Show Thiede Defeats Ex Ex-AAU Champ By fly John Mooney y Shades of Gotch Catch and the original Strangler Lewis Lewis Lew Lew- is Salt sait Lake City's wrestling g fans saw a revival of clean and scientific scientific grappling Wednesday night at the Arena Arena and and surprisingly enough nough most of the fans applauded applaud applaud- ed the efforts of the In event which would have taken its place with any of ot the best bouts in the country for fast clean grappling Cliff Thiede defeated Bob Kruse Kruze using hammerlocks hammerlocks hammerlocks ham- ham to gain the last two falls after dropping the first fall faU to Krus Kruss s 's variation Th The wiry Kruse a former National National National Na Na- A AAU A U champion gave Thiede his toughest match to date and both demonstrated some cl classy sy grappling in the fast match Thwarted Thiede Thiede although heavier gave away a few points in speed and Kruse as slick sUck as an eel in a barrel of lubricating o oil thwarted thwarted thwart thwart- ed Thiede time and again Kruse used the specialty specialty specialty to 10 force torce Thiede into position position position tion for tor the clincher in the first fall fall Thiede being forced to concede concede concede con con- cede the fall B But t the former U USe S C quarterback came back fast fas I to dominate t the e next fall finally working Kruse into the hammerlock hammerlock hammer- hammer hammerlock lock trap trap and and that fall tall was con con- ceded The third fall was a duplication duplication duplication du du- du- du of the second again Thiede's hammerlock getting the decision iRe se Bait EIt In the p even big Aaron seemed inspired by the peace on earth good will wUl toward men atmosphere Big ranted and raved and even evenn manhandled n Flip Doherty somewhat somewhat some some- wb what t but tI the crowd which had clamored Ia or d for scalp scap a week ago didn't rise to the bait eventually won with re reverse body press after setting 1 it up with some body blocks In the Ue opener Danny Sach Sa- Sa with vich ch copped his second straight preliminary decision by pinning Jack Malone alone with a body press after stunning the Irishman with witha a series of ot flying ying blocks challenged the winner winner winner-ThIede- Thiede for or a match which should be a natural Promoter Jim Downing offered a public address s system stem and a new lighting system which improved the Arenas Arena's appearance |