FAST WRESTLING BOUT
EACH TAKES A PALL BLOMFIELD AND TOURIST (P«r Prnss Association.) HASTINGS, this day. A bout which produced willing wrestling resulted in a draw between “Lofty” Blomfield and Abe Yourist at Hastings last evening. Each man secured one fall. The bout- was fast from the first round to the eighth and Yourist was unlucky to have a fall given against him. Blomfield secured this fall in the fifth round, sitting on his opponent with a bar toe hold. You/rist evened in the seventh round after a series of flying tackles, a Hying drop kick and a body press. In. the last round both men strove for a fall, but both were very tired after the strenuous earlier rounds.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19624, 7 May 1938, Page 10
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120FAST WRESTLING BOUT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19624, 7 May 1938, Page 10
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