WRESTLING.
NEXT MONDAY'S MATCH,
At the Town Hall on Monday evening a professional wrestling match between Glenn Wade and Jack Forsgren will take place under the auspices of the Auckland Association. Forsgren, the Canadian who put up such a lively bout with Blomfield oa i?-, be ,_ re , lled on to keep Wade busy, \yhile the latter, as one of the big attractions of last season, should make the match both interesting and exciting. Following are the amateurs selected for the preliminary bouts: —D. McPike (Awhitu), 9.6, v. Jim Young (Brighton), 9.9; W. Marshall (Awhitu)f 11.3, vD Skelton (Kiwi), 11.3; C. Fraser (Leys), 10.6, v. R. Kendell (Y.M.C.A.), 10.4; W McLean (Grafton), 11.10, v. J. Rutherford (Brighton), 11.3. Emergency bout: R. Harman (Leys) 10.4, v. F. Murphy (Community Sunshine), 10.7.
BLOMFIELD AND RUSSELL DRAW.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NELSON, this day. A professional wrestling bout here last niarht between Blomfield (Auckland) and r# -ell (U.S.A.) resulted in a draw, each Z>i a fall. There was a record 1 atuWianee.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 20
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