Akron, Ohio: January 6, 1945
Ali Baba beat Tex Riley ... Irish McGee beat Rene LaBelle (utc) ... Herb Parks beat Gil
LaCrosse (dq)

Note: Ali Baba here was Ali Aliba, aka Larry LaBelle.

Akron, Ohio: January 13, 1945
(Wrestle Royal) Dutch Schultz drew with Angelo Martinellie (last two in ring) ... Order of
elimination in parentheses: also Irish McGee (1), Gil LaCross (4, injured) ... Maurice
LaChappelle (3) beat Buck Lipscomb (2)

Akron, Ohio: January 14, 1945
(Eagles Hall, Sunday) ... Irish McGee beat Tex Hager ... Maurice LaChappelle drew with
Angelo Martinellie ... Dutch Schultz drew with Buck Lipscomb

Akron, Ohio: January 20, 1945
(att. 1,754) ... Ali Baba beat Jackie Nichols ... Irish McGee beat Tex Hager ... Monty
LaDue drew with Al Szasz

Akron, Ohio: January 27, 1945
Dutch Schultz beat Angelo Martinellie ... Rufus Jones drew with Maurice LaChappelle ...
Herb Parks beat Tex Hager

Akron, Ohio: February 3, 1945
Rufus Jones and Black Panther beat Lon Chaney and Dutch Schultz ... Monte LaDue
beat Jackie Nichols

Akron, Ohio: February 10, 1945
Irish McGee beat Dutch Schultz ... Ali Baba beat Gil LaCross ... Rod Fenton drew with
Leo Jensen

Akron, Ohio: February 17, 1945
Irish McGee beat Maurice LaChappelle ... Leo Jensen beat Angelo Martinellie ... Monte
LaDue beat Herb Parks

Akron, Ohio: February 24, 1945
Irish McGee beat Leo Jensen ... Ali Baba beat Dutch Schultz ... Herb Parks beat Lon
Chaney

Akron, Ohio: March 3, 1945
Irish McGee beat Ali Baba (utc) ... Angelo Martinellie beat Gil LaCross ... Herb Parks beat
Nick Billings

Akron, Ohio: March 10, 1945
(Wrestle Royal) Tex Riley beat Dutch Schultz (dq) ... Rod Fenton (4) beat Angelo
Martinellie (3) ... Order of elimination in parentheses: also Herb Parks (1), Ali Baba (2)

Akron, Ohio: March 17, 1945
Herb Parks beat Dutch Schultz ... Rod Fenton beat Maurice LaChappelle ... Monte LaDue
beat Soldier Thomas

Akron, Ohio: March 24, 1945
Rod Fenton and Monte LaDue beat Gil LaCross and Ali Baba ... Buck Estes beat Leo
Jensen

Note: Balk Estes and Buck Estes were the same man.

Akron, Ohio: March 31, 1945
Irish McGee beat Herb Parks ... Ali Baba drew with Earl Malone ... Buck Estes beat Monte
LaDue (dq)

Akron, Ohio: April 7, 1945
Irish McGee beat Ali Baba ... Buck Estes beat Dutch Schultz (dq) ... Earl Malone drew with
Monte LaDue

Akron, Ohio: April 14, 1945
Irish McGee beat Rufus Jones ... Buck Estes beat Tex Riley ... Rod Fenton beat Earl
Malone

Akron, Ohio: April 21, 1945
Don Eagle beat Dutch Schultz ... Balk Estes beat Herb Parks ... Nick Billings beat Black
Panther

Note: The newspaper spelled Nick (Sailor Al) Billings’ name as Nick Billen.

Akron, Ohio: April 28, 1945
Don Eagle beat Tex Riley ... Ali Baba beat Herb Parks ... Balk Estes beat Nick Billings (dq)

Akron, Ohio: May 5, 1945
Don Eagle beat Buck Lipscomb ... Rufus Jones beat Dutch Schultz ... Ali Baba drew with
Rod Fenton

Akron, Ohio: May 12, 1945
Don Eagle beat Ali Baba ... Herb Parks beat Monte LaDue ... Balk Estes beat Gil LaCross
(dq)

Akron, Ohio: May 17, 1945
(Thursday) ... Irish McGee beat Balk Estes ... Gil LaCross and Rod Fenton beat Rufus
Jones and Black Panther

Akron, Ohio: May 26, 1945
Irish McGee beat Nick Billings ... Don Eagle beat Gil LaCross ... Jose Manuel beat Tex
Riley (utc)

Akron, Ohio: June 2, 1945
Don Eagle drew with Balk Estes ... Herb Parks beat Rod Fenton ... Jose Manuel beat
Angelo Martinellie

Note: The newspaper ran a story on June 9th about Ed Meske, from Ovrille, Ohio.  He
was a student at Wittenberg College and turned pro wrestler in 1933.  Ed was a
pharmacist’s mate at a Naval air base in the Marianas.

Akron, Ohio: June 9, 1945
Irish McGee beat Herb Parks ... Jose Manuel beat Earl Malone ... Gil LaCross beat Rufus
Jones

Akron, Ohio: June 16, 1945
(Armory) ... Joe Emanuel beat Ali Baba ... Tony Angelo drew with Tex Riley ... Wayne
Martin beat Gil LaCrosse

Akron, Ohio: June 23, 1945
(South Main Gardens) ... Don Eagle beat Angelo Martinellie (Eagle refused the win when
Martinellie was injured) ... Wayne Martin beat Balk Estes ... Lon Chaney beat Black
Panther

Akron, Ohio: June 30, 1945
(Armory) ... Don Eagle beat Earl Malone ... Wayne Martin beat Angelo Martinellie ...
Frank Clements beat Gil LaCrosse

Akron, Ohio: July 7, 1945
Irish McGee beat Don Eagle ... Frank Clements beat Herb Parks ... Rod Fenton beat Joe
Emanuel

Akron, Ohio: July 14, 1945
Wayne Martin and Frank Clements beat Gil LaCrosse and Earl Malone ... Tex Riley drew
with Black Panther

Akron, Ohio: July 21, 1945
Wayne Martin beat Irish McGee ... Tex Riley beat Morris Litchford ... Angelo Martinellie
beat Black Panther

Note: The loss on July 21st to Wayne Martin was Irish McGee’s first local defeat in 65
matches.

Akron, Ohio: July 28, 1945
Wayne Martin beat Rod Fenton ... Frank Clements beat Balk Estes ... Angelo Martinellie
beat Tony Angelo

Note: Unless otherwise noted, all shows are held at the Armory.

Akron, Ohio: August 4, 1945
Wayne Martin beat Earl Malone ... Frank Clements beat Ali Baba (dq) ... Stocky Nelson
beat Angelo Martinellie

Akron, Ohio: August 11, 1945
Wayne Martin drew with Irish McGee ... Frank Clements drew with Stocky Nelson
(Kneilson) ... Gil LaCrosse beat Ali Baba

Akron, Ohio: August 18, 1945
(att. 2,196) ... Irish McGee drew with Frank Clements ... Wayne Martin beat Herbie Parks
... Stocky Nelson beat Gil LaCrosse

Akron, Ohio: August 25, 1945
Irish McGee beat Wayne Martin ... Stocky Nelson beat Balk Estes ... Billy Fox beat Tony
Angelo

Akron, Ohio: September 1, 1945
Frank Clements beat Irish McGee ... Stocky Nelson beat Rod Fenton ... Leon Kirilenko
beat Angelo Martinellie

Akron, Ohio: September 5, 1945
(Ladies) Irene Simms beat Ann Laverne ... amateur boxing contests

Akron, Ohio: September 8, 1945
(att. 1,876) ... Frank Clements beat Wayne Martin ... Billy Fox beat Stocky Nelson ... Balk
Estes beat Soldier Thomas (dq)

Akron, Ohio: September 15, 1945
Billy Fox and Herb Parks beat Leon Kirilenko and Soldier Thomas (dq) ... Balk Estes beat
Rod Fenton

Akron, Ohio: September 22, 1945
(Ladies) June Byers beat Nell Stewart ... Frank Clements beat Herb Parks ... Jimmy
Spencer beat Billy Fox

Akron, Ohio: September 29, 1945
(Wrestle Royal) Billy Fox beat Gil LaCrosse (last two in ring) ... Leon Kirilenko (4) beat
Tex Riley (3) ... Order of elimination in parentheses.  Also in royal: Frank Clements (1),
Tony Angelo (2)

Akron, Ohio: October 6, 1945
Herb Parks and Billy Fox beat Joe Ferona and Leon Kirilenko ... Frank Clements beat
Tony Dobie

Akron, Ohio: October 13, 1945
Frank Clements beat Jim Spencer ... Billy Fox beat Steve Nenoff ... Ace Freeman beat
Tony Angelo

Akron, Ohio: October 20, 1945
Frank Clements beat Joe Ferona ... Walter Stratton beat Balk Estes ... Frankie Hart beat
Billy Venable (dq)

Akron, Ohio: October 27, 1945
Ace Freeman drew with Frank Clements ... Leon Kirilenko beat Gil LaCrosse ... Walter
Stratton beat John LaRue (dq)

Akron, Ohio: November 3, 1945
(LWTM) Mildred Burke* beat Rose Evans ... Monte LaDue beat Tony Angelo ... Steve
Nenoff beat Billy Fox

Akron, Ohio: November 10, 1945
Farmer Jones beat Leon Kirilenko ... Monte LaDue beat Balk Estes ... Ace Freeman beat
Walter Stratton

Akron, Ohio: November 17, 1945
Ace Freeman beat John LaRue ... Rene LaBelle beat Frankie Hart (refused the win due
to injury to Hart) ... Steve Nenoff beat Joe Ferona

Akron, Ohio: November 24, 1945
Ace Freeman beat Frank Clements ... Farmer Jones beat Soldier Thomas ... Steve
Nenoff beat Jimmy Spencer

Akron, Ohio: December 1, 1945
Monte LaDue and John LaRue beat Billy Fox and Walter Stratton ... Ace Freeman beat
Frankie Hart

Akron, Ohio: December 8, 1945
Indio Yaqui beat Buddy Knox ... Farmer Jones beat Monte LaDue ... Ace Freeman drew
with Rene LaBelle (refused the winn due to injury to Rene)

Akron, Ohio: December 15, 1945
Indio Yaqui beat John (Rattler) LaRue (dq) ... Billy Fox beat Frank Clements ... Steve
Nenoff drew with Ace Freeman

Akron, Ohio: December 22, 1945
(Wrestle Royal) Steve Nenoff beat John LaRue (last two in ring) ... Joe Ferona (4) beat
Frankie Hart (3) ... Order of elimination in parentheses.  Others include: Balk Estes (1)
and Buddy Knox (2)

Akron, Ohio: December 29, 1945
Gil LaCrosse and Monte LaDue beat Steve Nenoff and Billy Fox ... Lefty Pacer beat
Frank Clements

Notes:
Don Eagle won the Golden Gloves Heavyweight Novice divsion in Cleveland earlier in the
year as Carl Bell.  He turned pro wrestler around the time he showed up in Akron.
Akron seems to be part of the Toledo/Detroit promotion.  Both Cleveland and Columbus
used other groups of wrestlers.  The newspaper reported that many people cried when
Irish McGee was finally beaten on July 21st.

Promoter: Walter Moore


Research by Don Luce
Akron Wrestling Results - 1945