WRESTLING.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 July 1937, Page 2

WRESTLING.

BLOMFIELD AND MARSHALL DRAW. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, Last Night. Floyd Marshall made his first appearance in New Zealand when he met Lofty Blomfield on Saturday night and created an excellent impression. Weighing 17-stone, he provided spectacular wrestling in abundance and, with Blomfield quite willing to mix it, the eight rounds were full of jolting and fast •action. The result was a draw, Marshall taking a fall'with a body press in the fourth round and Blomfield gaining a submission fall with his octopus clamp in the sixth. KING KONG COX BEATS SPELLMAN. NEW PLYMOUTH, Last Night. King Kong Cox defeated John Spellman by one fall in the seventh found in an uninteresting bout before a large house. Cox threw Spellman out of the j ring, elbow-jolted and dumped him for a fall. Spellman showed greater science. CROWD DISPLEASED WITH WALKER-SAVAGE CONTEST. AUCKLAND, Last Night. At no stage of the professional wrestling contest between George Walker, and Steve Savage, staged at the Town Hall on Saturday night, was the large attendance of spectators given cause for real enthusiasm as the bout was one of ‘the most disappointing of the season. Although both contestants are • noted more for their solid methods than for spectacular displays,-they even failed to give a convincing exhibition of rugged wrestling and both men wnre counted out on several occasions by the . crowd. The decision went to Savage by one fall, which .he gained in the seventh j round when Walker submitted;; to a complicated forward toe-hold.