WRESTLING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19364, 30 June 1937, Page 18

WRESTLING

BLOMFIELD’S OPPONENT DRAW CARD INSTATES / One of the most notable 0 f the Dominion Wrestling U/hion’s-1937 importations, John Spellijfon, w jn be seen in action in Gisbgjf ne next Saturday I night against /“Lofty” Blomfield. the New Zealand/ professional champion. w ho i s a particularly stalwart spe jrnen weighing over 16st, can ; be relit a upon to give Blomfield as much j,' s i )( > receives no matter What lurn.the exchanges may take. He is a big drawing card in New York, Boston : lhd other Atlantic seaboard cities, as /Tie has not only defeated some of the f. best men in the game, such as Dan KolofT, Clus Sonnenberg, Cy Williams, : Rudy Dusek, Ed Don George, and others, but. also has employed a wrestling style which is much to the public's favour. He has all the orthodox holds at his command and also 1 possesses specialties of his own, some i of which have not yet been revealed in this country. I He had experience as a boxer, which enables him to deliver a parl licularly punishing elbow jolt, and he i also can bring into play a dangerous flying tackle. Spellman won an Olympic title in Paris in 1924 and has several times gone close to winning the world’s professional champion-

ship. Blomfield will have his usual strong backing when he enters the ring as the public know that they can rely upon a first rate performance front his end, no matter how good the opposition may be.