WRESTLER DISQUALIFIED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22722, 7 May 1937, Page 12

WRESTLER DISQUALIFIED

BLOMFI ELD AT HAMILTON KICKED MEAD OUT OF RING [by tklegraph—OWN cokkkspondknt] HAMILTON, Thursday A professional heavy-weight wrestling contest between "Lofty" Blomfielcl, 16st. 101b., and Tommy Mead, lost. 51b., in Hamilton this evening ended suddenly in the seventh round, in which Blomfield was disqualified after kicking his opponent out of the ring. Mead fell heavily on the boards below the level of the stage and had to be assisted away. Blomfield was hooted by the cro r wd. The first fall occurred in the second round when, following a series of Hying tackles, Blomfield pinned Mead with a body press. Mead evened the falls in the sixth round, in which Blomfield submitted to an Indian deathlock. Mead was awarded the decision in the seventh round when Blomfield leaped and kicked him down as he was returning to the ring. FORSGREN AND KIRILINKO DRAW AT PALMERSTON NORTH [BY TELEGItAPH —ritESS ASSOCIATION] PALMERSTON NORTH, Thursday Before a very good house, Jack Forsgren and Matros Kirilinko opened the Palmerston North wrestling season this evening. A most entertaining bout ended in a draw, each securing a fall, the Russian with a bodypress following a succession of headlocks and a dump in the fifth round, and the Canadian with a Boston crab early in the seventh round.

STEIN BEATS McINTYRE FALL IX THE SEVENTH ROUND [BV T KLEG It A I'll —own correspondent] TIMARU, Thursday The wrestling season was opened in Timaru to-night, when Sammy Stein beat Don Mclntvre by a fall in the seventh round, secured with a bodypress following a series of Hying tackles. J'he bout was a tame one, Stein appearing to have the measure of his opponent at any stage.