WRESTLING

Grey River Argus, 10 September 1940, Page 3

WRESTLING

KATAN AND BLOMFIELD AUCKLAND, September 9 In one of th e most virile wrestling contests staged this season John Katan regained from Lofty Blomfield the British Empire heavy-weight title the Canadian taking th e decision by on G fall, secured in the seventh round. The bout had a thrilling ending, the contestants standing toe to toe for the greater part of the last two rounds, and battering each other with jolts, while spectators in the stalls rushed to the staging and loudly encouraged the wrestlers.

voy, and sank three heavily-laden steamers, totalling 11,000 tons. A German prize crew scuttled captured enemy merchantman after meeting a British warship." A German communique says that U-boats sank 503,000 tons of enemv shipping between August 1 and August 31. Surface vessels sank 93,000 tons. U-boats have sunk 2,768,000 tons since the outbreak of war and surface vessels have sunk 1,555,000 tons.