WRESTLING CONTEST
BLOMFIELD BEATS JENSEN 4. POLICE ISSUE WARNING [BY TELEGRAPH —PRKSS ASSOCIATION] V WANGANUI, Tuesday a professional wrestling bout tonight Lofty Blomfield defeated Lee Jensen, gaining a fall in the last round with his famous octopus clamp, lhe bout was noted for • the activity of the loser, who made the pace but was unable to frustrate Blomfield s main hold, i;. Both wrestlers, the referee, Mr. Alex Anderson, of Palmerston >orth, • one of the association's timekeepers, a senior-sergeant of police and two "stables figured in a short tussle which ended in Jensen being flung into the crowd. The police issued a warning and there was no repetition of such tactics.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23017, 20 April 1938, Page 13
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111WRESTLING CONTEST New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23017, 20 April 1938, Page 13
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