WRESTLING

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21792, 26 May 1936, Page 7

WRESTLING

SAVAGE DISQUALIFIED

BOUT WITH M’CBEADY

(PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.)

AUCKLAND, May 25,

A large crowd watched the meeting of Earl McCready, claimant to the heavy-weight wrestling championship of the British Empire, and Steve j Savage. McCready has not suffered j defeat during his stay in New Zealand for the last two seasons. The contest ended in the seventh round with the disqualification of Savage for disobeying the orders of the referee. He had McCready imprisoned on the ropes near the corner, and was using forearm jolts. The referee ordered a break, but Savage refused to release his hold. A penalty fall was awarded against him, but even then he persisted. The referee secured a toe-hold on the aggressor, and with a head pull he dragged Savage away, but only momentarily, as McCready was once more pounced upon while he was still entangled with the ropes. The referee then disqualified Savage, and awarded the match to McCready. BLOMFIELD DISQUALIFIED (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON. May 25. “Lofty” Blomfield, New Zealand, was disqualified in a wrestling bout with Paul Boesch, America, at the Wellington Town Hall to-night. In the seventh round Blomfield clapped on his octopus clamp, when both men were near the ropes. Boesch conceded a submission fall almost immediately, and Blomfield was disqualified by the referee for not making an effort to break the hold. Boesch had won a fall in the third round with a body press, following several drop kicks, two of which, delivered with amazing speed from a standing start, hit Blomfield on the point of the jaw and thoroughly dazed him. The bout was one of the best of the season.