WRESTLING.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 September 1931, Page 3

WRESTLING.

BURESH BEATS ELLIOTT. ■Stanley Buresh 13.3, ("Nebraska) met King Elliott 13.6—wh0 was announced by Mr L. 0. Piner, master -of ceremonies, as professional heavy-weight champion of New Zealand—at His Majesty’s Theatre, Dunedin, on Saturday Slight, and after some fast and willing wrestling Buresh won the match by two falls to one. There may not have been many spectacular incidents in the contest, hut there was, plenty of clever work, with now and again some acrobatics. The men indeed concentrated on giving an exhibition of good, clean wrestling. It was noticeable that the fatal head lock and throw was -not much featured, although Buresh is an expert- in this method of attack. Elliott is tall and nicely proportioned, whereas Buresh is. of shorter and more nuggety build. The New Zealander proved that that he has learnt a good deal about the modern style of wrestling during his sojourn in America, and as he has all ■the physical attributes required for such a strenuous game, he should go on improving. He has not yet, however, learned the art to the exterit acquired by Buresh, who was literally, as the saying goes, a “ball of muscle,” and alert, agile, and sometimes acrobatic right through the five rounds. The contest was set for eight 10-minute rounds, and was refereed by iMr W. J. L. Goughian. The pair started off at great speed, and dived, tackled, and worked round the ring' in fine style. Elliott ■ then secured a. .splits—that is, he began to force Buresh’s legs apart—but the American knuckled Elliott in the spine anc(. he. at ojiqe jgfive up this method of attack. Buresh ..then secured a splits, and Elliott obtained a release by. knuckling the American on the leg at the hack of the knee. Arm locks and body and head scissors—Both legs gripped round the particular part of the anatomy—-were tried, the men making some clever escapes.

■ln the second round the men kept up the pace. Elliott was doing well with what is termed a short arm scissors—the opponent’s arm doubled up by' a leg with ithe attacker’s arm thrust through the doubled arm to hold the position—but Buresh could not he subdued; Elliott then brought Buresh to.the mat with a flying body scissois from behind, and trapped his opponent with the crucifix. Place an opponent 0n..-the ground, put his arms behind Kis back, slip a leg under, both arms and bring the other leg' over and behind the back of the neck, lock the feet, and (the idea is seen. The attacking wrestler lies at a right angle. Buresh was caught in a desperate hold, and indicated his defeat.

Both men got out of he-.rl 10-ks in the third round, and then Eliott rnanaged to escape from a deadly arm hold by struggling to his feet, and throwing Buresh off. King was doing good work with- wrist holds, bid he could not dominate the Nebraskan. Buresh had Elliott' in' trouble with "a Japanese wrist lock—the arm held and then bending the wrist back—ard he began to dominate his game opponent. • 'Buresh put the deadly short : arm scissors on to Elliott in the fourth rorin/].' but the New Zealander staggered to his nitj stood ,Bufesh oh his head, and got 'Ait,’of trouble. He gained a release in similar fashion shortly after. Buresh was now having the better of it, and he got-one leg round Elliott’s head and ■‘he other under Elliott’s leg—a cradle hold—and also a wrist lock, and gained the fait. ’ in the fifth round Elliott got Buresh with the figure of four hold—both legs round the head with one foot locked over a leg—-hiit the American escaped, and made a flying (tackle at Elliott wh ch 'threw the v ew Zealander into the ropes. Attack and counter-attack followed, arid then Buresh ,got across Elliott’s hack and secured a reverse toe hold and Elliott' had to give in. .