POLICE INTERVENE

Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1933, Page 3

POLICE INTERVENE

WRESTLER DISQUALIFIED ATTACK UPON REFEREE WHANG ARE I, Sept. 22, •There have been •various (incidents connected with the sport- of wrestling in New Zealand' .during ./the- last lour r r live .years hut never - had the police .had to enter the ring- to .stopj a bout, as happened in iVYliahgare(i This, evening, when Hat Rumberg and Jack .Patterson, .the Americans, wftre .concerned, in a bput which had a dramatic ending. With the house in an uproar, Senior-'. Sergeant Ppw.ell was compelled to enter the ring and assist the leferee,, ♦VIr G. -JJutter, .to free Rumberg from a strangle hold which Patterson refused to release, in spite of the -strenuous efforts ■ of the .controlling official. Adopting a distinctly aggressive at-' t* tude throughout, Patterson earned the ireferee’s-displeasure on several occasions for illegal tactics, such ag lmir-pulling and gouging, Rumberg showing great 'restraint in refusing to retaliate. Each man had secured a fall at the end of the fourth round, the climax coming shortly afterward.

Upon being- disqualified, Patterson •became embpoiled with the ireferee, making two or three attempts to obtain a headlock bn that official, hut Rumberg instantly went to the rescue and, after a scuffle, succeeded in pinning his opponent. The disqualification met with the ,unon-impus approval of the cffowd, which cheered 1 loudly. Rumberg left the ring at the referee’s request, but Patterson remaining for some moments deunan'imous approval of the crowd, commenced to leave the hall.