DISQUALIFIED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 214, 10 September 1935, Page 15

DISQUALIFIED.

WRESTLER RULED OUT. ELOMFIELD BEATS ANBRESEN. SWEDE'S USEFUL LEGS. A difference of opinion with the referee Us to whether or not a hold that he applied was a strangle caused Ole Andresen, of | Sweden, to be ruled the loser against Lofty Blomfield, of Auckland, in the professional wrestling match at His Majesty's [ Theatre last evening. At the time that! the Swede received his marching orders the contest was 40 minutes old and Blomlield' was a fall to the good. It was in the iit'th round that Andresen, whose ability to make strange use of his legs has earned him the sobriquet of the j "india rubber man," fell foul of the 1 referee, Mr. C. Pollard. He had pre-j viously been made to release a strangle 1 hold and also had been warned against pulling his opponent's hair. Working hard to wipe off the fall which the Aucklander had registered against him in the third round the Swede worked in behind his opponent and swung his right leg up and grabbed it with both j hands to secure a figure-four body scissors., Ruling that the hold was a strangle the! referee ordered Andresen to let go, but 1 the Swede, insisting that there was no j breach of the rules and that the pressure lie was applying was against the Aucklander's chin, merely tugged the harder. At another instruction from the referee to let go he again protested loudly that there was no strangle and held on, with the result that Mr. Pollard wasted no further time with argument but pulled the Swede off and declared Blomiield the winner. Swede Dissatisfied. That Andresen was angered by the manner in which the match had ended was obvious from his behaviour after lie had been ruled out. He made it clear that he considered that the ruling had been" an unfair one, and it was some minutes before he left the ring. Whether or not the hold was a strangle, however, was not the chief point at issue. Where Andresen erred was in refusing to obey the referee's ruling, and it was for that reason that he was disqualified. From the turn that events took it seemed that Mr. Pollard did the right thing in taking the action that he did. In a sport where accidents have to be guarded agaiust there can be only one referee. The wrestling that the match produced was hard and interesting and at times spectacular. Andresen made pood use of his legs, both in attack and defence, and used them for holds which other wrestlers would, find impossible. When the pair were on their feet the Swede made play with his legs in a manner which was reminiscent of Whiskers Blake, but he got more effect from the holds. On the mat lie showed a strong liking for a full nelson applied with the legs. It was the second meeting between the pair, the previous match in the South having resulted in a draw.

How the Rounds Went. j A'quiet opening was followed by Andre-1 sen (15.8) grabbing one of his opponents wrists, swinging a leg over the Auck-1 lander's shoulder and taking his man to j the mat, where he held an arm bar. When i Blomfield (16.4) broke away and the pair got to their feet again, Andreeen made the-pace with throws from flying mares, twice working the throw by grabbing the Aucklander's hair. There were some hoots j for the visitor when ho tugged on »a . strangle hold until ordered by the referee to let go. A cross-buttock throw by the Swede again gave him the advantage and .when he wrapped a log round his oppoInent's body and held it in place With both hands, the Aucklander was kept quiet for a spell. Just before the gong Anureeen was- warned for again grabbing his opponent by the hair. The second round saw the Swede continuing the attack. until Blomfield secured a short-arm scisfiors and later a hammerlock. In his efforts to break free from the latter hold, Andresen several times threw his opponent by the hair, but the referee ignored the breach of the rules. Blomfield Takes the Lead. Fast action marked the start of the third round. At the gong Andresen took the aggressive with three throws from flying mares, but momentarily went into retreat when the Aueklander butted him. Again the Swede became lively with flying mares and looked to be on the way for a fall, when the Aucklander met his attack with a series of elbow jolts. In attempting to return the compliment, the Swede left himself open for a pick up and dump, and in a flash Blomfield had hoisted him aloft and put him down hard to take the first fall. When the pair came together for tlie start of the fourth round, 'Andresen was warned that if he again pulled his oppo-. nent's hair he would be ordered out. lne wrestling was uneventful until well on through the round, when the Swede got behind his opponent and secured a fullnelson with the legs. Only after a hard fight did Blomfield break free, and at the gon<* he was held fast by a figure-four scissors on the head. A head scissors gave Blomfiekl the advantage at the start of the fifth round, but the Swede soon turned on fireworks in the way of elbow jolts and flying mare throws. A smart leg trip paved the way for a good toe hold by the visitor, but he was unable to maintain it. Then came Andresen s attempt to make use of a figure-four head scissors, his refusal to let go the hold and his disqualification. The Amateurs. : "W. Williamson (9.7) drew with A. Waugh (9 7). Neither could score a tall beat J. O'Connor (8.6) by one fall. After an even first round Bana scored a fall with a full-nelson in (10.6) beat R. Harmnn (10.9) bv one fall.. Within the first minute ot the opening round Kawle pinned his opponent with a half-nelson and body press. The second and third rounds were fairly eV C n 'jones (9.6) beat E. Pinches (9.0) in the third round. Neither could score a fall in the first or second rounds, and the third was almost over when Pinches was disqualified for fouling his opponent.

McCREADY DEFEATS SINGH.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Bv a body press in the last round Earl McCready beat Jaget Singh in a wrestling bout last night. The match was lacking in variety.