CORBETT AND BLOMFIELD DRAW

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 14 October 1941, Page 8

CORBETT AND BLOMFIELD DRAW

WRESTLING AT WELLINGTON Wellington, This Day j There was plenty of action in the : professional heavyweight wrest!int contest .il the Wellington Town Hal last night between Joe Corbett, the I American, and i_iOfty Blomfield, the I New Zealand heavyweight champion j who was making his first appearance ii a Wellington ring since his return, fron 'military service in Egypt. A scientific j display of all-in wrestling fittingly end, ed m a dra .*• Bi< n field tool the fifth round with a barred toehold land Corbett in tin eighth rounc 1 launched a flying tackle from outside j the ropes and followed this up with r series o* flying tackles which enablec him to even the falls with a bod> j press. A well-filled house was wel | pleased with the devil both men pul BOXING IN AUCKLAND Auckland, Ocl . 15 A professional lightweight boxing contest between C.'larrie Gordon anc ■ Ernie Underwood, both of Auckland j was stopped by the referee at the enc lof the fifth round when Underwood’s (cut eyebrows were giving him trouble |Gordon being declared the winner.— ! P. A.