WRESTLING
BLOMFIELD BEATS MEEHAN j (FHESS ASSOCIATION TELEGKXM.) WELLINGTON, September 26. At the Wellington Town Hall tonight, "Lofty" Blomfield (New Zealand champion) beat Pat Meehan (America) in a bout marked by much clever wrestling. Blomfield secured the first fall in the fifth round with an arm strangle. Meehan evening in the seventh with a figure four scissors and a ■ chin lock. In the last round Meehan again got a body scissors going; but Blomfield climbed the ropes, and. throwing himself backwards, so badly injured Meehan that he was unable to continue.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22517, 27 September 1938, Page 14
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91WRESTLING Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22517, 27 September 1938, Page 14
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