STRAIGHT FALLS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19134, 1 October 1936, Page 7

STRAIGHT FALLS

WIN FOR BLOMFIELD PENCHEFF INCAPACITATED LAST NIGHT’S WRESTLING Attacking strongly despite the effects of a fall which had been registered against him ip, j the previous;, round, George Pencheff struck more trouble from ’‘Lofty'’ Blomfield in the sixth round of last night s professional wrestling match at the Opera House, Blomfield I tipping his lighter opponent over the ropes and then falling on him with such foi’ce that Pencheff was unable to .regain the ring. The match was the liveliest witnessed in Gisborne this season, for while it was evident that Pencheff was no match for Blomfield iri'the matter of strength, he proved a. skilful and resourceful exponent of the game; and incidentally managed to resist a Boston crab applied by I the big 'Aucklander: Blomfield's speci--laity, the octopus’‘damp, wrung a submission fall from Pencheff in the fifth round, and the next round saw the finish of the match; but the public felt that it had had its money’s worth from the contestants. In the course of the contest, Blomfield took exception to the control exercised by the referee, Sir. T. Simile, and on one occasion was vociferous in his objections when the official made him shift a punishing hold. The Crowd as usual, sided with Blomfield’s opponent, and gave the newcomer to the'Gisborne ring’plenty ot moral support. I LIVELY OPENING | There was a marked contrast in the size and build of the two men, Pencheff being inches shorter but perfectly built by comparison with Blomfield’s heavy and burly, physique. Blomfield got the crowd against him from the start by taking his opponent, by the ears and by putting his knee into Pencheff’s middle section. Pencheff retaliated with a series of headlocks, but Blomfield worked a reverse chancery hold, keeping Pencheff in trouble for a while. Pencheff came out of it with a hammerlock, which the referee broke as Blomfield went under the ropes. Opening up a bit, Blomfield landed three elbow jolts, and then tossed Pencheff a like number of times, the lighter man suddenly coining to light with a flying tackle, Blomfield quicklygiving ground. The rest of the round was. full of activity, Pencheff pleasing the crowd with a good living bodyscissors.

Blomfield opened tho second round with elbow jolt's, and Pencheff came in to get the big man down with a solid head-scissors. Blomfield complained shortly afterwards, when Pencheff had a reverse toe-liold on, that the latter was biting his foot, and after the hold was broken, Blomfield gave his opponent a stinging bite on the fingers to even things up. There was more by-plav than wrestling for the balance of the round, both men in turn putting in the rough stuff, hut Blomfield giving the impression that his greater strength was seldom fully exerted. Pencheff proved himself one of the hardest working heavyweights a Gisborne audience has seen, his speed being displayed on a number of occasions. BLOMFIELD UNDER ROPES

The third round saw Blomfield still aggressive, and he had Pencheff in trouble with repeated short-arm blows, Pencheff weathering the storm and suddenly driving in a flying tackle to tumble the Aucklander over. Mutual head-scissors resulted to j Blomfield’s ad-vantage,-.but Pencheff wriggled out of the hold, and soon after brought Blomfield down in a spectacular flying hendscissors, following up with repeated headlock throws, Blomfield finally taking refuge under the ropes, and the crowd taking strong exception to this. The. end of the round saw Blomfield pressing with a leg-lock.. ... Pencheff. went in to open the fourth round with renewed. head-scissors, but Blomfield broke away and went for a splits. He was pulled down again, but secured a Japanese leg-lock, which gave Pencheff some trouble, especially when ho seemed about to convert it to an octopus clamp. Pencheff broke away again, -but Blomfield followed up, and soon had a Boston crab applied. Penciled refused to submit, however, and catapulted his opponent off. Pencheff was on ton at the qnd of the round, having brought the bigger man down with a headlock, followed by a giant swing, Blomfield getting under the ropes. The. fifth round opened with moro spectacular by-play, Blomfield resorting to blows to the face and heart, and then tossing Pencheff three times very hard. Pencheff caught him off balance when ho tried a fourth toss, and in turn brought the big' man down with olenty of weight in the tumble. Blomfield chose the right moment for a solid body-blow, and then picked Pencheff no for two dumps. lie moved fast then o npnlv his octopus clamp, and PenchclT submitted without delay. Tho sixth round brought the end, for when Pencheff rushed in and rolled Blomfield a couple of times, Blomfield •’gain caught him unawares and brought him un on his shoulders, to dump him over the top rope on to the stage, and then fall heavily upon the luckless Pencheff. Incapacitated by the double “fleet- of the incident. Pencheff was unable to return to the ring and was counted out by the referee, Blomfield thus winning by two straight falls.