BOXING AND WRESTLING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 160, 8 June 1937, Page 10

BOXING AND WRESTLING.

One penny and one-fifth per bout is the price to sec the best of the local amateurs iu both boxing and wrestling, tn-tiiorrcw night, at the Opera House. .There wid be five bouts of wrestling and five of _ boxing, with a single charge of one shilling to all parts of the auditorium. Palmerston North is almost unique in staging these mixed tourneys, a a in most places where both ring sports are catering for the public’s amusement it is most difficult to got tho two organisations to pull together. The success of (lie experiment last- year has encouraged the joint committees to carry on the good work as. long as the patronage by the paying public warrants it. There is no gainsaying the fact that it is great entertainment at a very small outlay. The programme as arranged by the two matching committees looks good, and oven bouts should be the order of the night, with ‘plenty of action and excitement tlirown in for good measure.

BLOMFIELD BEATS STEIN

Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 7. “Lofty” 15 lorn field beat Sammy Stein by a single fall in a professional wrestling bout to-night. The match was very even and indeed in tho later stages Stein had the advantage, showing himself a quick and versatile wrestler with an active brain and wide repertoire of holds. Blomfield, however, took the sole fall by dumping and pinning Stein in the fifth round. A big crowd watched the contest, which was fast and hearty and characterised by a good deal of elbow jolting and by frequent controversy between Blomfield and the referee.

COX BEAT’S SPELLMAN. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 7. A profesional wrestling match between “King Kong” Cox and 3y'n Spellman resulted in a win for Cox by one fall. This was. obtained in the sixth round after Spellman had been picked up twice and slammed, the latter’s shoulders being easily pinned with a body press on the second occasion.