RUSSIAN AND INDIAN DRAW

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 160, 24 July 1937, Page 11

RUSSIAN AND INDIAN DRAW

Colourful Wrestling Bout in Hastings DEATHLOCK WINS FALL For the first time this season in Hastings there , was a capacity house for the wrestling- in the -Municipal Theatre last evening, the principals being the American Indian, Chief Little Wolf, and.- the Eussian Lion, Matros Kilijinko. The decision was a draw, each gaining a fall, aud the issue being decided' upon points after a bright, exciting and dnteresting contest. • This was Little Wolf's debut in Hawke's Bay and he revealed himaelt as a good' wrestler, as well as a good ring snowman. -Both -wrestlers created t'avourable impressiolis by reason of their ability and- cleverness. They presented a colourful and • pictureeque scene • as they • assembled in the ring. the Indian bounding into the limelight in full Eed Indian regalia, feathered headgear and a gaily-coloured overwrap, while the Eussian again sported liis leopard skin. llve solid rounds preceded , the Eussian securing the first fall with a cleverly-executed back-slam . early in the sixth round% but honours - were evened very soon after .resumption when>tbe Indian, who claims.to.be tho inventor of the Indian deathlock, applied this specialty to good.effect for an equalising fall. * • A little rotund specimen, and really copper-skinned, Wolf . was in striking contrast to the flaxon-hadred and gracoful Eussian, but in their announced weights there was but 11b. in favour of the Indian, who scaled 16.1, and looked every bit of that weight. Wolf Angers All Parties. Working with wristlocks Little Wolf kept his man on the mat until Kir:linko came out on top with a hammerlcck. A neat leg-trip and following-up with a leg-bar gave Wolf an oppoitunity to grin benignly as he applied the pressure in spasms, the Eussian being some time dn getting his release. Quite apart from annoying the crowd when he iised the ropes in an effort to exert pressure on an armlock, Littlo Wolf angered the Eussian and several times the referee had to drag the pair apart from the ropes. The Indian was early on the warpatli and twice tho referee had to come to the Eussian 's aid because of being ualawfully tangled up in the fopes. The crowd thoroughly enjoyed the next minute or two during which the Indian, held in a hammerlock, went round the ring on his knees, the -Eussian guiding him away from the ropos by using thc hanks of haif as roins. "One for the Kaiser." Kirilinko worked har.d on tho righi arm un the next session, opening with a full-nelson and then proceeding to indulge in a number of arm-strangles until he was caught in a headlock. Out of this struggle the Eussian emerged with the Indian 's own specialty, but Little Wolf wriggled out and proceedcd to hand out elbow jolts in the corner nntil the referee called ' ' enough. ' ' Even then the Indian handed out an extra one with the comment "And now one for the Kaiser." Round four opeued with some heavy stuff in mid-ring, each having headlocks. When they came to their feet again they struggled ■ for supremacy against the ropes, the referee having to separate them. "What's the matter with you?"- growled the Indian as the third man applied a facebar to hasten the Indian's separation. Kirilinko attacked with flying mares and mingled them with elbow jolts, while the Indian sought to get the deathlock until Kirilinko suecessfully backloop slammed his man but could not exert enough weight to take a fall, the Indian cleverly bridging and rolling his man off balance. The early part of tbe fifth saw the Russian applying a hammerlock and generally working arduously upon tho Indian's right arm until a neat legttrip led Little Wolf to his deathlock but Kirilinko succeeded in wriggling to the ropes for release. The Russian check-mated the efforts to grab legs but while sprawled under the shelter of the ropes the Indian twined one of the Russian's legs in • the ropes and was so long in breaking away that the crowd was yelling to the referee to penalise him. a fall, but the referee refused to take this action. Kirilinko took his revenge just on the gong when he hoisted the Indian over the ropes, Two Snappy Falls. Coming out aggressively in the sixth Kirilinko landed three hefty jolts, followed them up with three dumps, a couple of« flying mares, another dump and a toss nnd finally a further heavy dump to take a fall in just 60 seconds hard labour. With a good imitation of the Big Bad Wolf the Indian came out on the gong with plenty of puffs quickly to put an end to the Russian's stamping by tangling his legs up with that of his opponeut to clap on the deathlock. Throwing his whole weight into tlie business in hand, Little Wolf made Kirilinko eubmit, and the referee untied the pair just 35 seconds after tho start of tho round. The final canto was bright, snappy and lively, with each going hard for the deciding, fall. Little Wolf introduced something new in the way oi headlocks, his pet.name for it being the ''bulldog" hold. With a real whoop be leapt into the air and brought Kirilinko down on the mat with a resounding thud but as he tried to apply the pressure Kirilinko, tied up his legs in a deathlock He failed to take the exhortations of the crowd to "throw his weight about" and Little Wolf succeeded in twisting to convert it into a reverse deathlock to his own advantage. Eventually the referee untied th,e knot and they sprang at each other off the ropes to provide the crowd with a- great tlirill the climax coming when thc Russian gav-c a fine

imitation of a leopard' s leap to clear a flying tackls by the Wolf. Amateur Bouts. N. Rendle 9.0 defeated L. Lewis 8.5 by one fall' to nil after an interesting coiitest. W. Hamilton 11.2 defeated J. Paterson,11.4 by one fall to nil folld\ving three bright rounds . • • L. Haltka.13.4 defeated W. Bennett 12.2 on points. Each gained a fall and an extra round was qalled " to ' decidc the issue. The bout was a particularly colourful and spectacular one throughout. A. Skudder 12.0 defeated G. Allingfiam 12.0 on points^ neither party gaining a fall in a splendid contest in which there was excellent wrestling oi the straight, fast and scientific type. Mr A. Andorson, of Palmerston North, refcrecd all contcsts.