BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN – 1953 Promoter: Rex Sheeley Compiled by George Lentz from the St. Joseph, MI Herald-Press All bouts held at the Benton Harbor Naval Armory unless otherwise noted. SATURDAY, JANUARY 17 – No card. SATURDAY, JANUARY 24 – Al Williams and Rudy Kay beat Billy Goelz and Farmer Don Marlin, 2-1 (1) Williams/Kay in 29 minutes (2) Goelz/Marlin in 2 minutes (3) Williams/Kay in 10 minutes . . . Bob Orton beat Benito Gardini (sub for Bill Melby, hospitalized with influenza), 2- 0 . . . Bob Nagle drew with Lou Eisenhart. A-over 1,000. SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 – Sonny Myers and Farmer Don Marlin beat Al Williams and Rudy Kay, 2-1 (1) Williams/Kay in 16 minutes (2) Myers/Marlin in 5 minutes (3) Myers/Marlin in 2 minutes . . . Jerry Woods beat Roy Rogers . . . Bob Hanke beat Lou Einsenhart in 14 minutes. A-1,143. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 – Bill Melby beat Bobby Nelson, 2-0 (1) Nelson was DQed (2) Melby, cobra twist . . . Reggie Lisowski beat Canadian Angel, 2-0 (both falls with full nelsons) . . . Mike Kilonis beat Bob Hanke in 30 seconds with a surfboard. A-640 (cold weather). SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 – Pat O’Connor beat Mike Kilonis, 2-0 (1) series of dropkicks (2) leg lock submission . . . Jerry Woods beat Milt Olsen, 2-1 . . . Balk Estes beat Ned Taylor by DQ . . . Johnny Gilbert beat Don Kirk. A-small. SATURDAY, MARCH 7 – Pat O’Connor drew with Ronnie Etchison; both CORed . . . Reggie Lisowski beat Ted Marshall in 5 minutes . . . Tuffy McRae won the 2nd and 3rd falls from Tom Thumb . . . Lou Eisenhart and Johnny Gilbert beat Bad Boy Joe and Red Montgomery, 2-0. A-1,040. SATURDAY, MARCH 14 – Reggie Lisowski vs. Sonny Myers . . . Walter Palmer vs. Johnny Balbo . . . Ned Taylor vs. Joe Gordon . . . Johnny Gilbert vs. Bad Boy Joe. SATURDAY, MARCH 21 – Sonny Myers (sub for Verne Gagne, who was called home due to a critical illness in the family) beat Mighty Atlas, 2-0 (1) Atlas DQed for failing to break hold (2) Myers, pin . . . Farmer Pete won the 2nd and 3rd falls from Sky Low Low . . . Zack Malkov beat Jerry Woods. A-almost 1,200. SATURDAY, MARCH 28 – Killer Kowalski beat Ronnie Etchison, 2-1 (1) Etchison, backdrop (2) Kowalski (3) Kowalski . . . Zack Malkov beat Vincent Lopez, 2-0 . . . Bill Sledge beat Lou Eisenhart . . . Johnny Gilbert beat Red Montgomery (sub for Bad Boy Joe). A-950. SATURDAY, APRIL 4 – Sonny Myers beat Hans Schmidt, 2-1 (1) Schmidt, backbreaker (2) Myers, atomic kick (3) Schmidt DQed for failing to break hold . . . Bill Sledge beat Frankie Hart, 2-1 (1) Hart, leglock submission (2) Sledge, backbreaker (3) Sledge, body press . . . Bobby Nelson beat Milt Olsen . . . Bob Nagle beat Red Montgomery. A-nearly 700. SATURDAY, APRIL 11- Cowboy Carlson beat Bobby Nelson, 2-0 (Carlson broke his nose during match) . . . Frankie Hart beat Bill Sledge, 2-1 . . . Johnny Gilbert vs. Ned Taylor . . . Lou Eisenhart vs. Red Montgomery. SATURDAY, APRIL 18 – Johnny Balbo beat Benito Gardini, 2-1 (1) Gardini, body press after a series of slams (2) Balbo, leg twist (3) Balbo, body press . . . Jack Claybourne beat Bad Boy Joe (sub for Bert Ruby), 2-0 (1) Joe DQed (2) Claybourne, body press after airplane spin . . . Little Beaver and Jim Corbett beat Great Shultz and Tiger Jackson, 2-1 . . . Bad Boy Joe beat Lou Eisenhart. A-largest crowd of the year – 1,250. SATURDAY, APRIL 25 – Walter Palmer and Johnny Balbo vs. Benito Gardini and Rudy Kay . . . Bill Parks vs. Bull Allen . . . Milt Olsen vs. Irish McGee . . . Lou Eisenhart vs. Bad Boy Joe. SATURDAY, MAY 2 – Sky Hi Lee drew with Ronnie Etchison – 60:00 . . . Rudy Kay won the 1st and 3rd falls from Bill Parks . . . Frankie Hart pinned Mel Dove . . . Lou Eisenhart beat Bill Greenlee. A-nearly 900. |
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