REFEREE KNOCKED OUT

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22624, 29 April 1948, Page 8

REFEREE KNOCKED OUT

STOPPED ELBOW JOLT ! j WRESTLING BOUT ENDED iP A.) AUCKLAND, April 29. A professional heavyweight wrestling contest at the Town Hall last night ' between Lofty Blomfielcl, of New Zealand and “Dutch” HefTner, of U.S.A., ; ended sensationally in the sixth round 1 when the referee, Mr. J. McLean, was ' knocked unconscious from a jolt by - Blomfietd. j The wrestlers were exhanging blows I in the corner of the ring when Mr. McLean stepped in to pull them apart. He was unconscious for some minutes. I Members of the police and officials lof the Auckland Wrestling Association : entered the ring immediately Mr. ' McLean dropped to the floor and i stopped the bout. Later, the president ! of the association, Mr. C. D. Mcßeadie, I said that as Mr. McLean had not been j able to give h decision !hc> contest | would be termed “no decision.” j It was the roughest contest seen in ! Auckland this season and was characterised by elbow jolts, punching and hair pulling, while both men were j cautioned frequently for strangleholds. | Mr. McLean had difficulty on several occasions when trying to separate : Blomfield and HefTner after they had ' ignored orders to break. He more , than once became entangled with ;thrm and was pushed aside two or three timely