WRESTLING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23886, 14 August 1939, Page 14

WRESTLING

McCREADY BEATS KIRCHMEYER (Per United Press Association) GISBORNE, Aug. 13. McCready defeated Kirchmeyer by a fall in the fourth round in a professional wrestling bout on Saturday night. The highlight occurred in the sixth round, the referee stopped a Kirchmeyer swing intended for his opponent, and went down as though : pole-axed. A LIVELY BOUT ■• ' ■■'■"-";.': POLICE ENTER THE RING (Peb United Press Association) NEW PLYMOUTH. Aug. 13. Three police officers stepped into the ring to ' restore order after Frank Sykes (New Plymouth) had been disqualified for repeatedly kneeing Paul Abe Steine (Auckland) below the belt in a professional wrestling match on Saturday night. The bout was lively, and each man had secured a submission fall before the match finished in the seventh round. BLOMFIELD BEATS MARTINEZ (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, Aug. 13. A professional wrestling contest at the Town Hall on Saturday evening between Lofty Blomfield, of Auckland, and Ignacio Martinez, the SpanishAmerican, was won by the former by one fall. This was obtained in the sixth round when, following a wild exchange of elbow jolts, during which the referee warned both men, Blomfield tripped his opponent and forced a submission with a step-over toehold. FOSTER v. BOESCH Frank Foster, of South Africa, and Paul Boesch, of New York, will meet in the professional heavy-weight bout at the Dunedin Town Hall to-night. Bossch and Foster both have agility and speed that are surprising in men over six feet in height and weighing more than 16 stone. Boesch, after his arrival this season, took a while to work into his b est form, but his achiements in recent matchss have placed him with the best men in the country. If one line of attack should be blocked Boesch is always quick to switch to another, and there is shrewd ringcraft in everything he does, his plan of campaign being mapped out according to what he thinks will bring the best results against a particular opponent Foster, although he had his

first match as soon as he had completed his lonjs trip from South Africa, proved his quality right away. This bout should result in a fast and interesting: display of mat work. Further particulars are advertised. ' ;