WRESTLING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23205, 1 June 1937, Page 13

WRESTLING

FORSGREN VERSUS KIRILINKO What bears all the marks of being a really solid and sensational bout will be staged in the wrestling ring at the Dunedin Town Hall on Saturday night, the contestants being Jack Forsgren and Matros Kirilinko. Both of these men embody the qualities which wrestling enthusiasts Particularly favour. They are each i the vicinity of six feet in height, and weigh 16 stone or over. They have speed, strength and stamina, Kirilinko required only one match here to show that he is a wrestler who is bound to do well in this country, both from the point of view of winning matches and of securing a large following among the public. In Forsgren he will be meeting a man who proved his worth last year when he was so popular that he was the first of the year’s visitors who was asked to return again. Forsgren has his own methods of winning wrestling bouts, and although they may be methods with which some of the spectators do not agree, they are tactics nevertheless which give rise to the excitement and thrills for which all patrons of the sport eagerly look Forsgren, however, has a sound knowledge of the underlying principles of the sport and a rare ability to put into practice what he knows. His Boston crab is a particularly deadly attacking weapon, and he can also use a devastating dump. He will be remembered by Dunedin patrons for his great matches against Earl M'Cready and Lofty Blomfield last season, and these two bouts were probably the most popular of the year. Further particulars are advertised.

BLOMFIELD BEATS KIRILINKO (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 31. By a points decision Lofty Blomfield beat the Russian wrestler, Matros Kirilinko, in a professional heavy-weight bout in the Town Hall in Wellington to-night. The Russian, a colourful and clever matman, had the better of the early rounds, repeatedly worrying Blomfield with a short-arm scissors and taking a fall by this means in the fifth round. From then on, however, Blomfield set the pace and in the seventh round tripped Kirilinko, developed a toe-hold and rose suddenly to his feet amid the plaudits of the large crowd, Kirilinko sprawling entwined in the toils of Blomfield’s dreaded octopus clamp. Blomfield had much the better of the final round. On hearing the decision Kirilinko strove vainly to address the crowd and stamped round the ring waving his arms.