WRESTLING

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 September 1938, Page 2

WRESTLING

BLOMFIELD v. MEEHAN. In the wrestling match which is to staged at Masterton next Monday night “Lofty” Blomfield, the New Zealand champion, will be matched with Pat Meehan, the stalwart Canadian who has been one of the outstanding successes of the present season. For the great majority of the wrestling enthusiasts in the Wairarapa district it will be enough to know that Blomfield is to be one of the contestants but the contest will be anticipated all the more keenly in view of the fact that Meehan is to be his opponent. Meehan’s visit has been highly successful from every viewpoint and packs in the crowds wherevei’ he goes because of his reputation for giving consistently high-class displays. He has had very few defeats and no other wrestler has caused as much trouble to the season’s headliners as he has. He recently thrilled a Wellington crowd by the performance he gave against Dean Detton and his record includes a win over the formidable Pat Fraley. He won the Canadian amateur heavyweight title for two years in.succession. He turned professional soon afterwards and since then has proved to be one of Canada’s most notable wrestlers.

Several of the Wairarapa champions are matched in the amateur preliminaries and will provide some fast and clever bouts well worth seeing. A further attraction will be an unusual and unique exhibition of acrobatic and balancing feats, displaying wonderful strength, provided by Mr Alf Jenkins and a troupe from his physical culture school. Patrons are asked to be seated by 8 o’clock sharp. The plan at Orange's is filling up and indications are already evident of a full house. South Wairarapa patrons may book at Hughan’s Garage, Carterton.