Baltimore Wrestling Results

Baltimore, Maryland: January 3, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Lord Leslie Carlson b. Natie Brown (decision) … Hans Kampfer b.
Laverne Baxter (DQ) … Miguel Torres b. Chick Garibaldi … Don Evans and Jack Kelly b.
Ace Freeman and Steve Gob … (promoter: Ed Contos)
Note: Carlton’s usual manager Sir James Hartley was not present and had Count Ravelli
with him instead.

Baltimore, Maryland: January 10, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Miguel Torres b. Hans Kampfer (26:00) … Natie Brown and Dick Trout
drew … Jack Kelly and Tiny Mills b. Ace Freeman and Tony Martinelli (DQ) … Jim Austeri
and Pat O’Hara drew (30:00)

Baltimore, Maryland: January 17, 1950
(The Coliseum) … The Great Togo b. Ivan Kameroff (6:00) … Dot Dotson b. June Byers
(18:00) … Jack Kelly and Tiny Mills wrestled Tony Martinelli and Dick Trout to a draw (60:
00) … Miguel Torres b. Ace Freeman (27:00)

Baltimore, Maryland: January 24, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Gorgeous George b. Polo Cordova (23:00) … Bill Kerr and Marvin
Mercer b. Tiny Mills and Tony Morelli (DQ) … Mae Weston b. Violet Viann … Howard
Cantonwine and Frank Schofro drew (30:00)

Baltimore, Maryland: January 31, 1950
(The Coliseum) … The Great Togo b. Tony Martinelli (DQ) (18:00) … Jack Kelly and Tiny
Mills b. Ace Freeman and Dick Trout … Ivan Kameroff b. Frank Schofro … Miguel Torres
b. Marvin Mercer … (referee: Bud McQuade)
Note: The audience was upset at the finish of the Togo-Martinelli match and staged a 20-
minute demonstration of booing, clapping and stomping.

Baltimore, Maryland: February 7, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Antonino Rocca b. Miguel Torres (23:00) … Tony Martinelli b. Ivan
Kameroff (22:00) … Polo Cordova b. Kola Kwariani (24:00) … Jack Kelly and Tiny Mills b.
Ace Freeman and Francois Miquet
Notes: Rocca’s ninth local victory. He was said to be unbeaten in the United States.

Baltimore, Maryland: February 14, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Herman Rohde b. Tony Martinelli (17:00) (piledriver) … Super
Swedish Angel b. Tiny Mills (5:00) … Jim Austeri and Ace Freeman drew … Polo Cordova
and Tony Morelli drew … Kenny Ackles b. Miguel Torres (17:00)
Notes: Angel weighed 329 pounds. Rohde was billed as “Dutch Rhodes.”

Baltimore, Maryland: February 21, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Lord Leslie Carlton b. Kenny Ackles (24:00) … Super Swedish Angel
b. Ivan Vacturoff (18:00) … Dutch Schweigert b. Tony Morelli (DQ) … Joe Corbett and
Tony Martinelli drew … Mustafa Chatmak b. Jesse James

Baltimore, Maryland: February 28, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Antonino Rocca b. Tony Morelli … Marvin Mercer and Dutch
Schweigert b. Jim Austeri and Jack Kelly … Swedish Angel b. Kola Kwariani … Tony
Cosenza and Hardy Kruskamp drew

Baltimore, Maryland: March 7, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Mae Weston (14:00) …
Gene Stanlee b. Kenny Ackles (16:00) … Elvira Snodgrass b. Theresa Theis (13:00) …
Billy Darnell and Dutch Schweigert drew … Tony Morelli b. Ace Freeman

Baltimore, Maryland: March 14, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Elvira Snodgrass (17:00)
… Mae Weston b. Theresa Theis (11:00) … Billy Darnell b. Tony Morelli (18:00) … Jim
Austeri and Tiny Mills wrestled Marvin Mercer and Dutch Schweigert to a draw (60:00)

Baltimore, Maryland: March 21, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Mildred Burke and Theresa Theis b. Elvira Snodgrass and Mae
Weston (2/3) … Ace Freeman b. Tiny Mills (DQ) (22:00) … Kenny Ackles b. Jack Kelly
(27:00) … Tony Morelli b. Polo Cordova (32:00) (Morelli was a substitute for Billy Darnell)
… (referee: Buddy McQuade)

Baltimore, Maryland: March 28, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Billy Darnell b. Dutch Schweigert (21:00) … The Masked Phantoms b.
Kenny Ackles and Ivan Kameroff (2/3) … Farmer Mills and Steve Gob drew … Ace
Freeman b. Miguel Torres (DQ)

Baltimore, Maryland: April 4, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Buddy Rogers b. Billy Darnell (17:00) (piledriver) … Sky Low Low b.
Tiny Roe … The Masked Phantoms b. Ace Freeman and Ivan Kameroff … Steve Gob
and Miguel Torres drew (30:00)

Baltimore, Maryland: April 11, 1950
(The Coliseum) … The Masked Phantoms b. Kenny Ackles and Tony Martinelli (2/3) …
Sky Low Low b. Pee Wee James … Hans Hermann b. Henry Piers … Juan Hernandez b.
Jack Britton

Baltimore, Maryland: April 18, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Pee Wee James and Tiny Roe b. Sky Low Low and Tom Thumb (2/3)
… The Masked Phantom and Miguel Torres vs. Kenny Ackles and Ace Freeman … Jack
Britton vs. Sandor Kovacs

Baltimore, Maryland: April 25, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Ali Baba b. Masked Phantom (DQ) (15:00) … Mahmoud Yousuf b.
Tiny Mills (7:00) … Mike Mazurki b. Sandor Kovacs … Jim Austeri and Marvin Mercer
drew … Dutch Schweigert b. Juan Hernandez … (referee: Buddy McQuade)
Notes: Baba once held the World Heavyweight championship. Yousuf was Baba’s pupil.

Baltimore, Maryland: May 2, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Antonino Rocca b. Golden Superman (19:00) … Billy Darnell and
Dutch Schweigert b. The Masked Phantoms (DQ) (32:00) … Hans Hermann b. Kola
Kwariani (13:00) … Red Ryan b. Ace Freeman (19:00)

Baltimore, Maryland: May 9, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Chief War Cloud b. The Masked Phantom (16:00) (Indian deathlock)
… Rebel Russell b. Tony Cosenza … Red Ryan b. Les Ruffin … Frank Schofro b. Tiny
Mills … Joe Marsh b. Miguel Torres (decision)
Note: Cloud was a protégé of Jim Thorpe.

Baltimore, Maryland: May 16, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Antonino Rocca b. Red Ryan (15:00) … The Masked Phantoms b.
Fred Kimball and Frank Schofro (2/3) … Harry Finkelstein vs. Mike Paidousis … The
Golden Superman vs. Masked Phantom II … (promoter: Ed Contos) … (referee: Buddy
McQuade)
Notes: Originally scheduled matches were Tony Cosenza vs. Frank Schofro and Fred
Kimball vs. Mahmoud Yousef

Baltimore, Maryland: May 23, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Primo Carnera b. Masked Phantom (15:00) … Steve Gob and Red
Ryan drew … Ivan Kameroff and Reb Russell wrestled to a no contest … Ace Freeman
and Tony Martinelli b. Jim Austeri and Tiny Mills (2/3) … (referees: Cyclone Burns, Bud
McQuade)
Notes: Carnera was undefeated and a top challenger to Frank Sexton. Phantom agreed
to unmask if defeated, but initially refused. The referees convinced him to do so and he
was unmasked to reveal Abe Zvonkin, the champion of Canada.

Baltimore, Maryland: May 30, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Lord Leslie Carlton b. Golden Superman (23:00) … Ted Tourtas b.
Red Ryan (24:00) … Slim Zimmerman b. Hardy Kruskamp … Ivan Kameroff b. Steve Gob
… Mahmoud Yousuf b. Joe Kameroff (bearhug) … (referee: Henry Munder)

Baltimore, Maryland: June 6, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Ann Laverne b. Mae Weston (2/3) … Ted Tourtas b. Mike Mazurki …
Mahmoud Yousuf b. Harry Finkelstein (45 seconds) (bearhug) … Tony Martinelli b. Carl
Bertucci … Ivan Kameroff b. Frank Schofro

Baltimore, Maryland: June 13, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Ted Tourtas b. Ivan Kameroff (29:00) … Helen Hilde b. Elvira
Snodgrass (2/3) … Mahmoud Yousuf b. Fred Kimball … Jim Austeri and Steve Karas
drew … Jack Dillon and Joe Marsh drew … (referee: Harry Smythe)

Baltimore, Maryland: June 20, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Lord Leslie Carlton b. Ted Tourtas (DQ) … Dave Weinstein b. Mike
Paidousis … Hardy Kruskamp b. Tiny Mills … Jim Austeri and Joe Marsh drew (30:00) …
Red Ryan b. Frank Schofro
Note: Paidousis was originally booked to wrestle Harry Finkelstein.

Baltimore, Maryland: June 27, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Ted Tourtas b. Tony Martinelli in the finals of a battle royal (16:00) …
Jack Dillon and Joe Marsh drew … Mike Paidousis b. Tommy Ruffin … Harry Armus b.
Joe Kameroff … Bucky Kantellian b. Fred Kimball
Note: Armus was from Baltimore.

Baltimore, Maryland: July 4, 1950
(The Coliseum) … June Byers b. Lillian Bitter (2-0) … Roland Meeker b. Golden
Superman (17:00) … Ivan Kameroff and Ted Tourtas drew … Harry Armus b. Jack Curry
… Mike Paidousis b. Tiny Mills

Baltimore, Maryland: July 11, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Mars Bennett b. June Byers (2-0) … Roland Meeker b. Red Ryan (37:
00) … Ivan Kameroff b. Harry Armus (6:00) … Mike Paidousis b. Harry Finkelstein (11:00)
… Jesse James and Mike Lordi drew (30:00)

Baltimore, Maryland: July 18, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Roland Meeker b. Tony Martinelli (18:00) … Tony Cosenza and Ace
Freeman b. Harry Finkelstein and Tiny Mills (2/3) … Golden Superman and Mike
Paidousis drew (30:00)

Baltimore, Maryland: July 25, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Roland Meeker b. Ivan Kameroff (Komaroff) (22:00) … Tom Thumb b.
Jimmy Little (18:00) … Mike Paidousis b. Lew Bernardi … Faro Rinaldi b. Les Ruffin …
Hardy Kruskamp b. Harry Finkelstein

Baltimore, Maryland: August 1, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Lord Leslie Carlton and Roland Meeker drew (60:00) … Sky Low Low
b. Mighty Fritz … Steve Karas b. Harry Finkelstein … Faro Rinaldi b. Jesse James …
Mike Paidousis b. Hardy Kruskamp

Baltimore, Maryland: August 8, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Gene Stanlee vs. Ted Tourtas … Sky Low Low and Tom Thumb vs.
Irish Jackie and Little Beaver … Lew Bernardi vs. Roland Meeker … Jesse James vs. Lou
Newman

Baltimore, Maryland: August 15, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Lord Carlton b. Kenny Ackles (32:00) … Little Beaver b. Sky Low Low
(14:00) … George Macricostas b. Harry Armus … Mike Paidousis b. Pat Heeley … Harry
Finkelstein b. Felix Khonke

Baltimore, Maryland: August 22, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Don Eagle b. Roland Meeker (27:00) … Hardy Kruskamp and Jimmy
Lewis drew … Mike Paidousis b. Harry Finkelstein (DQ) … Bud Curtis b. Tiny Mills … Nell
Stewart b. Carol Cooke (11:00)

Baltimore, Maryland: August 29, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Carol Cooke and Jean Holland b. Beverly Lehmer and Nell Stewart
(2/3) … Harry Finkelstein b. Jim Beaton … Red Ryan and Ted Tourtas drew … Kenny
Ackles b. Angelo Savoldi

Baltimore, Maryland: September 5, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Primo Carnera b. Mike Paidousis (13:00) … Kenny Ackles and Steve
Karas b. Jim Austeri and Lew Bertucci … Bud Curtis b. Red Ryan … Sammy Berg and
Jack Dillon drew

Baltimore, Maryland: September 12, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Lord Leslie Carlton b. Kenny Ackles (DQ) (3rd round (six round
combination boxing/wrestling match) … George Tragos b. Harry Armus … Steve Karas b.
Harry Finkelstein … Mahmoud Yousuf b. Hardy Kruskamp … Bud Curtis and George
Macricostas drew … (referee: Buddy McQuade)

Baltimore, Maryland: September 19, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Wrestling Tournament … Bobby Ford b. Pat Muldoon in the finals (14:
00) … Pat Muldoon b. Mike Paidousis (16:00) (third round) … Bobby Ford received a bye
… Bobby Ford b. Lew Bertucci (11:00) … Mike Paidousis b. Billy Wilcox … Pat Muldoon
received a bye … Bobby Ford b. Bud Curtis … Lew Bertucci b. Hardy Kruskamp (12:00)
… Billy Wilcox b. Harry Finkelstein (7:00) … Mike Paidousis b. Les Ruffin (4:00) … Pat
Muldoon b. Francois Miquet (2:00)
Notes: Don Eagle was originally scheduled to wrestle Bobby Ford, but was injured (leg)
in Pittsburgh and unable to appear. A tournament was scheduled instead. Ford was
from Youngstown, Ohio.

Baltimore, Maryland: September 26, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Ken Ackles vs. Lord Leslie Carlton (eight round boxing match) (3:00
rounds) … Bud Curtis and Bobby Ford vs. Natie Brown and Les Ruffin … Harry
Finkelstein vs. Kimon Kudo … Jack Dillon vs. Billy Wilcox

Baltimore, Maryland: October 3, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Lord Leslie Carlton b. Bud Curtis (32:00) … Billy Wilcox b. Lew
Bertucci … Tony Martinelli b. Walter Kameroff … Babe Zaharias b. Mike Paidousis … Pat
Muldoon and Ted Tourtas drew

Baltimore, Maryland: October 10, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Antonino Rocca b. Bobby Ford … Kenny Ackles and Billy Wilcox b.
Jack Dillon and Harry Finkelstein … Bud Curtis b. Kola Kwariani … Babe Zaharias b.
Francois Miquet (22:00)

Baltimore, Maryland: October 17, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Lord Leslie Carlton b. Babe Zaharias (countout) … Steve Karas b. Pat
Muldoon … George Macricostas b. Lenny Montana … Bud Curtis b. Billy Wilcox … Ken
Ackles b. Lew Bertucci
Note: Ackles’ last name was spelled “Acklers.”

Baltimore, Maryland: October 24, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Lord Leslie Carlton b. Bud Curtis (16:00) … Jacques and Jules
LaRance b. Kenny Ackles and Sammy Berg (DQ) … Red Kilpatrick b. Harry Armus …
Jesse James b. Ed Faieta

Baltimore, Maryland: October 31, 1950
(The Coliseum) … The Great Scott b. Harold Kanner (14:00) … Sammy Berg and Roland
Meeker b. The LaRance Brothers (2/3) … George Macricostas b. Les Ruffin (DQ) (8:00)
… Chick Garibaldi and Francois Miquet drew (30:00)
Note: Scott was Dutch Schweigart.

Baltimore, Maryland: November 7, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Laverne Baxter and Jack Dillon b. Jacques LaRance and Babe
Zaharias (2/3) … June Byers and Beverly Lehmer b. Lilly Bitters and Cora Combs …
Kimon Kudo b. Frank Brounce (Brounce left the ring and didn’t return, claiming that Kudo
was choking him)

Baltimore, Maryland: November 14, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Laverne Baxter and Roland Meeker were both knocked out (34:00) …
Cora Combs b. Beverly Lehmer (14:00) (Lehmer was a substitute for June Byers) … Ken
Ackles and Golden Superman b. Lew Bertucci and Babe Zaharias … Kimon Kudo b.
Hardy Kruskamp (29:00) … (referee: Gil Snyder)

Baltimore, Maryland: November 21, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Antonino Rocca b. Roland Meeker (16:00) … Laverne Baxter and
Jack Dillon b. Kimon Kudo and Francois Miquet (2/3) … Kola Kwariani b. Tiny Mills …
Iones Kontolias b. Chick Garibaldi

Baltimore, Maryland: November 28, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Babe and Chris Zaharias b. Laverne Baxter and Jack Dillon … Ace
Freeman b. Les Ruffin … Tony Martinelli b. Hardy Kruskamp … Jesse James and
Francois Miquet drew

Baltimore, Maryland: December 5, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Don Eagle b. Laverne Baxter (25:00) (Indian bridge and deathlock) …
Golden Terror b. Kenny Ackles … Babe Zaharias b. Jim Lewis … Roland Meeker and
Chris Zaharias drew … Ella Waldon b. Nell Stewart (Waldon replaced Shirley Strimple)

Baltimore, Maryland: December 12, 1950
(The Coliseum) … The Golden Terror b. Gene Stanlee (DQ) … Jim Bauman b. Ivan
Vacturoff … Tony Cosenza b. Harry Finkelstein … Laverne Baxter and Chris Zaharias
wrestled Tony Martinelli and Roland Meeker to a draw (60:00) … (referee: Henry
Munder)
Note: Bauman was said to be from Alabama.

Baltimore, Maryland: December 19, 1950
(The Coliseum) … Gene Stanlee b. The Golden Terror (DQ) … Kenny Ackles and
Laverne Baxter drew (30:00) … Francois Miquet b. Harry Finkelstein … Roland Meeker
b. Tiny Mills … Jim Austeri and John Bauman drew (Austeri was originally booked to
wrestle Tony Cosenza)

Baltimore, Maryland: December 26, 1950
(The Coliseum) … The Golden Terror b. George Macricostas (15:00) … Millie Stafford b.
Nell Stewart (DQ) … Abe Stein b. Harry Finkelstein … Jim Austeri and Stu Hart drew …
Ioanis Kostolias b. Les Ruffin … (referee: Vince DePaula)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
January 4, 2011

Baltimore Wrestling Results - 1950