WRESTLING ELIMINATION MATCH.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 144, 19 June 1937, Page 6

WRESTLING ELIMINATION MATCH.

1' The wrestling match which is to take ■y place at the Wellington Town Hall on '•• Monday night between Jack Forsgren and "Lofty" Blomfield will be in the n nature of an elimination contest in d view of future engagements. These it two men are the champions of Canada and New Zealand respectively, and ~ their meeting on Monday night will t decide which of them is to have the first' challenge match with Earl Mc- " Cready, the British Empire champion. - who is due at Auckland on June 28. •8 Forsgren and Blomfield, however, need -" no extra encouragement to make their n matches thrilling affairs from _ start to finish. Their . matches ; last season were responsible for 1 many highlights and engendered keen rivalry between the pair : e This will be their first match of the 3 present season, having been delayed 3 so that both of them would have a chance to work into their best form. , At present both Blomfield and Fors,ai gren are in the best of condition and j ready for a really memorable encoun- !' ter featured by rugged aggressiveness on both sides. There will be amateur - preliminaries.

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