WRESTLING
“KING KONG" DISQUALIFIED. [per press association.] AUCKLAND,' August 21. In a wrestling contest, “King Kong” Cox was disqualified for striking “Lofty” Blomfield with his fists, and for downing the referee, Mr J. McLean, with a fore-arm jolt. The exchanges were not friendly 'at any stage of the proceedings, but they culminated in a hectic tussle at the start of the seventh round, when both contestants punished each other with powerful jolts. When the referee intervened, Cox grabbed the official in a headlock, before flattening him with a jolt. A sergeant of police entered the ring with the intention of stopping the bout, but the referee jumped to his feet, and disqualified Cox. Two constables vaulted into the ring, and ranged one on either side of Cox. Each man had previously secured a fall. Cox took one in the fourth round with jolts and a body press, and Blomfield evened in the sixth with a stepover forward toehold and press.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 22 August 1939, Page 11
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