BACON PIG AWARDS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 150, 28 June 1938, Page 18

BACON PIG AWARDS

1 1 (By TelegTaph—Press Association.t i WHANGAREI, June 27. 1 The national bacon pig championI ship, decided at the Winter Exhibition, E which opened today, resulted in H. E. e Johnson, Kiripaka, gaining first, second, " and third, with Large Whites. Am- '• burys, Ltd., Auckland, were fourth * with a Large White-Middle White cross, and W. S. Miller, Auckland, fifth with a Tamworth pedigree beast. Four g pigs tied for sixth place. s There were 81 entrants, which is n the largest number ever assembled in 0 the Southern Hemisphere. a d r.\ - -—— r contest at the Town Hall, "Lofty" II Blomfield, New Zealand, secured a victory over Pat Meehan, Canada. t- In the early part of the bout the it contestants confined their efforts to d solid work on the mat, but exchanges n became brisker towards the close, 1, when Meehan had Blomfield in full d retreat, but could not even the falls. r- Blomfield's fall came in sensational e manner. Meehan had been heavily f. jolted in the fifth round, and the New >s Zealander was intent on pursuing his >f advantage. At the start of the next a round, however, Meehan came back a revitalised man, lowering Blomfield first with a butt and then following with two nicely-timed drop-kicks which left his opponent writhing on y the mat. Meehan was not satisfied, •however, and continued with jolts and dumps until Blomfield was thoroughly y weakened. Lifting the New Zealander for the final dump, however* the s- Canadian was thrown off balance when e Blomfield used the ropes for leverage, and the pair thudded heavily to the it mat. Blomfield was on top and he n took a fall with a press. ft WIN BY PENALTY FALL •d (By Teloßrnpli—Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, June 27. A professional wrestling contest between Abe Yourist, 16.0, and Andy Moen, 16.6, was won by Yourist on a penalty fall in the fourth round. Moen was repeatedly warned for using illegal tactics when he had ie I Yourist pinned on the ropes, and the a referee finally stopped the bout and ig awarded a fall to Yourist.