LOFTY DRAWS, TOO.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 285, 1 December 1936, Page 18

LOFTY DRAWS, TOO.

BIG MEN, WHAT NOW?

IT WAS HECTIC LAST NIGHT.

GEORGE A FALL; LOFTY A FALL.

Yes, Lofty Blonifiekl, 16.8, of Takapuna, Auckland, drew with Ed. Don George, 1G.5, America, former amateur heavyweight wrestling champion of the world, twice former professional champion of the world, at the Town Hall last night ,

And, with Earl McCready named as a contender for that last-named championship, how goes the Xew Zealand trial revies?

George beat McCready by one fall at Auckland.

George beat Blomfield by one fall at Auckland.

George drew with McCready at Wellington, one fall each. George drew with Blomfield at Auckland, one fall each.

So, what now? Which brings us back to last night when George, after accepting a challenge to meet McCready for the third time, set to work to massacre Blomfield. But Lofty, was on his home territory) with the fans roaring his name, and lie did not take kindly to massacre; so it was just another war to end wars, with the result? Told you, fall each. It was a hectic war while it lasted, with the League of Nations (pardon—Referee Jack McLean) getting quite a few nasty looks for his good intentions. Here Beginneth. It started when Lofty threw off the foreign yoke—or, rather, had it lifted b> the referee as a strangle. But it was applied again, and again broken, with George protesting vigorously. He had his turn of it almost immediately, complained again—about a strangle. J hen they were at evens. Lofty broke a bearhug by ear-pulling, and a moment later was fighting off a press following a head-throw. He pulled George's hair, applied fingerholds, was jolted clear, forced off a barred wristlock, and again his head was held in a yoke. Like a flash it was made a strangle with the referee dashing from side to side to break it as it was changed over .1 hat brought a warning to George, and. his blood was up. Blomfield was head-thrown, jolted, and yoked again, but this time he jolted clear, and brought up reinforcements, with George in, full retreat. A "uerilla attack on his trunks by Blomfield s boot -brought him up, and at the gong Lofty was countering a wristlock with hair-pulling. ~ Mice people, wrestlers: but that was the start. A barred wristlock 011 Blomfield was broken under the ropes in the second— and Lofty used George's hair to bring him into a lieadlock, going down on it and trying for a press. A fist neatly applied to George's chin under Blomfield s body, helped, and George again was head-hunt-ing. Blomfield went under a double Japanese wristlock, jolted clear but was held in a body . scissors and heaclloeU. However, lie-countered with a toehold, and George worked a little steam oil «itl a rabbit punch before getting undei the I-opes. In limping, retreat lie was jolted down, but kicked off and lay with a "come again" invitation, which LoU, declined without thanks. With a nt.it twist, George had Blomfield ni a reversc wristlock, took him down and was sitting back 011 a hammerlock at the gong. The third came with George again trapping Blomfield into a hammerlock, but face-lifting broke that. Again George went in. jolted Blomfield, head-threw him, but went under in the scramble and was jumped on. Then it was hammer and tongs with jolts, Lofty going down twice He was picked up. dumped, picked up and jolted again and, George went down on a press to take a fall amid pandemonium. Can Lofty takty-it? From a Jolting bout in the fourth lie came up 011 top j itli a Japanese wristlock and a one-finger lo . That was broken, but lie applied a h< merlock. and for minutes George exhibited hif perfect set of teeth in agony while he strained and fought to break Ake ake kia kaha—or words to that effect-and at lost he was out of it. to lay under the ropes for seconds while he recovered. And a«-ain it was retreat for him. with a spice of jolts, a butt for Blomfield, a strangle with Lofty's neck across the ropes, a fe\v more jolts, hair-pulling and varied spoits. with George in a rocking cha'r sp its at the gong, trading a punch foi a kick a. fifo. c, T wi.™ the referee was caierht (oh. so accidentally) in a toehold by MomMd himself .n a roel-ing chair snlit*. with Blomfield fijitin<r for the rest to break a short-aim scissors tliat., lasted. to., the. gong. A Plea Answered.

Blomfield went in hard at the sixth ami-took his revenge with a pat>tm„ iolts at George, held against the ropes. He followed that in to take George (low in a wristlock to clap 011 a short-arm scissors—"Oh, Lofty, make (cro?vd voice)—and lie - ■ George gave all tlje symptoms. I no Amen can tried for his last week's conqueror. a standing shoulder press, and tried a dump but they mi.=sed, and lie was still the?,e at.the gong—with his seconds coming in to jikl hint. . ■ .. v So the fruit was prepared for the picking. From Lofty'* seventh round attack George retreated, was followed with a jolt, and was iolted. again hard. He went down; Blomfield jumped in to apply another short-arm seizors, and took an equalising fall, George submitting. Ihe battle continued "fast and hectic in the eighth, with the honours at evens, and so it ended, with the crowd on its. toes to the last. The Amateurs.. E. Pinches (9.6) beat R. Hobbs (9.G) on points. 110 falls, in a bout that was full of action. Pinches wrestled cleverly, and was ahead all the way in a mixture of most everything. E. Eraser (9.8) beat P. Eribence (9.3) on points. 110 falls. Erib'ence led over the opening stages, whilst Eraser was mainly concerned with amusing the crowd, but Fraser's weight told in the latter stagos. B Rawle (10.10) was too experienced and too strong for R. Williams (10.3). but the vonnger boy worked wen. Kawle won with a beautiful spread-eagled press 111 the second. ■ F. Thom]ison (9.0) and J. Walsh (8.12) wrestled a draw, no falls. They made it solid going, with Walsh offsetting his disadvantage in weight by his quickness.