MONDAY’S WRESTLING
"Lofty'’ Blomfield, the New Zealand wrestling champion, whose performance against Bhu Pinder in AVellington this week was most impressive, will be in action again in the Town Hall, AA'eilington. next Alonday night. He will meet Rn.be AVright. the big Texan wrestler. This will be AVright’s first appearance in AVellington; and followers of the sport have heard so much about him that the opportunity of seeing him at .work will be exceedingly welcome. AA right is regarded as one of the brighter prospects among American wrestlers, combining great physical assets with highly-developed wrestling skill. He has made two visits Io Europe, beating the champions of several countries —sometimes under rules which differed very little from Olympic conditions —and lie gave a great display against. Earl (McCready in the Albert Hall, London, last year. AVright is 6ft. 2in. in height, and weighs nearly.lS stone. The preliminaries will include another of the popular “semi-professional” bouts, this one between Syd. Scott and C. Croskery.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 303, 20 September 1939, Page 13
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162MONDAY’S WRESTLING Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 303, 20 September 1939, Page 13
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