WRESTLING

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 242, 12 October 1937, Page 4

WRESTLING

TO-MORROW’S BIG BOUT JUDSON AND NOLAND WILL BE ALL OUT FROM START TO FINISH. What should prove to be one of the fastest and most thrilling wrestling bouts every staged in Wanganui, is set down for to-morrow night at the Opera House. The contestants, who have never met each other before, are Frank Judson and Don Noland. The pace will be on all the way for the winner will be in the firing line of the elimination series at present being conducted in the Dominion to see who will meet the world champion, Bronko Nagurski Noland has a reputation as a fiery wrestler who believes in the policy of “everything goes.” As a physical specimen he is outstanding, even in a profession noted for the physique of its members. Judson is a former wrestling coach at Harvard University, who has wrestled in most parts of the world, and is everywhere respected as a great matman. He specialises in wristlocks, a form of attack which is very hard to counter.

The local association have arranged some fine amateur preliminaries, and fans should be treated to a fine evening’s entertainment. Plans open this morning at J. Goss and Son’s. TAUMARUNUI BOUT MTN FOR NOLAND. [ Per Press Association. 1 TAUMARUNUI, Oct. 11. On Saturday night Noland defeated Wescoatt by one fall in the sixth round. The contest went eight rounds and was hard and spectacular. GISBORNE BOUT -MARSHALL GETS DECISION MATCH WITH BLOMFIELD. [ Per Press Association. ] GISBORNE, Oct. 11. With the falls even at the opening of the seventh round of the wrestling contest between Blbmfield and Marshall on Saturday evening the result seemed to be a gift for the New Zealand champion when Marshall proved incapable of offering resistance as the gong called the principals from their corners. Blomfield threw away his chance, however, by hot-headedly attacking Marshall despite the orders of the referee, and was penalised, the award giving Marshall the decision by two falls to one. In the third round Marshall had secured a fall after dumping his opponent,' while BlomII eld evened in the sixth with an octopus clamp.