BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN – 1954
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.


WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6 – Pat O’Connor beat Hans Schmidt, 2-1 (1) Schmidt, backbreaker
(2) O’Connor, dropkick – 7 minutes  (3) Schmidt DQed for shoving the referee . . . Bobby
Nelson and Zack Malkov beat Jerry Woods and Mel Dove
. . . Rocky Columbo beat Paul DeGalles . . . Lou Eisenhart drew with Bob Nagle – 15:00.  A-
800.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13 – Yukon Eric beat Ivan Rasputin, 2-1 . . . The Sheik of Araby
beat Mel Dove, 2-0 . . . Larry Chene and Farmer Jones beat Zack Malkov and Paul
DeGalles.  A-870.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 – The Sheik of Araby vs. Art Neilson – “no decision” (1) Neilson,
body press (2) Sheik, surfboard . . . Farmer Don Marlin beat Benito Gardini, 2-0 (1) Gardini
DQed  (2) Marlin, mulekick . . . Rocky Columbo and Frankie Hart beat Pete Bartu and Bill
Demetrious.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27 – Farmers Marlin and Jones won the  2nd and 3rd falls from
Reggie Lisowski and Rudy Kay (3rd fall won by DQ) . . . Larry Chene drew with Frankie Hart .
. .  No Time Limit: Art Neilson beat The Sheik of Araby by DQ.  A-record Wednesday night
crowd – 980.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13 – Handicap Match: Yukon Eric beat Benito Gardini and Bull
Montana . . . Farmer Don Marlin beat Zack Malkov, 2-0 . . . Pete Bartu (sub for Apache Craig)
beat Jack Carter, 2-1 . . . Jerry Bursum beat Lou Eisenhart.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27 – The Sheik of Araby won the 2nd and 3rd falls from Farmer
Don Marlin . . . Gypsy Joe beat Jack Carter . . . Balk Estes beat Paul DeGalles.  A-458.

SATURDAY, MARCH 6 – Farmer Don Marlin vs. Sky Hi Lee . . . Jimmy Nelson vs. Bull
Montana . . . Sailie Halassie and Fuzzy Cupid vs. Otto Bauman and Tito Infante.

SATURDAY, MARCH 13 – The Sheik of Araby beat Farmer Don Marlin, 2-1 (Police had to
escort The Sheik to the city limit) . . . Ivan Rasputin beat Al Washawski, 2-0 (Warshawski was
unable to continue after being pinned in the 1st fall . . . Pete Bartu and Dutch Hefner beat
Lou Eisenhart and Jerry Burreson (or Bursum or Buurseem).

SATURDAY, MARCH 20 – Farmers Marlin and Jones won the 1st and 3rd falls from Ivan
Rasputin and Rudy Kay (3rd fall won by DQ) . . . Mitsu Arakawa (sub for George Drake) beat
Bull Montana . . . Dutch Hefner beat Jack Carter.  A-700.
Note: next card is April 17.

SATURDAY, APRIL 17 – World Tag Team Championship: Reggie and Stan Lisowski © vs. Bill
Melby and Jack Witzig ended with both team being DQed  in the 3rd fall (1) Melby, dropkicks,
body press  (2) Reggie beat Witzig with armbar submission . . . Fuzzy Cupid beat Sailie
Halassie, 2-0 . . . Dutch Hefner beat Danny Ferrazza.  A-1,000.

SATURDAY, APRIL 24 – World Tag Team Championship: Reggie and Stan Lisowski © vs. Bill
Melby and Jack Witzig
. . . Baron Arena vs. Rocky Columbo . . . Jack Carter vs. Duke Demetri.

*SATURDAY, MAY 1 – Mighty Atlas beat Bill Melby, 2-1 (1) Melby, cobra twist – 18 minutes  
(2) Atlas, full nelson – 25 minutes  (3) Melby could not continue . . . Dutch Hefner and Bobby
Nelson beat Frankie Hart and Jack Carter . . . Lou Eisenhart (sub for Johnny Balbo) beat
Tarzan Zimba by DQ in 14 minutes.  A-440. (May 1, image 5).

SATURDAY, MAY 8 – Argentina Rocca beat Rudy Kay, 2-0 (1) backbreaker – 14 minutes  (2)
shoulder press – 4 minutes . . . Bobby Nelson beat Rocky Columbo, 2-1 (Columbo cut his eye
in the 3rd fall and was unable to continue) . . . Dutch Hefner and Harry Lewis beat Milt Olsen
and Lou Eisenhart.  A-over 1,000.

SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1954 – Yukon Eric beat Sky Hi Lee, 2-1 (1) Lee, body press  (2) Eric,
backbreaker  (3) Eric by DQ . . . Milt Olsen drew with Gordon Hessel, 1-1 . . . Dutch Hefner
and Bobby Nelson beat Rocky Columbo and George Drake.  A-1,060.

SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1954 (Last card of the season) – Farmers Marlin and Jones beat Hans
Hermann and Bob Orton, 2-1 – Referee: Joe Louis  (1) Orton pinned Marlin  (2) Marlin,
mulekick  (3) Hermann DQed . . . Baron Arena drew with Bert Ruby . . . Tuffy McRae beat Tito
Infante (sub for Otto Bauman).  A-record crowd – 1,514.
Benton Harbor Wrestling Results - 1954
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