WRESTLING

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19883, 12 May 1936, Page 11

WRESTLING

MATCH ON THURSDAY

BLOMFIELD AND MIHRINGIR. : l I Reports or capacity house: in other parts of the Dnmlnion have stimulated 1 the interests of loan wrestling cuihusiasts in the new season, and conscquently it was wlth greet eatis!ac-‘ tion that the announcement was received that a professional match between “Lofty" Blomfleld end Pete .\lehringel' was to be staged at Hamil—ton on Thursday evening. Last year, Blomileld vroved himself to be one of! the most popular and formidable off ihn season’s wrestlers and he has? .llroady consolldated his position this: ,x-vnrn In fact. he 15 showing that the l remarkable progress he made 1351‘ your, \VlllL‘ll Drought h‘lm well Into the 3 (”tn-errant of his profession, was nui Ilashln t‘lv pan. He knows how tol lake i’ull mh‘antage or his size and‘ strength and his \vrest‘llng follows ag—u'rcsslvc lines and is of the type \VhiCll i, [JI'OVILICS unlimited thrills for the spec- i laiors.

llis opponvnt. “ho captured the light heavyweight title at the Los Angeles Olympic Games in 1932, is six feet in height, weighs about 15} stone, and is 25 years old. He will he an excellent match for the New Zealandcr physically, and he has a record behind him which indicates that Blomfleld will have to be at the top of his lorm to wine During the eighteen months that .\iehringer competed as a protes-siona-l before coming to New Zealand he was Ibeaten only by ”Strangler" Lewis and his victims included such men as Jim McMillan. lOrville Brown. Casey Colonna and Stanley Pinto. the New Zealand champion of 1932. He has also defeated Chief Little \V-olf, a world title prospect, in 18 minutes, the match being described as one of the best seen at the Olympic Stadium, San Francisco.

MOOREADV DUMPB WADI. AUCKLAND, Tuesday. After being dumped heavily several limes in the sixth round, Glen Wade was unable to continue in a professional lio:ix'y~\\'eiglit wrestling contest with I‘lfll‘l .\ii'lireatly in the Auckland Town Hall last evening. Mccready was de—clared the winner. DRAW IN WELLINGTON. (By Teiem‘nph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON. Monday. Peta Mehringer and “Cowboy" Russell wrestled a 'draw to-night. Rus—sell gained 1118 first fall in the fifth round with a supiex throw and Menringer evened in the seventh with a body press. following um Jolt: and flying mares. The bout was very fast. with much ahowmanship.