WRESTLING

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 140, 10 December 1935, Page 13

WRESTLING

AN ABRUPT ENDING

BLOMFIELD TOSSES SINGH

.DISAPPOINTED CROWD

Entertaining while it lasted, describes in; a few words the "Lofty" Blomfiekl■Jagef Singh wrestling contest held at the Town :Hall last night. Unfortunately or fortunately, it depends upon the point of view, it did not last long. It was. all over in 23 minutes 29 seconds,. Blomfield bringing the match' to.an abrupt end when he tossed Singh outside the ring in the fourth round. Prior to that the Indian was a fall to .the-good,. secured early in the third round through/: the medium of his favoured tool-in-trade, the death lock.

Singh, until his premature incapacitaiion, had provided any amount, of action: with hard) scientific wrestling, and histrionic gestures. His cries, of "Give him up! 'Give him up!" whenever he trapped his 'opponent in an ..awkward hold,' anti his yells of "One ■finger!- One finger!" when Blomfleld offended against the rule forbidding -this -method of retaliation, were little displays of '"showmanship much to the liking of the crowd.

■Blomfleld, if less,skilled in the intricacies of byrplay, contributed. his fair share to the entertainment, and perhaps it was no real fault of his that the bout ended suddenly in the manner it did. There was no doubt about his interltion to dump Singh among the rihg-s.iders, ,but it, appeared. from the Press' table that the Indian made no great attempt .to break his fall. But whether he -did or not he failed to respond within the alloted time; and the referee had no option but to award the match to the New Zealander.

ROUNDLY HOOTED. i The crowd, had settled down, metaphorically that is; in .anticipation of some livelyI'exchanges, and it was a very disappointed .'"'house"—the hall ■had filled very well—when the referee signalled that there .; would be no further • wrestling. The decision was roundly booed, 'though whether this was directed at Blomfleld for bringing the bout to such an untiuiely close or at the .Indian for his failure to return was riot clear.. Probably it was a little of. each. Blomfleld's weight was announced as 16st 101b and that

of Singh as ,16st. Prior to the commencement of tha. main contest the visiting- English,, Australian, . arid American speedway riders were intro-'duced-'to the crowd. ■■ '

•Blomfteld opened the proceedings by ■taking Singh to the mat with a head Jock, b,ut the latter: quickly wriggled i free and tied, up his opponent with >a combination leg and arm grip. Blomfield.grabbed a foot,- and his opponent was quick to cry, "One finger!^ ' One" finger!?' though actually it v/as a case of one toe. The New Zeaiander eventually snapped on a .short-arm scissors, but Singh came out of it with a. standing'splits. Blomfield .ireteUated ..with, a: toe ■hold, but the Indian gained the advantage with a iforward' splits.' The former broke ,away and came back with two .flying rtackles, Singh registering distress with expressive grunts. I : :■ • Blomfield was caught in a full nelson ,at: the commencement of the second 'rourid, but "jetked free and clamped' on^ ;a-head;lpck, in the toils of which Singh gave vent 'to. j much grunting. How- • ever, he...suffered it no longer than necessary, -.-and reversed the position with a short-arm scissors, with which he proceeded to' give his opponent a drubbing; the meanwhile: calling upon hjirT ,to ".Give him. up." But • Blomfield, ■■' who was troubled considerably dV ?a, running \ eye, the legacy of a disease frequent among, wrestlers; was deaf ito-"all:;.'appealsv."and' turned'-the tables .by" applying a; death lock' , with his hands. • :' ■ . . CONSTOERABLE ANGUISH.

■-vSirigh registered considerable anguish, though the pressure did not appear, to. be by any means severe. Tie' struggled clear, and ; both : men mixed it freely with elbow' jabs: Blomfield varied the entertainment with a couple of flying tackles, both of which m jßsed, though the Indian deemed j I safer to jump on the ropes, an action aor which he was roundly hooted; • Blomfleld clapped on a head scissors fet; the commencement of the third round; stood Singh on his head, and •then proceeded to bang that appendage on the .'floor with great gusto, much to 'the merriment of the crowd, and the idisgust of the Indian, who gave verbal I expression to his annoyance. Blom:field's advantage, however, was shortJived. Singh twisted right over, ob;viously.going for his.death lock, and jiiefore the > New Zealander could force :his legs apart the deed was- done, and '.a very confident smile spread over the ;faceof, the Indian as he appealed with i arms raised skywards for his opponent '■1.6 submit; He did, at lmin 59sec ■...The fourth round was even shorter Singh dumped Blpmfield twice in succession, the latter retaliating by elbovv- , Jabbing h.is ppponent, around the rins,'' apparently dazlngUim,^ami~then-£cm-| pleting the attack by hoisting him over'

the top rope, the end coming as described above at lmin 30sec. . <

The referee was Mr. Alf. Jenkins. AMATEUR PRELIMINARIES. The results of the amateur preliminary bouts were as follows:—

P., Ruby, sst 121b, defeated H. Dooley, 6st 41b, by a fall secured in the third round.

A. Drummond, 12st 21b, drew with-P. Upchurch, list 131b.

A. Irvine, 14st, and G. Palmer, 13st 81b, wrestled a draw. Each man secured a fall, Irvine in the first round, and Palmer, in the third.

P. Razos, list 31b, defeated G. McDonald, list 61b,. l»y a fall in the last round.

The referee was Mr. J. Creeke,

MCCREADY BEATS DUALA

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, This Day.

A wrestling match last evening between Earl McCready, of Canada, and "Tiger" Duala, of India, was won by McCready by two falls to one, the bout ending in the fifth round. Thp contest was announced as being for the heavyweight championship of the British Empire, a title which the Canadian had claimed since his arrival in New Zealand some months ago and which he had retained during his stay here..