WHEN JOLT MEETS

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 188, 10 August 1936, Page 14

WHEN JOLT MEETS

McCREADY AND KR.USE DRAW.

BOESCH DEFEATS RUSSELL.

SINGH DRAWS WITH LURICH.

EXIT KOPACH WOODS,

BLOMFTELD GETS HOME.

EXCITEMENT AT TOWN HALL.

One Joe "Kopach" Woods is a nasty customer. Meet.him —in the ring, at any ate—and one ig apt to meet a lot of .rouble. So Paul Boesch found out at .lie Town Hall a fortnight back, and so lid Lofty Bio infield on Saturday night, .'olt met jolt with frequency ana violence lid "wrestling" did not stop there. In hat game Lofty, came oft' second best — ut his octopus gave him- the verdict ill ,ie seventh round. He put it on—hard, nd the American could not- continue. Neither Woods nor Blonifield is exactly • babe in tiie wood when it comes i> a question of toughness ami the ladies nd gentlemen who pay to see wrestling ike it that way. Nevertheless,' the eferee, Mr. Charlie Pollard,-read a little urtain lecture to both.. ofthem before hey started on what looked to be the inimate and technical details and constiution of a jolt—"The forearm, gentlemen, tot the fist, nor the back of the list." Mr. Blomfield demonstrated, and Mr. Woods agreed. There were lots of othSr iemonstrations during the evening's frolic, aid —'well, certainly, Kopak can hand them >ut, and, on this occasion, they were jolts. Boxer Wrestler. Incidentally, Kopak Woods is an object iesson on the respective merits of boxing .ind wrestling as a means of defence. I'limai'ily lie is a boxer, though he applies Dlie more spectacular holds of wrestling with skill and abandon, and it is his boxing training that makes him in the ring. When Blomfield jolts, .he has only a back step to offer as cover in avoiding i return. Kopak lets them go, one, two, .eft and right, and then is dancing away, weaving and ducking, to come in from mother direction with another thud, thud, vhile his big opponent is still dazed from -he first attack, and they are delivered is a punch is, with the weight of the jody behind them. Lofty's looked mild n comparison. Lofty, who introduced a new fashion •iote with a gleajning white satin dressing ;own, with black collar and cuff and full quipment of "N.Z.," silver fern and uwi, had over a stone advantage in weight and the needed it against his quick opponent. They were at it hammer and longs from the first, gong and there was uo let up until the final Blomfield octopus. A Trifle Annoyed. During the opening rounds Woods piled up the points against Blomfield, who concentrated more on defence. Together -hey went out of the ring on several occasions and on each it seemed that there vas So be a minor set-to. However, the eferee's intervention ended the incident m each occasion. Lofty opened the ,olting account late in the first round, etting Woods have a couple that brought lim in fighting, to throw Lofty and punish him in an arm stretch. The second brought fireworks. Blomdeld took a firm grip of Woods' ears and swift retaliation came with a left and . iglit jolt that sent the Aucklander to the .opes. Woods went in, plucked him away and amid wild excitement tried for a Boston crab. It was, however, broken under tlie ropes. A few holds later BloinSield took, three jolts to the face while being held in a body scissors, and when lie broke it was to pummel Woods across ;o the ropes and there attempt to jump •in him. These wrestlers do get annoyed. . . Then followed a little scissors and .vristlock work, with Lofty receiving an ;lbow to the stomach and trying- out a .ittle ear work. . Loftv annoyed Woods again when lie ied his arm :in the ropes, and was at he receiving, end of half a dozen jolts, vith a slap • thtown in as good measure, i'ken the crowcFsaw 1 some pretty work 'as Voods ducked and dodged with Blomfield ollowing, his. elbows flying. Crack, •rack . . . Blomfield had stopped two

'ind went down. Again, excitement tas Woods picked him up and- tried for a lump and a press, but niissed.»w. \ The American was taken in a head scissors and found it pretty tough. He screwkicked out of it and ap.plied„a hard ha.mmerlock, with a few rabbit punches for piquancy. A moment later Blomfield had a chance for a back slam, but missed.

- Jolts and Falls. The fourth brought Woods in to take the advantage with a flying head scissors, and then an alligator hold. Blomfifeld broke i)hat, but in a moment was reeling under a shower of jolts. Woods circled about him. to go in with jolts again" and again, as Blomfield blundered about apparently half-blinded. He followed in to pick Blomfield up and dump him for a press and fall. From then on it was a flurry of holds, with the crowd out of their seats through most of the period. They tried most everything on one another, with points at about evens, and heated jolting bouts following each piece of extra toughness. The sixth was a -vyild scramble that ended under the ropes and was carried to a scuffle outside. Woods falling to the floor as he was pulled away by the referee. The seventh opened in a flurry of jolts, and Blomfield was down thrice. As he came to his feet, Woods rushed in. But Blomfield had been waiting his chance. In a moment Woods had been leg tripped, his legs trussed up and Blomfield stood up with an octopus'on his opponent. For a time Woods resisted, but finally he submitted. He was tended through the interval, but the eighth gong saw him clinging to the ropes to hold himself up and waving to Blomfield that he could not go on. The match was Blomfield's. The Amateurs. B Aspin (11.7) beat E. Handy (11.10) with one fall in the second round from a press. It was a rough-and-tumble contest, with Aspin On top from the nrst round.

T. Thompson (9.9) beat J: Young (9.12) by one fall, a press, following barred wHstlock in the third round of a hardfought contest in which Young was well ahead on pints in the first two rounds. W. McLean (12.0) and F. Boric (12.4) wrestled through three rounds for a draw. The boys made it willing, particularly in the opening round, and provided a good exhibition. In a rapid-fire three rounds N. Sakey (9.0) beat C. Anderson (9.4) by two fall® to one. Sakey got a fall early in the first round with a press, following a charge. Anderson equalised with a press following a series of heavy head throws in the second, but Sa"key took the verdict with a leg cradle in the fourth.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Sunday. In a "willing encounter, Earl McCready and Bob Kruse wrestled a draw here last night Kruse secured a fall in the fifth round and McCready equalised in the seventh. The crowd sliowc<l strong __ disapproval of the methods adopted by Kruse ,ind the decision met with what is commonly known as a "mixed" reception. It is some time since a fall was jireviously fa ken from McCready.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) OREYMOUTH, Sunday. Before a record crowd at the Town Hall 'ast -night. Paul Boeseli and Bob Russell provided a thrilling entertainment with a series of rough-liouse tactics. The bout e-nded in the sixth round when Russell had •i penalty fall awarded against him, due to his failure ii "'esist applying a strangle hold. Each has previously secured a fall, Ktissell with a series of dumps and Boeseli with a body press following a succession of drop-kicks.

SYDNEY, Angus" 0 In a wrestling bout at the* Leiehliardt Stadium last evening Tom Lurich drew ,i .laget Singh.