BLOMFIELD AGAIN

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20039, 11 September 1939, Page 14

BLOMFIELD AGAIN

MARTINEZ CLAMPED DILATORY SUBMISSION TOO HURT TO CONTINUE HEAVYWEIGHT WRESTLING The New Zealand heavyweight wrestler. “Lofty” Blomfield, scored another win on Saturday, wrestling m Gisborne against Ignacio Martinez, a Spanish-American of even greater tonnage than Blomfield.

Martinez was one fall up when he became involved in Blomfields 'became involved in Blomfield s specialty, the octopus clamp, and where submitted at once, he struggled against the hold, the consequence being that when when he did submit he was too injured to proceed with the match.

The attendance was very poor, the country people who usually attend m strong numbers being absent on this occasion, presumably owing to the petrol restrictions.

The announced weights of the principals were: Blomfield, 16st. 81b.; Martinez, 17st. 61b.

The first round gave the impression that Blomfield was the stronger and more experienced, for though Martinez was willing and worked solidly, he did not apply any. really punishing holds. He had a complicated leg-hold on at one stage, which seemed to have Blomfield in trouble, but “Lofty” got him off balance and he came down heavily. Blomfield concentrated on hatches, and had fair success. Forward Toe-Holds Worked

Early in the second round Martinez put Blomfield down with three headlocks, but Blomfield survived and later worked into the ropes when Martinez applied a forward toe-hold. Blomfield replied with the same hold later, and had the Spaniard in trouble in his turn. The referee was down on the mat, measuring Martinez’s shoulders, but it was no more than a close call. There were frequent claims for strangles in the third round, which also featured some elbow-jolting and kneeing. There was a sudden turn in Martinez’s favour when he landed three or four smashing elbow- jolts and put Blomfield down ,on the canvas. The Spaniard followed up his advantage, dumped “Lofty ’ three times, and scored a routine fall with a body-press. Keferee Pulled Into Melee

The fourth round produced more jolting, and the crowd got a good laugh when the referee was pulled into a melee on the canvas and struggled out looking slightly ruffled. In the fifth round Martinez produced a combination of scissors and jack-knife, in which Blomfield was badly tied up, but the referee broke the hold when the Spaniard slipped on a strangle. There was some more jolting and head-locking before the round ended, but it was not decisive. Martinez opened the sixth round by headlocking the New Zealander down two or three times, but Blomfield responded with shoulder charges which levelled Martinez down. Some more jolting, and then Blomfield got a legtrip which opened the way for an octopus clamp. His opponent resisted for a bit, but he was beaten, and finally had to submit. His resistance was obviously illadvised, for whm released from the hold, with the referee's aid, Martinez was in a bad way, and after the usual interval he was unable" to continue. Blomfield was declared the winner accordingly. Mr. T. Smale refereed the heavyweight professional bout.