The Daily Province – May 22, 1931
French-Canadian Shares Two Falls With Joe Malcewicz.
BICKERTON WINS.
Kara Pasha Surprises by Defeating Burch in Semi-Windup.
DESPITE the fact that he was obviously out of condition, his thirty-seven-pound advantage in weight, coupled with great strength, enabled Leo L’Heureux, French-Canadian wrestler from Montmartre, Sask., to secure a draw with Joe Malcewicz, the “Utica Panther,” in the eight-round headline bout at the Arena on Thursday night. Kara Pasha, Seattle Turk, took the only fall of the four-round semi-windup from Stanley Burch of Omaha in the last stanza, while Ernie Bickerton of Vancouver threw Rocky Brooks of Victoria in the third round of the preliminary. One of the smallest crowds of the season turned out to witness a tame show.
L’Heureux demonstrated that he has not forgotten his favorite bar-arm and wristlock by clamping on this hold whenever he got the opportunity.
FEW ELBOW JABS.
Malcewicz scarcely ever showed his usual pep and only on very few occasions did he resort to his favorite elbow jab. Every time he tried to use a head twist, L’Heureux gently slid down to the mat and offset the “Panther’s” attempts to throw him backwards.
L’Heureux secured a bar-arm and wristlock immediately the first round started and In the same canto had on a short-arm scissors. He tried a body scissors in the second without much effect, while in the third Malcewicz got in two or three of his elbow thrusts, which made Leo yell. The fourth round had only gone 1 minute 52 seconds, when Malcewicz obtained the first fall with a couple of flying wristlocks, followed by a head scissors and bar-arm lock.
WON WITH TOEHOLD.
Malcewicz caused L’Heureux as much trouble with his feet as he did with his hands, but in the last four rounds Leo started to work on the pedal extremities and secured a succession of toeholds. At that it appeared as if Malcewicz was taking things easily and was in no serious trouble when L’Heureux secured a couple of these holds in the seventh round, and the second forced Malcewicz to concede the tying fall in 3 minutes 58 seconds. Both men rolled around the ring, first one on top and then the other, throughout the last round. L’Heureux’s weight was given as 235 pounds and Malcewicz’s as 198.
Many of the ringsiders figured that Burch would take Kara Pasha any time he wished, but the Turk fooled the wise ones by coming out on top. In the first round he amused the boys and girls by holding Burch in a cradle split and rocking him backwards and forwards many times. Pasha’s antics in jumping around and throwing out his chest caused as much amusement as did the actual wrestling.
In the second round Burch sat astride Pasha’s back and firmly secured each of his ears, while the Turk crawled across the ring and through the ropes on his hands and knees. Pasha came back with three headlocks and body slams, and Burch retaliated with the same dose in the third, but fell into another cradle split towards the end of the round.
SLOW PRELMINARY.
After each had used a headlock to start the fourth canto, Burch tossed the Turk around with five successive flying mares, but Pasha suddenly shot forward and obtained the deciding fall with a reverse body slam, although Burch’s left shoulder appeared to be off the mat when Referee Bill Granukos awarded the fall. Burch was said to weigh 188 pounds and Pasha 190.
The preliminary was another tame affair, with Brooks showing nothing like the form he did when he last appeared here against Jack Forsgren. Bickerton tried several times to throw the Victorian over the ropes, and in the second round had him high in the air when Brooks dropped him with an elbow. Three flying wristlocks paved the way for Bickerton’s victory in the third round, and he pinned his man with a backward body slam, followed by an arm lock and body press in 1 minute 31 seconds. Bickerton had an advantage of four pounds in weight, being announced as 202, against Brooks’ 198.
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