WRESTLING

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21103, 1 August 1938, Page 11

WRESTLING

DRAW RESULTS By Telegraph—Press Association WESTPORT, July The wrestling bout between Pat Fraley and Pat Meehan drew a good house at the Theatre Royal last evening, and proved very interesting. Fraley gained a fall in the fourth round after a series of elbow jolts and a flying toehold, and Meehan equalised In the eighth with a body press, the bout resulting In a draw. NUMA EXTENDS BLOMFIELD Bv Telegraph- Prp’s a «neifttior AUCKLAND, July 31 Roused to a high pitch of excitement by spectacular exchanges, a large number of spectators at the Town Hall on Saturday night rushed to the ringside to witness the closing stages of the stirring professional heavyweight wrestling contest between Lofty Blomfleld of New Zealand and Leo Numa, an American exponent. With each man having a fall to his credit at the end of the sixth round, the contestants had a great struggle for supremacy, victory finally going to the New Zealander on points. Numa, who was making his New Zealand debut, was the first to establish an advantage when he took a fall in the third round. Held in a vice-like body scissors and pummelled in the back by his opponent, Numa twisted unexpectedly and in a fierce scramble came up on top to pin Blomfield’s shoulders. The equalising fall came in the sixth round when Blomfield, reeling under a barrage of jolts, suddenly dropped to the mat, trapped Numa's legs and arose with his favourite octopus clamp fully applied. ’he American wasted no time in submitting. The contest was one of the brightest witnessed this season, both men moving at a remarkably fast pace from start to finish. Blomfield, with the exception of a little by-play on the ropes, confined rough tactics to a minimum and concentrated on straight and spectacular wrestling. DETTON BEATS MOEN By Telegraph—Press Association NEW PLYMOUTH, July 31 Dean Detton had difficulty in beating Andy Moen in an excellent bout on Saturday night. Moen probably led on points until well into the last round, when Detton gained the only fall of the bout.