WRESTLING

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12887, 13 June 1936, Page 11

WRESTLING

ROUGHEST BOUT IN WELLINGTON

BLOMFIELD BEAT’S FORSGBEN

SENSATIONAL CLIMAX

What was: to all appearances a right swing to the point of the jaw ended the prokis-ixoiuil wrestling l bout —the’ roughest this -season—at the Wellington Town Hall, on Monday night. “Lofty” Blomfiold, announced New Zealand -heavyweight champion. beat Jack Forsgrcn, declared tobe the Canadian heavyweight cliampioni. by two) falls to one, before acrowded and-, vociferous house. It was- not for a. few moment afterwards 1 that Fbrsgrc-n realised that ho had lost. When full consciousness returned to objected strenuously, and tried to push past the referee and get at- the watchful Blomfield on the other side of the ring. Finally lie abandoned 1 his verbal and physical protests: and .shook hands with good grace.,

Right front the first hc-11 the bout had been more than, willing. Rlornfield- emerged the winner from a welter of forearm jolts—there were more of these- than there were of holds. Scj grim wn.4 the first -round that if some gas had been handy they would probably have used it. Forsgitn tried several time for a Boston crab, and was. .very disappointed when be mLned.

Eager to fin-Ji the'match i-n 1-1 1 0 .sixth round-, Eorsgren voiced an objection to- the incursion of an electric sweeper which, was l» ought- on to clear some -dust. The bell went at the right time, however, and F'or-s----grcii immediately sailed into BlomJicld wit)hi both anus. Blomfield no sooner -stood up after one jolt tlvan ho crushed to flic mat with another. Fursg en picked him- up and -swung him through the ropes. Instead of waiting for Blomfield to return he threw him back into the ring. Then he threw him out again. Disregardtug the rules and the referee, lie leant over the ropes- and hit the other on the jaw. Das:d though lie vats by merciless punish incut. Blomfield' stood hack and hit the Canadian with, what looked .suspiciously like a righthand swing. Forsgrcn was temporarily knocked- -out. Blomfield fell on him and won a sensational fall in 50 seconds.