WRESTLING

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22435, 23 June 1938, Page 15

WRESTLING

BLOMFIELD BEATS KENNEDY FAST AND LAWLESS BOUT “Lofty” Blomfield added to his list of successes this season when he beat Jack Kennedy by one fall in a thrilling match seen oy a huge crowd at the Theatre Royal last night. Both men were \ cautioned many times—sometimes many times in each round —for lawless tsictlcs ' but the crowd enjoyed the tussle. Blomfield took his fall'with a body-press applied after a torrid exchange of what might be termed elbow jolts, or, again, might be termed punches.. Biom,*c*u worked hard for his notorious octopus clamp, but Kennedy was wary of him any opening for it. Kennedy was very annoyed that the fall was given against him and was working hard himself for an equalising fall when the final *SB«SSfe had not originally been sched- * uled .to meet Kennedy last night, but a knee injury sept Pat from taking Kennedy worried Blomfield early in the first round with a powerful hammerlock. Blomfield got clear by punching. for which he was duly cautioned. Blomfield applied a .head scissors, but Kennedy broke away and took a barred toe-hold. It was lively energetically twisted Kennedy’s little finger early in the second round until he was stopped by the refer ee. The New Zealander then took ,a hammerlock, from which Kennedy had an arduous and painful job to escape. Blomfield then tried to get in position for hjs octopus clamp, but the final result of some complicated manoeuvring was thjlt Kennedy took a head scissors. '■. The third round was still exciting, with reiboundings off the ropes, elbow jolts, dives, leaps, and all the equipment of the best showmen. Neither man was hurt. Blomfield used the ropes to help him in an Indian deathlock, but the referee broke the hold, ~ , . c With a short-arm scissors Kennedy at* tacked strongly in the fourth round. Like boxers, but not as skilful, the men then forgot about wrestling and exchanged punches. Kennedy knocked Blomfield down with one and then so far forgot the canons of good, clean wrestling as to kick him. too—which brought another warning. The fifth round saw Blomfield again *ryr Ing for his octopus clamp and going no nearer to succeeding. The round ended with more elbow-jolts. Xi-roiedy spectacularly converted a wrisilock against hiipself to an attack-, ing movement in the sixth round, when he jumped high in the air to take a fiying head-scissors. Kennedy worked Iwd for a Boston crab, but Blomfield broke clear and was the aggressor when the round ended. Kennedy bounced Blomfield hard ,in the seventh round with a body scissors taken from behind. Blomfield finally took a fall, alter some wild manoeuvring when Kennedy rebounded from the ropes on to an elbow jolt. When he fell he was an easy prev to a body press. Kennedy was the aggressor in the last round, scoring heavily with elbow-jolts. Blomfield took a flying toe-hold, 1 however, and tried hard to get the use of the ropes for his octopus clamp. But he failed. Then Kennedy had a turn, and with a headiock threw Blomfield out of the ring. When the round ended Kennedy was striving hard, for an equalising fall—but the gong beat nim to it. Amateur Bouts The amateur- preliminaries* resulted;— S. Todd. 9st 51b, beat J. Gunderson, 9st 12'b, by two straight falls. F. Mauger. 9st 71b, beat E. E. Ballock, lOst. on points. . W. McAlpine. 9st 71b, beat W. Joyce, Bst I0»b, by one fall. P. J. H. Hope, list 41b, beat J. Anderson list 21b. Anderson was hurt and could not continue. Mr A. P. Craig was referee of the professional bout, and Mr Gordon Mowat refereed for the amateurs.

RAINES DISQUALIFIED MATCH AGAINST MOEN (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) HASTINGS. June 22. A wrestling bout in Hastings to-night between Andy Moen (16st 81b) and Dick Raines (16st 41b) ended with Raines being disqualified in the seventh round after each man Had secured a fall. The bout was characterised by rough tactics from Raines, who saw "booed” by the large crowd. Raines took the first fall in the fourth round, after three backloop slams and a body press. Moen equalised in the sixth after a series of headlocks, with a body press. Raines threw Moen out of the ring in the seventh, and refused to let him return, using his knee on Moen’s face as he tried' to come through the ropes. Raines pulled Moen over the ropes twice, and jolted him out again. The referee intervened when Raines jolted Moen when the latter was out of the ring. Raines persisted, and was disqualified. blomfield beats Kennedy on POINTS (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM,! NELSON, June 22. A points decision was given in Blomfleld’s favour in the wrestling match against Kennedy last evening. The bout was of a high standard. Kennedy secured a fall in the third round, Blomfield drawing level in the sixth.

TOURIST AND HILL DRAW (FBES3 AS3OCU.TIOX TELEGRAM.) THAMES, June 22. After eight strenuous rounds in a professional wrestling contest between Abe Tourist and Vic Hill, the match ended in a draw. Tourist secured the first fall in the fourth round with a body press after a series of flying tackles. Hill evened the score in the last round with a flying toehold. Tourist submitted.

DAILY MEMORANDA— Thursday. June 23 \ AUCTIONS Smiths City Market, on Premises, corner North i road and Dale street. Kalapoi, at 1 p.m.—Property. Furniture and Effects. W E Slmes and Company, at their Rooms, at 11 a.m.—Furniture and Effects. Hutchinson, White, - Ltd., at their Rooms, at 1.30 p.m.—Furniture Auction Sale. Ford and Hadfield, Ltd., at their Rooms, at 2 p.m.—Property. , E. B. McDoriald and Son, at their Rooms, at 1.30 p.m.—Huge Furniture Auction. N H. McCrostle and Company, on Premises, 72 Cox street, Merlvale. at 1 p.m.—Property, Furniture, and Effects.