WRESTLING.
BLOMFIELD BEATS YOURIST. Per Press Association. TIMA! U. June JO. A record house witne sed a fast and clever exhibition of wr stling to-night, when Blomfield beat Tourist. Yourist took a fall after thr e living tackles in the fifth round, Plainfield evening in the seventh with ; fall from an octopus clamp. 1 . t ALTERATIONS TO RULES. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 30. - ' With the view < bringing the rules for New Zealand amateur wrestling contests into line with those observed at Olympic and dm pi re Games, alterations have heei made,,, in the duration and mimbr of rounds. The present rules prov'io for three five-min-ute rounds. Th re are now to he ono six-minute roui 1 and three three-min-ute rounds. WIN TOR FRALEY. . Per ''ress Association. HAMILTON,; July 1. In a wrest dig bout characterised by showmanship ,;f Pat Fraley beat Vic Hill on poii 4 at Hamilton last night. Fraley sec> fid the first fall with ail arm bar r‘d grapevine ill the third round, Hi in the next tvith a pri 8, following forearm jolts.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 181, 1 July 1938, Page 2
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178WRESTLING. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 181, 1 July 1938, Page 2
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