WRESTLING

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19884, 13 May 1936, Page 13

WRESTLING

HAMILTON’S BIG BOUT. i i i TO-MORROW NIGHT’S ATTRACTION i BLOMFIELD v. .\IEHRINGER. g The Hamilton \Vrestling Association. tmvinsz completed its preliminary 21r—ransements for the season has been successful in securing a partieularl." attractive fixture for the opening of the 1936 season in the Theatre Royal. to—morrnw evening. The popular Aucklander. “Lefty” Blemiield, is to meet Pete Mehringer, the 1932 lightheaw’weipht Olympic champion. ‘ Blomfleld is in very strong demand all ever the Dominion but his follow—ing is particularly strong in the Auckland and \\'uilintn districts and it, was to meet the wishes of the great majm‘ity of its patrons that the lncel Rssncintinn hnnked him fnr its opening match. Reproducing: the excellent form "which he shnwcd at. the end 01' last; season Rinmfieid has figured in some sensatinnnl matches during the past. few weeks. . Mehringer is comparatively new to the professinnai side of the game. but he. has been an amateur from his hnvhond. before he capped his amateur distinctions: at the. Les Anseles Games. Though he was immediately urged by the lending American promo—ters to turn professional he did not. (in Se until 154 months ago, by which time. he. was fully seasoned. 'The rcsult. was that. lie was beaten in only one prnt‘cssinnai match licfnre, he. left. for New anlnnii. ivy the formidable ” Strangler" Lewis. And he has given such excellent. displays in this country that. his record can easily he understood, Tall and well—proportioned he weighs about, 15.1: stone, and is ex—tremely strnng and fast. The Amateurs. The matching in the amateur pre—liminaries is as under z—L. Buiford (’l’e Awamuiu), 11.2 v. L. Gilbert; (Wai—toa), 10.13; D. \Vilietts (Kiwltahi). 11.1 v. J. Reese (’l‘nuwhare), 10.13; G. Feaver (\\’aihou), 11.5 v. 1". .Hub—bard (.\lorrinsville), 11.0; A. Gave ’(VVaiioa), 11.0 v, A. Johns (Tauwhare), 11.11; A. Tombs (Frankton). 9.12 v. G. Shannon (Hamilton), 10.1; H. Kirkman (’l‘auwhare). 12.2 v. 0. Barr (Frenkton), 12.3. i