WRESTLING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23590, 29 August 1938, Page 16

WRESTLING

DETTON BEATS MOEN ? (Pia United Press association) . WESTPORT, Aug; ,38. : In a professional wrestling bout at; Westport on Saturday evening Dean . Detton gained a decision over Andy > Moen with a fall in the eighth round, obtained by a body press following a series of flying tackles and dumps. ' :V , '. . NUMA BEATS FRALEY ; ■,! (Pks United Peeks association) ~ WANGANUI. Aug. «• ■ ■' Leo Numa defeated Pat Fraley on , Saturday night in the sixth round, when the latter was unable to continue as a result of an injury. Numa secured a fall In the third- round with a body press after dumping Fraley with a hammer throw. Fraley equalised when the 'fifth round coin- s menced with a submission fall from a flying toehold. When the sixth round y started Fraley connected with two drop kicks. Numa going through the ropes. Just as Numa was re-entering the ring Ergley another drop kifck, but injured himself on the top rope and was unable to continue... The boyt did not come up to the standard expected. BLOMFIELD BEATS RAINES (PiBB United Peess Association) AUCKLAND, Aug. 27. ■ The professional wrestling contest at the Town Hall oh Saturday might between Lofty Blomfield, of Auck- i land, and Dick Raines, of America, came to an abrupt termination in the sixth round, when Blomfield hurled his opponent over the ropes. Raines landed heavily on the staging and then rolled off on to In# floor in front of the stalls seats. lie,.• had not returned by the end of the regulation count of 20, and Bloinfield was awarded a fall. As Raines - was still receiving attention from a doctor and an ambulance attendant, the referee shortly afterwards declared Blomfield the winner. Raines had previously obtained a fall m the fourth .round with a body presf following a succession of backbreaker holds. In applying these, Raines picked the Aucklander up i bodily and dashed him backwards | against the ropes in a comer of the,, ring. He did this twice in s one comer and then rushed to another, where he repeated the performance He then pressed Blomfield backwards over his knee.' *lt was tin first time the Auckland public had witnessed this specialty.