WRESTLING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22469, 13 July 1936, Page 16

WRESTLING

CONTEST THIS EVENING LEATHERS MEETS BLOMFIELD Sarn Leathers, a wrestler from Washington. who has shown that ho is capablo of extending even liar! McCready to the utmost j will make his first appearance at Auckland on Monday night when he will meet "Lofty" Rlomfield. the 'oca! professional, in the heavy-weight bout, which is to be staged at the Town Hall. Leathers is Oft. 4M..in. in height, which makes him the tallest wrestler in New Zealand at the present time, and he weighs about Hi stono. carrying exceptional strength in his stalwart framo. In all his New Zealand matches he has lived tip to the promise he made when ho arrived that he would show the public high-class wrestling. " I use all the holds that other men use," he said on his arrival," "and also a number of m.v own." In his specialties he makes use of his wiry legs to advantage and they have proved strong enough to make opponents submit to a figure-four scissors, not to mention his hook scissors, with which he took a fall from McCready at Wellington. This hold, which is a figure-four scissors applied to the head, is an extremely punishing one and is applied by Leathers in particularly fast and skilful fashion. Leathers will find himself pitted against a local favourite when he meets Rlomfield, and also a man whom he will find one of the most difficult in New Zealand to conquer. Rlomfield has been training hard for the match and is confident of success against the tall man from Wjashington. LEATHERS DEFEATS KENT [BY TELKGHAI'Il —I'RKSS ASSOCIATION] NEW PLYMOUTH, Sunday Making clever use of his legs, Sam Leathers debated Harry Kent by two falls to one in a professional wrestling bout held lust night. Leathers took a submission fall in the fourth round with a head scissors. Kent evened the falls with a body press after a series of flying tackles and dumps, but he submitted in tho sixth round uftor being rocked in a body scissors. ANOTHER WIN TO McCREADY [BY TELKGRAI'H —I'RKSS ASSOCIATION*] DUNEDIN, SundayAfter a fast and willing contest Earl McCready. Hist. 121b., beat Paul Roesch, l.'.st 101b.,' by the only fall secured in an eight round wrestling bout last night. Roesch was ahead on points in the first five rounds, but McCready's superior, weight and strength thee began to tell. Within a minute of the commencement of the last rmuid McCready side stepped the fourth of a succession of dropkicks and took a fall after dumping his opponent.