FALL AWARDED WRONG MAN

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 167, 2 August 1937, Page 3

FALL AWARDED WRONG MAN

■Press A8SOciation.i

i I Queer Mix-up in Auckland Bout

i (Bv Telegraph— I

! AUCKLAND, Last Night. j There wfts an unusual ending to a professional wrestling contest staged at the Town Hall between Marin Plestina and Frank Judson, both of America. In . the seyenth round prior to which each ! man had secured a fall Judson was J fastened in a wristlock, and in an effort j to break cleajc he hurled himself in the j air at the same tiine kicking out with i both feet. The xeferee who was stand- | j ing nearby received the full foirce of : the kick in the abdcmen and he reeled^ backwards into a corner where he was' huddled up against the ropes. Meantime Judson had pounced on topj of Plestina whoso shoulders rested on the mat far- in excess of the regulation three seconds. The referee, however, took some time to recover and when he did so he discovered that Plestina had Judson pinned with a body press andj Tio awarded a fall which gave Plestina! the match. ; The spectators took strong exceptionl to the decision on account of the fact' that Judson. should actually have won the deciding fall. The first fall was obtained by Plestina who slammed his opponent twice successively before finalising with % body press. Judson drew level in the fifth round, He bounced off the ropes and although he.did not conncct properly with a flying body scissors he was able to take Plestina to the mat and gain a fall with a body press,