Evening star., 1932-04-12
IKE a silhouetted file Of Indians
moving slowly along . beaten
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Y IKE a silhouetted file Of Indians
moving slowly along . beaten
trail, nearly half hundred con-
tenders for eight District A. A.
U. wrestling championships shamoled
last night--shambled through the cozy'
darkened Boys Club gymnasium toward
q snowy white mat, sans ropes
At two bits seat, there were oU VI
10 spectators. When the "wrestlers
entered the miniature arena Ine c4o"u
nearly was doubled.
It took four or five minutes for the
grapplers TO file past into the STAND.
1t required only bit OF Imagination
to see Jim Londos-in this case Tiny
l15-pounder clad in a bath robe prop
ably borrowed from his dad. Euoy
Dusek was in that strangely assorted
contingent. There were plenty Of Fred
Grobmiers.
Tall ones, short ones, fat ones, skinny
ones.
scared ones. cocky ones, they came
into the ring-nearly 30.
TT was a far cry from the Washington
/ Auditorium. We wondered what
Jack Curley would think Of wres-
ting show with SO grapplers. We Won
dered If Monsieur Curley had that
MANY. ANYWAY. We wondered Wnat
Winfree johnson, timekeeper, and Tom
Clayton, referee, were MISUNDERSTANDING
they brought along blanket ana
pillow.
For all except 16 Of this varied as
sortment of grapplers had to be ellmi-
mated last night. The finals Will pe
held tomorrow.
But most of all we wondered no"
these youngsters, some IN tights pig
enough to At Leo PinetSkl; some In
bathing suits. and some barefooted, ex-
nected to min each other inside OF 10
minutes under amateur rules. No scis-
sors. rocking splits, elbow Jolts, air
plane spins. No nothing.
But old Bullneck Mooseface, when
he pinned Andrew H. Brown in those
memorable 81 seconds, had nothing on
these kids. The show was run on-and
Winfree johnson, Tom Clayton, Harry
Chllds ct al. got eight hours sleep.
TrHE show started well. Dell Shock
l. lev, undefeated ll5-pounder at
Oklahoma A. g. M. and defending
District titleholder, pinned Louis Iskow
of the j. c, c. in / minute and z sec
onds. II was no contest Years older
and with experience aplenty back OF
him. Shockley used what the eminent
James P. McGrath of the Joe Turner
staff described as an inside crotch and
neck hold with a body press" The
ranpling long legged Iskow, who can
nut FREDDY Grobnier and his bread
line legs to shame, got up smiltngly
and shook hands.
The audience, half Of 1t grapplers,
urora jy1oreSSed
And TO prove it, the next 10 winners
used the same hold. And not one OF
those 10 matches went over 21z min
utes. One lasted 20 seconds, another
so seconds. .
And If you think Rudy Dusek's ell
bow jolts, Jim Londos' airplane spins,
Fred Grobmiers hook scissors and Dick
Shikat's toe holds are needed to make"
a wrestling show, then take peek
tomorrow night at the finals Of the
District A. A. U. wrestling tourney.
If two bits worth Of entertainment
isn't gained, then Jim Londos is pa
looka, Leo Pinetzki is Singer midget
and Bool Martin Is the uncrowned
champion Of the universe.
Pairings for the final round tonor-
row follow:
125-Kcsowsky VS.. Iskow.
i5S-Sargent VS.. Devine;
l45-Wisooker VS.. Broaddus.
155-Goldman VS.. Brothers.
165-Armstrong VS.. Whitworth..
175-Peul vs. Tobby.
Unlirnited-Ballard VS.. Holmes.
Last nights results:
lis POUNDS.
Del shockley (Y) defeated Louis Aelits
(B. c., l:o7, crotch and half nelson.
Frank L. Anderson (Y.) defeated Bernard
Perry (unattachedD. 3:18, body hold.
Semi -hnal-Anderson defeated \. Huyck
(B. c. on points.
125 POUNDS.
Jack Kosowsky q. O. c. threw Sidney