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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 7 (October 1, 1938)

Arrangements Cancelled

Arrangements Cancelled.

New Zealanders who were looking forward to seeing their own wrestling champion, Lofty Blomfield, meeting Bronko Nagurski for the world wrestling title at an open-air match in Auckland are doomed to disappointment. When arrangements had been completed and three tickets made available for Nagurski and his party to leave from Los Angeles a cable was received intimating that Nagurski would not wrestle unless an American referee, Don McDonald, was allowed to referee the match. This ultimatum was not acceptable to the Dominion of New Zealand Wrestling Union and an offer was made to bring a neutral referee from Australia, but Nagurski's manager would not agree to this suggestion. Under the circumstances, the Wrestling Union cancelled all arrangements.