Akron, OH: Saturday, January 7, 1950
(Armory) … Tony Galento beat Zebra Kid … (World Title) Tom Marshall* beat Dixie
Dusek … Polish Angel and Karol Kowalsky beat Gorgeous George Winchell and Benny
Becker … Super Swedish Angel beat Jumbo the Bull

Akron, OH: Saturday, January 14, 1950
(Armory) … Buddy Rogers beat Tony Galento (dq) … Super Swedish Angel beat Polish
Angel … Billy Sledge and Benny Becker beat Pierre LaSartes and Demon of Death
Valley … Golden Superman beat Elmer the Rocket … NOTE: Benny Becker (aka George
Scott) was said to be 17 years old.

Akron, OH: Saturday, January 21, 1950
(Armory) … (WTM) Tom Marshall* vs The Demon … Buddy Rogers vs Super Swedish
Angel … Dixie Dusek and Red Devil vs Jumbo the Bull and Ivan Bulba

Akron, OH: Saturday, January 28, 1950
(Armory) … (WTM) Tom Marshall* beat Benny Becker … Buddy Rogers beat Golden
Superman … Billy Darnell beat Billy Sledge … Indian Nature Boy beat Rocco Polumbo …
New Mr. America beat Ivan Bulba

Akron, OH: Saturday, February 4, 1950
(Armory) … (WTM*) Jack O’Brien (as The Demon of Death Valley) beat Tom Marshall (2-
1) (won Jack Pfefer’s version of the world title) … Billy Darnell beat Tony Sinatra … New
Mr. America beat Elmer the Rocket … Indian Nature Boy beat Karl Kowalsky … Golden
Boy drew Billy Sledge

Akron, OH: Saturday, February 11, 1950
(Armory) … (WTM*) New Mr. America beat The Demon (dq) (won the world’s title) … (Jr.
HW Title) Billy Darnell* beat Bill Sledge … (Ladies) Wilma Gordon (as Thelma Gordon)
beat Nell Stewart … Rocco Polumbo (as Tony Polumbo) and Indian Nature Boy beat
Pierre Lasartes and Ivan Bulba

Akron, OH: Saturday, February 18, 1950
(Armory) … (WTM) New Mr. America* beat Tom Marshall … (Ladies) Rose Carlo beat
Mae Young … (Jr HW champion) Billy Darnell* beat Gorgeous George Wrangel … Indian
Nature Boy and Tony Sinatra beat Pierre Lasartes and Zebra Kid

Akron, OH: Saturday, February 25, 1950
(Armory) … (WTM) New Mr. America* beat The Demon (dq) … (Ladies) Rose Carlo and
Wilma Gordon beat Nell Stewart and Mae Young … Indian Nature Boy and Golden Boy
beat Ivan Bulba and Rocco Palumbo

Akron, OH: Saturday, March 4, 1950
(Armory) … (WTM) New Mr. America* beat The Demon … Tom Marshall and Indian
Nature Boy beat Pierre Lasartes and Mad Russian … Tony Sinatra and Billy Sledge beat
Ivan Bulba and Zebra Kid

Akron, OH: Saturday, March 11, 1950
(Armory) … Buddy Rogers beat Tom Marshall … The Demon of Death Valley and Mad
Baron drew Indian Nature Boy and Tony Sinatra … Ivan Bulba and Pierre Lasartes beat
Red Devil and Golden Boy

Peninsula, OH: Saturday, March 18, 1950
(Peninsula High School) … Buddy Rogers vs Tony Sinatra … Red Devil vs Golden Boy
… Mad Baron vs Billy Sledge … NOTE: Peninsula is 16 miles north of Akron.

Akron, OH: Saturday, March 25, 1950
(Armory) … No Wrestling

Akron Beacon-Journal: March 26, 1950
Ernie Maddock died in Cleveland today of a heart attack. He was 50 years old. His real
name was Ernest Frank Modic. He wrestled on the 1930s and now was a referee.

Akron, OH: Saturday, April 1, 1950
(Armory) … Benny Becker and Indian Nature Boy beat The Demon and Ivan the Terrible
(dq) … Mad Baron and Great JoJo beat Billy Sledge and Superman the Apollo … Bozo
Brown beat Tony Sinatra

Akron, OH: Saturday, April 8, 1950
(Armory) … (WTM) Jack O’Brien (as The Demon)* beat Tony Galento (dq) … Benny
Becker and Indian Nature Boy beat Mad Baron and Great JoJo … Superman the Apollo
drew Billy Sandow … Bozo Brown beat Pierre Lasartes

Akron, OH: Saturday, April 15, 1950
(Armory) … Benny Becker and Indian Nature Boy beat Bozo Brown and The Demon (dq)
… Ivan Bulba and Great JoJo beat Billy Sandow and Billy Sledge … (Animal vs Man)
Gorgeous Gus (bear) beat Tony Angelo … Superman the Apollo drew Billy Fox

Akron, OH: Saturday, April 22, 1950
(Armory) … (WTM) The Demon* beat Superman the Apollo … (Ladies) June Byers beat
Violet Viann (2-0) … Mad Baron and Great JoJo drew Benny Becker and Tony Sinatra

Akron, OH: Saturday, April 29, 1950
(Armory) … (LWTM) Mildred Burke* vs June Byers … Benny Becker vs Mad Baron …
Great JoJo and Pierre Lasartes vs Billy Sandow and Tony Sinatra

Copley, OH: Saturday, May 6, 1950
(Copley High School) … (Ladies) Margie Green beat Juanita Coffman … Mad Baron beat
Billy Sandow … Tony Sinatra beat Doc Gallagher … NOTE: Copley is 11 miles west of
Akron.

Akron, OH: Saturday, May 13, 1950
(Armory) … Buddy Rogers vs The Demon … Great JoJo and Pierre Lasartes vs Billy
Darnell and Indian Nature Boy … Original Mr. America vs Ivan Bulba

Akron, OH: Friday, May 19, 1950
(Armory) … (7 man Wrestle Royal) featuring Buck Weaver, Billy Darnell, Superman the
Apollo, Martino Angelo, Pierre Lasartes, Great JoJo and Ivan Bulba

Akron, OH: Saturday, May 27, 1950
(Armory) … No Wrestling

Akron, OH: Saturday, June 3, 1950
(Armory) … (WTM) Buddy Rogers* beat Bozo Brown (cor) … (WJTM) Billy Darnell* drew
Superman the Apollo … Billy Fox and Indian Nature Boy beat Great JoJo and Billy
Sandow (dq) … (Animal vs Man) Gorgeous Gus (bear) beat Ivan Bulba

Akron, OH: Saturday, June 10, 1950
(Armory) … (WTM*) Bozo Brown beat Buddy Rogers (dq) (won world’s heavyweight title)
… Tom Marshall and Indian Nature Boy drew Tony (Martino) Angelo and Great JoJo …
(WJTM) Billy Darnell* beat Red Devil … Superman the Apollo beat Billy Sandow … NOTE:
During his run as champion in Akron, Bozo Brown lost 2 matches in Lima, where he was
not recognized. Mr. Pfefer was fooling the fans again.

Akron, OH: Saturday, June 17, 1950
(Armory) … (WTM) Bozo Brown* beat Billy Darnell … Superman the Apollo beat Great
JoJo (dq) … Tom Marshall and Billy Sandow beat Mad Baron and Gil LaCross

Akron, OH: Saturday, June 24, 1950
(Armory) … (WTM*) Buddy Rogers beat Bozo Brown (won the world heavyweight title) …
Billy Darnell beat Tony Marshall … Golden Eagle and Superman the Apollo beat Mad
Baron and Great JoJo (dq)

Akron, OH: Saturday, July 1, 1950
(Armory) … No Wrestling

Akron, OH: Saturday, July 8, 1950
(Armory) … Buddy Rogers vs Great Rococo (nc) … Golden Eagle beat Gil LaCross …
Izzy Becker and Tom Marshall beat Mad Baron and Great JoJo

Akron, OH: Saturday, July 15, 1950
(Armory) … Buddy Rogers beat Great Rococo … Tom Marshall beat Great JoJo … Gil
LaCross and Pierre Lasartes beat Izzy Becker and Superman the Apollo

Akron, OH: Saturday, July 22, 1950
(Armory) … George Stanlee vs Tom Marshall … Lord Pincerton vs Pierre Lasartes …
Indian Nature Boy and Mighty Titan vs Mad Baron and Ivan Bulba

Akron, OH: Saturday, July 29, 1950
(Armory) … Lord Pincerton beat Mighty Titan … George Stanlee beat Pierre Lasartes
(dq) … Mad Baron and Gil LaCross beat Herman Krauser and Dale Wayne

Akron, OH: Saturday, August 5, 1950
(Armory) … Dave Levin drew Lord Pincerton … Mighty Titan beat Great Rococo … Mad
Baron and Ivan Bulba beat Doc Gallagher and Tom Marshall

Akron, OH: Saturday, August 12, 1950
(Armory) … (World HW Title) Dave Levin* beat Herman Krauser … Volga Boatman beat
Pierre Lasartes … Lord Pincerton beat Mighty Titan … Elmer the Rocket and Golden
Eagle beat Mad Baron and Ivan Bulba

Akron, OH: Saturday, August 19, 1950
(Armory) … The Demon vs Volga Boatman … Lord Pincerton vs Elmer the Rocket …
Juan Hernandez and Mighty Titan vs Tony (Martino) Angelo and Bozo Brown

Akron, OH: Saturday, August 26, 1950
(Armory) … Volga Boatman beat Lord Pincerton … Dave Levin beat Masked Golden
Eagle … The Demon beat Herman Krauser … Ivan Bulba and Pierre Lasartes drew Elmer
the Rocket and Mighty Titan

Akron, OH: Saturday, September 2, 1950
(Armory) … Buddy Rogers beat Volga Boatman … The Demon and Pierre Lasartes beat
Tony (Martino) Angelo and Elmer the Rocket … Dave Levin drew Mighty Titan …
Pincerton beat Ivan Bulba

Akron, OH: Saturday, September 9, 1950
(Armory, att.-2,200) … Gene (Mr. America) beat Sandor Kovacs … (Ladies) Ellen Olson
beat June Byers … Irish McGee and Frankie Talaber beat Jack Vansky and Billy Venable
… NOTES: Walter Moore switched booking offices at this point. Ellen Olson was now the
ex wife of Nature Boy Buddy Rogers.

Akron, OH: Saturday, September 16, 1950
(Armory) … Don Eagle beat Irish McGee … Danny McShain and Ivan Rasputin beat Irish
Jack Kennedy and Jackie Nichols … Sheik Ali Kyam beat Jim Lewis

Akron, OH: Saturday, September 23, 1950
(Armory, att.-2,550) … Antonino Rocca (as Argentine Rocca) beat Hard Boiled Haggerty
… Irish McGee beat Ali Kyam … Ronnie Etchison and Karol Krauser beat Kola Kwariani
and Jack Vansky … NOTE: This HB Haggerty was Lew Reyheer aka Benny Rosen.

Akron, OH: Saturday, September 30, 1950
(Armory) … (Midgets) Little Beaver and Gorgeous George Little beat Pancho The Bull
and Tom Thumb … Irish McGee beat Ali Pasha … Ivan Rasputin beat Roy McClarity (as
Ray McClarity) (2-0)

Akron, OH: Saturday, October 7, 1950
(Armory) … Gene Stanlee beat Kay Bell … Ronnie Etchison beat Barney Bernard …
Angelo Poffo and Frankie Talaber beat Walter Achiu and Ali Kyam

Akron, OH: Saturday, October 14, 1950
(Armory) … Ivan Rasputin beat Ronnie Etchison (dq) … Jackie Nichols beat Johnny
Demchuck … Sandor Kovacs and Johnny Valentine beat Fred Bozic and Billy Venable

Akron, OH: Saturday, October 21, 1950
(Armory) … Antonino Rocca beat Ivan Rasputin (dq) … Sandor Kovacs drew Irish McGee
… Kay Bell and Kola Kwariani beat Jack Kennedy and Karol Krauser (losers names not
given in results, lineup only)

Akron, OH: Saturday, October 28, 1950
(Armory) … (Ladies) Mars Bennett and June Byers beat Cora Combs and Ellen Olson …
Jack Pesek beat Kay Bell (dq) … Irish McGee drew Jackie Nichols

Akron, OH: Saturday, November 4, 1950
(Armory) … Frank Sexton beat Ivan Rasputin (dq) … Gene Stanlee drew Ronnie
Etchison (both cor) … Jackie Nichols beat Ace Freeman … Billy Weidner beat Joe Wolfe

Akron, OH: Saturday, November 11, 1950
(Armory) … Don Eagle beat Joe Christie … Ronnie Etchison and Irish McGee beat Hard
Boiled Haggerty and Jack Terry … Jim Lewis beat Nick Bacalis

Akron, OH: Saturday, November 18, 1950
(Armory) … Cowboy (Len) Hughes beat Irish McGee … Ronnie Etchison and Bobby Ford
beat Jungle Boy Dutch Howlett and Sheik Ben Ali … Golden Hawk beat Omar Kyam

Akron, OH: Saturday, November 25, 1950
(Armory) … Cowboy Hughes vs Sandor Kovacs … Ronnie Etchison and Golden Hawk vs
Kay Bell and Fred Bozic … Mysterious X #2 vs Joe Wolfe … NOTE: There was no Sunday
paper. However a major storm likely caused this card to be postponed.

Akron, OH: Saturday, December 2, 1950
(Armory) … No Wrestling

Akron, OH: Saturday, December 9, 1950
(Armory) … Dutch Howlett and Cowboy Hughes beat Sammy Berg and Ronnie Etchison
… Great Mephisto beat Fred Bozic … Masked Mr. X #2 beat Irish McGee

Akron, OH: Saturday, December 16, 1950
(Armory) … Cowboy Hughes beat Ronnie Etchison … Mr. X #2 beat Joe Wolfe … Sandor
Kovacs and Ruffy Silverstein beat Hard Boiled Haggerty and Frederick Von Schacht

Akron, OH: Saturday, December 23, 1950
(Armory) … Cowboy Len Hughes beat Mr. X #2 (unmasked as Jules “Speedy” LaRance)
… (7 Ladies Rassle Royal) (Final) Carol Cook beat Nell Stewart … eliminated were
Georgia (Joyce?) Ford, Sheba Zenni, Millie Stafford, Gloria Barattini and Ann Laverne (in
that order) … Irish McGee vs Whitey Wahlberg

Akron, OH: Saturday, December 30, 1950
(Armory) … Ruffy Silverstein beat Cowboy Len Hughes … Jackie Nichols and Whitey
Wahlberg beat Walter Achiu and Jack Vansky … Jules LaRance vs Jim Lewis

NOTES: Some already have this year. In retyping this year, I noticed two errors I made in
the old posting. My original list had them being held in Akron.
March 18 card was held at Peninsula, Ohio
May 6 card was held at Copley, Ohio


Research by Don Luce
Akron Wrestling Results - 1950