REFEREE KNOCKED "COLD" IN HOT RING BATTLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 245, 15 October 1940, Page 10

REFEREE KNOCKED "COLD" IN HOT RING BATTLE.

A peep into the diary of a wrestling referee . . . "It wa* all a beautiful dream . . . With a final cloriowi bum of colour . . . red. and purple, and yellow, and preen . . . the lifllitu went out. The ot.ire jJione and l>ird« twittered ... 1 seemed to be *urrounded by a roaring crowd and five hefty policemen lifted me to my feet and carried me off in triumph ... Not even a Spitfire could iiave caught me in my flight through i-pi.ee . . ." Yes, Mr. McLean, it was a dream, all right ... a dream of a "sock"" that got you; and jiutt in caj*? you are still at the "What hit me? Where am 1" *taj:e. Jet it be added that >ou were laid to n>l by ihe mighty h*t or arm of Serpeant-Major l.oftv Blomtield, New Zealand heawweight wrestling champion, at the Auckland Town Hall last night . . . That he trampled heavily upon you a«t you lay "at rest" . . . Thai Karl Met'ready and he tumbled on top »»f you. and fought viciously upon you. and that you prolwbly collected a few more of lh(»o bniiw* in the process . . . and that, finally, a riot Muad ! of policeman anil a "flying wedge" of seconds and officials rescued you ... , Mln SUf Mikk. You didn't have Ihe lul ur in that Bilch. That lu Itl: to the A W A, official ucounctr. Mr. V. Salrk. *ho did a nice Job o! quieting il» tumultuous crowd to place it on record that the police would not alio* the match 10 continue. Not even the fall that McCrradjr had rained in the third round counted. It had ended in the filth round and the result was "No decision." < You were last seen stretched out on a torm in McCready's dreulnc room, as ret uncoiwitsi ol the lact that your lips were puffy and that jaur 1 body bad suffered Irom the contact ol Si-o3d stone of bone and muscle. The doctor was say- i 1 In* that rou were merely "knocked out" and that you would soon be all neht. It must hare . seemed very peaceful there after the beat of that ' : contest. ' There is this much you can record. For oncc ! 1 y°u were not the "third man" in the rinc. but ! 1 the first. You stole the show from the principal | 3 actors—and that. too. in the sensational-ot-wnaa- i tlonal. the champlcn-of-champions rinc drama In 1 , New Zealand mat history. It was a "glory or good-bye" battle that ractad I between MaCready and Blotafield. Il was Bltwnfleid's last chance to *In the coveted British ' Empire title, and he was not roinc to let lime j things like legalities interfere between him and < his ambition. McCready seemed to feel that way *■ about It. also. f Like Mea Nimni. Prom the openlnc gong they mere at It In a full , power trial. Broadsides o! Jolts thudded home * their arms tautened In strangles, their bodies 1 r.eavcd. and strained, and contorted themselves inextricably. "And one lor me'" yelled the ex- * cited old gentleman behind the Press bench as 1 McCready's elbow dealt out damage BJomSeid used his fists, and you warned htm. Mr. McLean. I But he went after McCready like one possessed. , dropped him to. his knees with Jolts, bead-towed ! htm. Jolted him twice unmercifully, and was ready 1 to collect the pieces when the tone came You had 10 bun in then to break them, and yoa had I to repeat tha "butting in" programme at minute Intervals throughout the bout . . . until the «•»»! "butt." (

f»SJSS2.«3 ,h ® Principal offender. bein« the SiSS* 4 . 0 ? parlT . J° tbt Cupute. and even an impartial p»r»n like you. Mr. McUu. niujt hare weni (lightly exhilarated la the Hurt «bea MeCrradr. tiMCCtlnc under a btni|t o! "BloaStU °° c ". b ?" "Lofty L*rellcr»") sufldenljr con--5522? .T'4L A CT P" * lbß * «wlpt » the chin. fol- , J_ l . "iy* 'our Biore yirCMST Mesata ' 'or Earl Elevators"). and ihtn leaped till till*. ta » Srtoi body-adawrt. • lilted himself and captive In mid-air and fell, his weifht on top. for a fall. T 25 nt T mcT * onerous in the fourth, with fists Srlni fairly freely, if wildly !«1 7^i„ ,u, T. "} ">*nfuUr uaont those Sna* fists acaln and acaln to uy to restore order. CarUla Far Mr. MrLeaa. " r,l4t ™. ho* It happened ... in the flfth. a "Roodr £?= SI Sf 00k -t. " . * '' 3chemor;Jr " - - . Z—JlS 0 ?*" 600 . ot *■ R***le-Dazi>." when rtrj popped in acaln. You had a "Disqualification" SSjLill rou . r *7* rxrj entered the fray. but Earl * °J" of the way of a Bylnc fist. and yoa L fFJT? 11,1 . crowd roared, camera-balbs Hashed . . . but you lay on the mat, unhetdlnc Rtann?irf-» r~, i Mc sis m4T * landed on yea. , ' landed on yoa. their two bodies landMl on yoa toerther ... and you lay fail Tenseness ... drams . . rolm ..j wxfSto hAmmerln *. un^ st each other. Si lhen policemen elambertnc eninmlw £rV2 All It needed waa the entrance of the marines and the "*Star SdiscM 5™r n,r »>,i .*? *®»M ha** known Use *ar was ® But. st lesst the match vtt tv**.. ~, mean* i'h» apart—from each other, we mean—the iosi sounded in futii* u mi i ."T th« they w ri»hT-» : - n?, Blotnfl **d came to say. **ls he all E? £a down ■ "*" ace:<Sml •• • didn't know JsZ^Tsl &Tg«gE g"*!""-, H-0. on poinu: D. MrLeod 10 « h^-