WRESTLING
BLOMFIELD BEATS BOESCH (Per United Press Association; WANGANUI, Aug. 9. After a solid display of wrestling to-night. Lofty Blomfield scored a points decision over Paul Boesch after each had scored a fall. The decision met with a hostile reception from a large house, which considered that the bout should have been a draw. Blomfield scored the first fall in the fifth round with a stepover toehold, to which Boesch submitted. Boesch equalised in the seventh round when he connected with three dropkicks and took Blomfield to the mat for a fall with a press. COX DEFEATS KIRCHMEYER (Per United Preps Association) HASTINGS, Aug. 9. In a mediocre bout, King Kong Cox defeated Rollend Kirchmeyer in a professional wrestling match in Hasting? to-night. Kirchmeyer secured a fal) in the third round and Cox equalised in the seventh. Cox secured a point? lead in the closing stages of the bout, and he was declared the winner. Cox resorted to his usual " bad man " tactics, but he had many supporters in the audience.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23883, 10 August 1939, Page 12
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