WILD MEN

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 675, 30 October 1933, Page 2

WILD MEN

MAT apMpDY EXCITIN.G WRESTUNG BOUT IN QUEENSLAND TOW^. '"AN GLD SPANISH CUSTOM." Wrestling is livelier in some places than others. Here is a report of a match which took place last morith in the gay and sporting township of Tully,":North Queensland. 'Every trick, legitimate 'and illegitimate,- known to the wrestling game, seemed to he tjhrown- into the hout between Pardello, . the "Pampias Bull," 17st, and Murphy, the Irish champioh, 15st, whieh was a sensation from starfc . to finish, and even after the finish. ! The fact of the arena heing seven feet over the heads of the"a,udience 1 did not prevent some wild scriamhles I taking place periodically?to escape a hurtldng body. Bptih wrestlers seemed detenmiined to . hre'ak somebody's neck, as not only did* they hurl each other out, but on bne occasion Murphy heaved Pardello iback again. The first round opened with Pardello pitching Murphy round the fing with :a, series of headlock throws, afterwards pinning him to the mat with an lextremely painful splits to judge hy the sounds. Not content with this, Pardello, hy using his head again st Mjurphys' buttock, hutted him clean out of the ring. Murphy retaliated by flooring Pardello with a Japanese legthrow, land wh'ile on the mat something evidently occurred which the retferee mdssed, but the "Bull" reeeived in full measure. He screeched, and with wild bounds broke loose and appealed to the referee with his arms upraised, but before he could utter a sound Mu'nphy hutted him m the s,tomach. The hell sounded for hostilities to cease, and Pardello, after walk-ing to his corner for a moutihful of water, deliherately sauntered hack and spat it on Murphy, who, without rising, delicately gestured to the audience and said, "Just an old Spanish custoin." This apparently riled Pardello, and rusbing to the gong, he sounded it and straightaway dived at Murphy. The referee (Mr. E. Goleman) intervened, and Pardello turned on him, hut before he could do anythingi the referee let a straight left at his nose, ia,t the same time telldng him. that he would get no money. The comhined' argument sufficed. In the second round the excitement continued unabated, murderous m-punches and t kicks heing exchanged, while the audience frantically advised Murphy what he should do. The latter was in had shape towards the end of the round, land when Pardello had him tied in a nasty-looking mess, the "Bull" turned his head to the audience and chuckled contentedly, whereupon he was hoo-ed wholelheartedly. He then flung challenges left and right, while Murphy writhed, hut this only intensified the uproar, he exchanged hoot for hoot and made nearly as much noise as the laiudience. By this time Murphy had heaved himself near the gongi and struck it hefore the timekeeper could prevent him. He succeeded in keeping himself out of trouble for the rest of the round, which the referee ordered to proceed, hut hardly had tbe third started than Pardello secured him wdth his famous toreador stopper, wihich he claims that no man can break, ;and gained, a submission fall. The opening of the fourth round saw Murphy fly out of the ring and receive a kick in the stomach when he returned, hut he evened the score by grabibing Pardello hy the ears and somsersaulting him into the auditorium. Later in the round he got a splits on Pardello. In the fifth round Murphy, with a flying head scissors, brought his opponent to the mat, and quickly reversing, secured a suhmission fall with a. reversed octopus. The pace dn the last round was as hot as the first, neither man letting)

up for an mstant, and when the referee awarded the verdict as a draw, Pardello demanded two more rounds, Murphy, nothing loath, dived straight in hefore the demand was hardly out, and the referee got mixed up in the tangle. A free for all then ensued, whilst th'eS crowd rocked with laughf er. M]urphy was undemeath, Pardello next, ahd the referee on top1, heavdng madly at any limh within reach. Find4 ing this unavailing, he seized 0- limh, which proved to be Pardello's, sank his teeth iinto the toe of the hoot, squatted hack, heaved and hit,. The result was surprising. Out of the melee he einergied minus his s'hiri and singlet, hut honour was satisfied.