WRESTLING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23223, 22 June 1937, Page 13

WRESTLING

BLOMFIELD BEATS FORSGREN (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, June 21. Hurtling head first through the ropes in a flying tackle that flattened Jack Forsgren, Lofty Blomfield won tonight’s wrestling bout at the Town Hall by two falls to one. The bout produced a good deal of heavy elbow slogging. Forsgren in the fourth round grabbed Blomfield by the ankles and applied a Boston crab, to which the New Zealander was in haste to submit. In the next round Blomfield tripped Forsgren, and from a toehold developed his octopus clamp, and it was Forsgren’s turn to beat the mat. Finally, in the sixth round Forsgren knocked Blomfield clear through the ropes with a forearm jolt. Blomfield returned torpedofashion and sent Forsgren finally to tho mat.

STEIN DEFEATS KIRILENKO (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, June 21. A professional heavy-weight contest staged under the control of the Auckland Wrestling Association at the Town Hall between Sammy Stein, of America, and Metros Kirilenko, of Russia, was won by Stein on points after each man had secured a fall. The first fall was gained by Kirilenko in the fourth round, following a series of headlocks and forward chancery throws, these having been preceded by a series of forearm jolts. Stein evened in the seventh round with a body scissors and armbar after four flying tackles. It was a good, lively bout, and was witnessed by a crowd which almost filled the Town Hall.