WRESTLING BOUT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23215, 8 December 1938, Page 25

WRESTLING BOUT

CLOSING OF THE SEASON BLOMFIELD AND RAY STEELE Thn meeting of Lofty Blomfield and Ray Steele at Carlaw Park on Saturday night next will be the final wrestling match of the Mason in Auckland and it should prove a mnn.nrnhlß rontest. The success of the openair venture last- Saturday night \vh('n 10,000 people watched the meeting of Blomfield i\ith brother Jonathan, is an augury for the success of this match, and the association expects that a ne-v attendance record will be 63 Considerably more experienced than Blomfield Steele has a record that might _be 5-fov»>i nrondlv bv a world champion. He has never he Ut that honour, but he has been close to it on several occasions, I'otablj in a match with Jim Londos. .He 'has dei "Ppralc twice, once in St. TjOUis and again in Pesek's home town in Nebraska. n lorn field who intends to leave Isew Z<aliiomueiu, f or Honolulu and America wiTl lwve nothing to chance on Saturday night. He recognises that the title of champion of Australia .and New Zealand ?s a very important one indeed, apart from the honour he would be able to claim by a virtorv over such a redoubtable opponent as ♦ha famous American. Blomfield is also very Veen t? become the first holder of the cbamnionship cup which has been presented for Pha contest by the Mayor. Sir Ernest Davis. Following are the amateur bouts to precede the professional matches:—P. v. R. Thompson (Leys), Ost bib.