BLOMFIELD V. FRALEY.
MONDAY NIGHTS WRESTLING
A lively wrostliiiK bout should hr provi. 0,1 ,„ ti, e match between Lofty Blonitiold. the New Zcalaiul pioiv.ssional wrpstlttiff champion, and •*C'i>wbo\" Pit Kialey which is to 1.,- hcl.l in tl,,'. Au.'kland iown Hall on Monday nijiht n.'.vt. rraley. in hi« ;>prninji mall li in tliU country last Monday against Tonti. showed that lie is in the first class of scientific, hard wrestlois. '/h that occasion he had matteiv much his own way. but against Blomheld h«- will l.p extended to the limit. Blonifield. ponciful man that he is. has benefited Rieiitlv from his last season in i)k> I'nitp.i States wlien lie fought the world clmnipion. Bronko Xauurski. to a draw, and lie will be required to pit that f.tienjrtli and his wide variety of scientific holds <is.Min*t a man who knows the thoroughly and is probably quite as well equipped. Moot interesting of all will he the matching of Pat Fraley's flying toe-hold Blomfield's octopus clam;). That fly'ltg toe-hold is one of the ,ncvt elcctriij holds yet seen here, and Fraley claims that he can apply it from any position. Blomfield is equally dexterous with his octopus clamp, and a legbar toe-hoid is a very dangerous thing to try on him.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 99, 29 April 1938, Page 13
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208BLOMFIELD V. FRALEY. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 99, 29 April 1938, Page 13
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