Imperial Valley press., 1932-04-16
CHRISTY THROWS
RUDY SKARDA IN
EXCELLENT BOUT

In the best wrestling match this
town ever saw, and as good as any
other town ever saw, Vic Christy,
up and coming star of the mat
game, won the decision over Rudy
Skarda at the Ell Centre Athletic
club last night.
The decision came after Az min
utes of high class work, during
which both men exhibited a bunch
OF scientific holds that had the
fans warming up to high pitch Of
enthusiasm When the end came.
with Mr.. Christy working the pile
driver on Skarda, it came suffi-
ciently hard to put away any
thought of best two out of three
tall proposition, Skarda being Sc
riously hurt and conceded the
match to his opponent.
Mr.. Christy had the decision and
the knowledge that he had been in
a real wrestling match. Rudy Skar-
da is good, plenty good, but Mr..
Christy is just enough better to
win.
Armlocks, headlocks, body slams,
head slams, airplane spins, splits,
double splits, tWisters, toe holds
the boys showed them all and a
few more. The only thing missing
was the flying tackle made famous
by Gus Sonnenberg. Christy and
Skarda seemed content to abide by
The scientific stuff and if more
wrestlers did this instead of the
circus game, which is pretty we'll
worn out, wrestling would attract
many more than it does in this
neck of the woods.
Skarda showed remarkable ability
in feinting Christy into a toehold
pulling the stunt with a sort of
football tackle several times, but
Christy's long arms usually stood
him in good stead and he was able
to work his way out of it. An arm
lock seemed to work much better
for Rudy, but even though Christy
took plenty of punishment from this
grip, he solved it each time his
opponent clamped it on.
Christy ought to get plenty far
IN the mat game. He is strong,
fast and smart. Skarda is strong,
not as speedy as Christy, and was
equally smart, but he didn't seem
to have the physique equal to VicS.
Announcement of a rematch was
made, and if it goes through, any
one who wants to see the best there
is to see in wrestling, will not miss
it.
Semi-Final Is Draw
Mullikin, the wrestling chiro-
practor," and Marciano Agrava, the
only Filipino wrestler in captivity,
went a half hour to a draw, neither
being able to get a fall.
The doc" is rough, tough, and
too much inclined to go into the
ropes when the going gets rough.
He did a lot of complaining and
kicking to the referee last night
about the Filipino's tactics, but the
latter was getting even worse from
the doc" and made no yoWl about
it. But the Filipino did do what
could hardly be considered a parlor
trick when he chaWed on the docs"
big toe. Regular cannibal fashion.
1t caused doc" to yelp Justify and
the fans also yelped, but not for
the same reason.
Mullikin's knowledge of chiro-
practic stands him in good stead,
his favorite trick in a bad place be-
ing to give his man a spine ADJUST
ment. Agrava, to counteract this,
knows a bit about jiu-jutsu, and
worked it well on the doc" with
satisfactory results.
Luis Mayo heaved Tex Wright
out of the ring and out of the con-
test after seven minutes of going
in the opener, Wright sustaining
broken rib when he crashed into the
seats. The pair had hardly warmed
up when the end came.
A small crowd was on hand for
the matches, but thoroughly en-
joyed them.