WRESTLING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21086, 12 July 1938, Page 11

WRESTLING

LOPEZ DISQUALIFIED By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, July 11. Vincent Lopez, of Mexico, one of the world’s foremost wrestlers made his first appearance in Auckland when he lost on disqualification to Pat Fraley. The first fall was obtained by Fraley in the second round when, after his opponent had failed with a flying tackle off the rope, the Canadian tripped Lopez- with a flying toehold to which the latter immediately submitted. Early in the sixth round Lopez felled his opponent with a series of powerful forearm jolts and then pounced upon him to equal the falls with a body press. The gong had just sounded for the commencement of the seventh round when Lopez sent Fraley sprawling with a solid jolt to the jaw. The referee at once intervened and awarded the match to Fraley. Lopez protested amid a pandemonium of cheering and hooting.

DETTON BEATS KENNEDY By Teiegrapn — Hipss »\«sociat'<in WELLINGTON, July 11. Never fully extended, Dean Detton, world champion professional heavyweight wrestler of a year ago, beat Jack Kennedy at the Town Hall tonight by two falls, a penalty and a dump after an aeroplane spin. Detton returning to New Zealand more experienced and with an even finer physique than before, gave a hint of his great potentialities. Perhaps because it v.as felt that Kennedy was no match for him, the crowd was smaller than might have been expected to be drawn by so renowned a wrestler. The penalty fall was given against Kennedy for driving his knee into the pit of Detton’s stomach temporarily incapacitating him.

SPECTACULAR CONTEST. By Telegraph—Pres.' Association TAUMARUNUI, July 11 A spectacular wrestling bout was supplied by Blomfield and Hill. In the third round Hill secured a fall with Blomfieid’s octopus clamp, but in the fifth round Blomfield applied the octopus clamp so effectively that Hill was unable to resume. Blomfield was declared the winner.