WRESTLING
BLOMFIGLD BEATS CHIEF LITTLE WOLF ONUM* ASSOCIATION TELIGEASIJ AUCKLAND, April 22. The wrestling season was opened in Auckland, when Sergeant “Lofty” Blomfield, of the New Zealand Military Forces, beat Chief Little Wolf, an American Bed Indian, before a crowd which, filled * the house to overflowing. Blomfield, who was given a very fine reception, gained the only fall in the match, by means of a body-press following a succession of elbow jolts and two slams in the sixth round. DRAWN BOUT IN WELLINGTON {PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEOEAM.) WELLINGTON, April 22. Wellington’s wrestling season opened with a hard bout between two wellmatched men, Dick Raines and Joe Corbett. They drew, with one fall each. Corbett, who was making his first appearance in New Zealand, proved to be a fast, vigorous, and scientific wrestler, capable of taking and returning rough handling. He took the first fall, in the fourth round, setting about Raines with stomach throws and pinning, him with a cradle hold. Raines drew even in the sixth round, when he twice dumped Corbett across his knee in a back-breaker and then pinned him.
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23002, 23 April 1940, Page 7
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