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PURDIN PINS WELCH BUTTHAT DOESN’T END BOUT♦rv*nnl*re Pnntinue Flffht 100m, where they dashed again, urppiers continue^ rigm Hurdiu won two straight falls fromIn Audience And InDressing RoomWelch, the grappler who subdued Promoter Rob Roy in a recent match here. The first fall gave warning of what the second would be like foiFighting inside the ring is okay ----- ---------with neace ofifcers here, but when Purdin, nfier taking Welch s punches,' . .1 • iliA 1.nirn nniccuivoc trill ftnH nilP-Iill-the contest is officially ended the principals have no business tangling out in the audience, it was ruled last night at, the National Guard armory when .lack Purdin of Miami, Fla., and Roy Welch of Borgor, Texas, contili-» ■ • * ' •• -kicks, eye massages, gill and one-finger holds and strangle holds for a little while, got irod and started dishing out some rough stuff on his ownaccount. On several occasions Refe-ree 1 Jetton had to pull Welch looseRoy Welch oi noi jfci', i i*awp, tunwu- m-p .w ,..... *........~their roueh-and-tumble wrestling; from some of his illegal holds, and oni. i» .. i* T\aH At) flutir o vnifomatch on the floor after Purdin had been awarded the match. Later they got together again in the dressingone occasion Dotton flew into a rage and punted Welch out of bounds. It took Purdin 28 minutes to win the101 vogeiner ukaiii* v ...... — r. ... . . , vroom, and officers had to stay with fall with a leg split, with which he« i ! 1 i a «» 4%. ....II a I % i r ✓ 1 t. n a i i o 11 i 11 a i i • i 11 lt;n n /1 I I •them about two hours until they finally quieted down. Thev came with-in an ace of having to pay fines.Purdin Win. MatchIt all came about wher Purdin, thecrowd’s favorite, tired of Welch’s rough stuff and landed a few well-placed blows. Welch stuck the upper half of his body through the ropes to ^ain a respite from the attack, and while Dory Detton, semi-final wrestler, who was acting as referee in the main go, was counting over the Border bad man, Purdin brushed Dotton aside and tried to drag Welch back into the ring. Then all three mixed it freely through and over the ropes, and in the confusion Purdin knocked• • * • * - » - - — - — r » «rolled Welch around the ring and fi nally stood him on his shoulders.Other Bouts Draw*Welch, coming into the ring first for the second fall, carefully draped a towel over a ringpost, and shortly after the fail started he maneuvered Purdin over to that corner, grabbed the towel, looped it around Purdin’s neck and started strangling him withit. Detton had a hard time breaking the two apart. After that both grap-plers used everything but the ring-posts to hit the other with in their furious fighting, and Purdin finally won the mixup already described.The semi-windup and curtain raisernd in the confusion I urmn Knncai i humdrum affairs, both beinghe referee to the mat with.aright f t( drnws. petton met hisross and clamped a full body smoth t(laU.h -m Kniie Arthur, crafty Cana-r on Welch. Detton’ Mmo ' dian. Both got some nice holds, andy from the punch he rece,^ed» ' first’onr and then the other had theround just in time to decide 010,1 |advantaK0 Hut not until the 80-min-ws down. ute tjme ]i,nit was near ly up did theThen It SlarJ*® . him ' two lose some of their caution ami Wheil Purdin got up, Welch ct him something to yell about.•v. a haymaker, and the .rate all.- .£« »« favorit,/ an„ the.tor trainer retaliated in kindland “lbous.,loswl Arthur did moat ofhased him around the ring. in tnt .. . , vlfV—the dirty work. When Dotton grot lelee the referee was floored again, ^ daildor up a„d retaliated, Arthurnd Welch hurled the ropes 011 t ua|]y went through the ropes orfell heavily to the in a corner,imself up and swung a than hip barefoot lads, “Flash” Kellyame too c*ose Then Officers and and Claude Brummett, wrestled 10»ns interfered and the two belliger- minutes to a draw in the curtain-rais-nts were escorted to the dressing’ er.
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Clovis Evening News Journal
Clovis, New Mexico, US
Sat, Dec 01, 1934
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