WRESTLING

Greymouth Evening Star, 6 September 1938, Page 11

WRESTLING

DETTON DEFEATS HANSEN [PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, September 5. A professional wrestling contest between Dean Detton and Billy Hansen resulted in a win for the former. Immediately the gong sounded for the second round, Hansen met his opponent with a dropkick, which landed squarely on the solar plexus. Detton fell straight on his back, and Hansen pounced on him to obtain a fall with a. body press. The match terminated abruptly. Detton vigorously applied a reverse toehold in the fifth round, gaining a submission fall. Hansen lay on the mat for the greater part of the interval, receiving attention from his second. He later limped to his corner, with assistance. However, when the gong sounded for the commencement; of the sixth round, Hansen was lying on the mat, having his knee massaged. The referee inquired of Hansen if he was fit to continue, and on receiving a negative answer, declared Detton the winner.

BLOMFIELD DEFEATS NUMA WELLINGTON, September 5. At the Wellington Town Hall tonight, “Lofty” Blomfield, New Zealand professional heavy-weight champion, beat Leo Numa, of Seattle, by two falls to one. The contest was marked more by roughhouse tactics than by straight wrestling. Blomfield obtained a fall with a Boston crab in the fourth round, and Numa evened with his specialty hammer throw in the sixth. The seventh round was given over to elbow jolting, and the crowded house was raised to a frenzy of enthusiasm as they bowled each other over. Though | both were so dazed that they could scarcely stand, the fighting spirit kept Blomfield jolting, and eventually the American wilted, and Blomfield obtained the deciding fall.