WRESTLING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 July 1939, Page 9

WRESTLING

BOUTS AT MASTERTON

BOESCH BEATS CLARKE.

IN FAST EXCITING CONTEST.

Drop-kicks and elbow jolts were the order of entertainment in the Opera House, Masterton. last night, when Paul Boesch met and defeated Jim "Dazzler" Clarke by two falls to one in Wairarapa’s first professional wrestling'bout this season. Clarke weighed in at 16s 61bs and Boesch tipped the scales at 16st 41bs. Both from a boxoffice and an entertainment point of view the contest was a huge success. Taking the bout right through it was a fast one, and both wrestlers were only too willing to mix matters, with the result that the third man in the ring, Mr A. Jenkins, of Wellington. was kept busy all night. Boesch was a firm favourite with the crowd and his win was indeed a popular one. Boesch is considered in many circles as being one of the fastest wrestlers in New Zealand at the present time. The bout opened quietly. Clarke was the first to really attack, jolting Boesch with his fore-arm, to which the latter replied with a headlock, bringing the aggressor to the mat. Clarke amused the crowd by continuing to hold Bcosch in a head scissors. Clarke continued to attack, and taking hold of Beosch proceeded to bump his head against the protectors at the corner of the ring. Boesch retaliated by doing exactly the same to Clarke. Boesch worked round to an Indian deathlock and was just putting on the weight when the gong went. Round two saw Clarke hold Boesch in a severe hammerlock and wristlock to which he added by placing his foot at the back of Boesch’s head. Clarke indulged in a little hair pulling and was warned by the referee. Clarke whipped a hammerlock on Boesch, pulling the latter’s hair, necessitating the referee coming between them. Solid wrestling took up the remainder of the round with Clarke having perhaps slightly the better of the exchanges. The third round opened with Clarke throwing Boesch in a series of headlocks. Boesch did not appear to appreciate this and handed out a well, timed drop-kick whiph knocked Clarke across the ring. Boesch trapped Clarke into d rocking chair splits, and proceeded to rock him all round the ring. Boesch continued to attack and dropped Clarke to the mat, the gong again intervening. Fireworks commenced in round four, when Boesch, taking Clarke by the hair, dragged him across the ring and tossed him through the ropes. Back came Clarke only, to be greeted with a couple of drop-kicks which were followed by' a painful body scissors! Clarke, biding his time, caught Boesch nicely in a reverse headlock and backbreaker. Boesch held out for about two minutes, but was eventually forced to submit.

In the fifth Boesch dumped Clarke with a giant swing, but as Clarke hit the mat he bounced up knocking Boesch through the ropes. The remainder of the round produced excitingwrestling;, .... . ’ In round six Clarke held Boesch in an armbar which he worked into a facebar, Boesch crawling out under the ropes, to which Clarke vigorously protested. Boesch continued to rock in his jolts and Clarke kept hitting with his fist with the result, that a penalty fall was given against him.

In round seven Boesch, with three of the best drop-kicks seen during the evening, plus several elbow jolts, floored Clarke and had no trouble in pinning him with a body press. The amateur preliminaries resulted as follow: — P. Simmonds (Featherston), 10.4. drew with R. Edwards (Masterton). 10.4. The first round was even _ but Simmonds held Edwards in the second with a short-arm scissors from which the latter worked free at the end of the round. Edwards was holding Simmonds in a scissors at the gong in the third to /make a draw.

R. Sutherland (Masterton), 11.0, beat R. McGlashan (Eketahuna), 10.10. After being held in a scissors McGlashan put Sutherland out of the ring from a barred toe-hold. The second round was even but Sutherland forced the pace in the third holding McGlashan in a headlock at the gong. . R. Reid (Featherston), 10.7 lost to D. Falkner (Eketahuna). 10.2. Both lads were obviously' new to the ring but Falkner made the pace most of the way' winning a dull bout. J. Dryden (Featherston), 17.6, beat S. Williams (Wellington), 17.0. Both heavyweights were in good condition for this five-round bout. Dryden is the present New Zealand heavyweight champion and Williams, though now of Wellington, holds the Otago championship. Williams opened witli a wrist • lock but Dryden worked on a shortarm scissors. From a standing splits by' Williams. Dryden applied a toehold. In the second round Williams started a series of jolts and jabbed with the open hand causing Drydenknose to bleed. With the same tactics in the third Williams made Dryden reply' in kind. He then held Dryden with a combination hammer and wristlock. the latter using his tremendous strength to release it. In the fourth round, following even changes Williams waited, after being thrown heavily to the ropes, for the count of 14 before renewing. For the final rounH Dryden replied freely to jolts by Williams and put on a hammerlock to secure a fall and the decision. The referee for the amateur bouts was Mr H. Hill, of Masterton.