to tlie referee's hold very fiercely, the Indian invariably emerging with the advantage, sometimes diving for Wright’s leg, upending him, and working him round for a .toehold.

On occasions when Pi ml or was foiled in his attempt Wright pounced on top, attempting to pin Finder, but always the American found a very elusive object, for, try as he liked, Finder would duck and dive, twist and turn, and come out from underneath Wright. The latter found it impossible to hold this ball of energy—Japanese stomach throws, reverse headlocks, short-arm scissors, hammerlocks, and a drop cross-buttock were alike to the Indian. His countering work was also perfect, although he had to work very hard to extricate himself from a short-arm scissors which Wright, an adept at this particular hold, had applied very surely. This undoubtedly weakened the Indian and paved the way for the equalising fall in the last round. Wright _ proved himself a good worker, his best holds being body scissors, forward chanceries, and head scissors, but he used many others, none proving effective. For instance, a» standing hammcrlock did not hold Finder in check, the Indian somersaulting out without trouble, and a full-nelson likewise. Altogether, it was good' wrestling, and many would like to .see the Indian engaged here again. 1