WRESTLING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 8, 8 December 1936, Page 10

WRESTLING.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) FOXTOX. Dec. 7. On Saturday afternoon a tram of eighteen of the Manawatu Wrestling A'wocialion's amateurs, together with association officials, visited Foxton for the purpose of staging an open air wrestling' tournament in aid of the Foxton Christmas cheer fund. Mr C. F. Smith, chairman of the fund committee, expressed thanks to Messrs 0. Walchorn (president of the association), Purves, T. V. Helling, W. Xieholls (referee), Weston Smith (timekeeper) and Bennett (manager) for their assistance. The bouts resulted: —Eckerslcy drew with Anthony; Sinclair beat Harvey; Collins drew with Bond; Edbotise beat Beatson; Clark drew with Goodall. McConachy beat Vertongan (Foxton); Razos drew with Pike; Porter (Foxton) beat. Bitter (Foxton).

BLOMFIELD BEATS SAVOLDI.

Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Dec. 7. The wrestling match between "Lofty" Blomfield and Joe Savoldi tonight came to an unexpectedly early finish, Blomfield winning by two falls to one after half-an-hour in the ring. Although the crowd took it all goodlinmotiredly there must have been much disappointment over the dramatic suddenness with which the contest ended. Savoldi took a fall early in the third round. Blomfield retaliated at the beginning of the fourth round and secured the winning fall early in the fifth. Three falls in 4 minutes 39 seconds was the record established.