POLICE STEP IN

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 70, 19 September 1936, Page 22

POLICE STEP IN

BLOMFIELD-DAVIS CLASH •Eight fiercely-contested rounds of lively and colourful wrestling did not terminate proceedings in the match between Lofty Blomfield (16st 101b) and "Wee Willie" Davis (18st) at Dunedin last Saturday night, and after Blomfield obtained the only fall in the final round, the men engaged in a mixup which threatened for a fewmoments to develop, in to as unseemly a disturbance as took place, when Joe Woods met Paul Boesch in the; same ring a few weeks previously. . Blomfield paved the way for-his fall with three perfectly-timed jolts to the jaw (reports the Dunedin "Star"). As the referee (Mr. Frank Anderson) left the ring, Davis rushed oyer, and addressed himself to that experienced official. Mr. Anderson refused to be drawn, and Davis then directed his verbal broadside towards Blomfield. The Auckiander wasted no time in words, but connected with a forearm jolt to the jaw, and before another second had passed the men were at it hammer and tongs. What might have developed into an even more regrettable affair was averted by the prompt action of the M.C. (Mr. Jack Kilmartin), who was

there, the result would have been different. At the beginning of the second round Harris was obviously tiring and, at the end of the round, the points were about .'even. In the last round Anderson secured a half-nelson in a standing position, threw Harris, and forced his shoulders 1 to the mat. In the final Anderson met a different. Ijpe of opponent in Kenneth (Auckland) who was about his own weight. Anderson, however, was obviously the sturdier man. Kenneth, who is tall and rangy, and a clever leg wrestler, made matters very interesting in the first round, and was ahead on points at the gong. In the second round Anderson secured a head and arm lock with which he secured a fall, and a strong finish earned him a well-merited title. PENCHEFF AND BOESCH Before a packed house at Taumarunui last Saturday, Paul Boesch boot George Pencheff on points after each man had secured a fall. Boesch had the advantage of six pounds in weight and a few inches; in height, but Pencheff was a very sturdy fellow with skin as brown as a berry and with muscles like steel. ■ He took "Bombshell's" dropkicks and elbow jolts with a smile and once extended the palrrs of his hands to his oppAnent, inviting him to "try another." He was a champion showman, and kept the audience in roars of laughter at his funny antics. Another'. Australian in • "Young" 'Girdo arrives in New Zealand this month,, and will make "his initial appearance in Auckland in October against Archie Hughes.