Boston Wrestling Results

Boston, Massachusetts: January 8, 1930
(Mechanics Building) ... Jim Londos b. Jim McMillen (2/3) (McMillen won the second fall
with flying tackles) ... Gino Garibaldi and Hans Steinke drew (30:00) ... Pat O'Shocker
and Mike Romano drew (30:00) ... Kola Kwariani b. Charles Washburn (20:30) ... Karl
Pojello and John Paxos drew (30:00) ... (promoter: Billy Avery)
Notes: The winner of the Londos-McMillen bout was going to face Dick Shikat for the
World Title. Steinke was originally booked to wrestle George Calza, but Calza was still in
Philadelphia, where he was said to be hospitalized for an injured arm.

Boston, Massachusetts: January 10, 1930
(Mechanics Building) ... World Heavyweight Champion Gus Sonnenberg b. Jack Albright
(13:00) (headlock) ... Ted Germaine b. Tommy O'Hara (18:20) ... four boxing matches ...
(4,000 fans)
Notes: This was part of a Shiners convention with 4,000 members of the Aleppo Temple,
Mystic Shine, in attendance. As part of the show, a former partner of Houdini, Richard
Davis, freed himself from a sealed canvas back and truck, impressing the audience.
Germaine as from South Boston. O'Hara, from Dorchester, was said to be a former New
England amateur wrestling champion.

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, January 23, 1930
(Boston Arena) ... Joe Stecher b. Joe Malcewicz (2/3) (Stecher used two flying tackles to
win the third fall) ... Ed George b. Freddie Meyers (14:51) ... Jack Sherry and "Count"
George Zarynoff drew ... Alex Andreasson and Stanley Pinto drew ... Henri DeGlane b.
Joe Rogalski (25:04) ... George Kotsonaros b. Francis "Frank" Yusko (20:14) ...
(promoter: Paul Bowser) ... (5,000 fans)
Notes: Stecher earned a match against Gus Sonnenberg next Thursday. George was
said to have won his 16th-straight professional bout here and this marked the first time
he'd been in a match that lasted over 10-minutes. Andreasson was from Quincy.

*On Wednesday, January 29, 1930, Billy Avery was supposed to have held his 9th
wrestling show in Boston. I don't know if this occurred at the Mechanics Building or not.

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, January 30, 1930
(Boston Arena) ... World Heavyweight Champion Gus Sonnenberg b. Joe Stecher (2/3)
(Sonnenberg won the first fall with flying tackles, Stecher took the second with a body
scissors and arm lock in 24:45, and Sonnenberg used his flying tackle again to win the
third fall) ... Henri DeGlane b. Joe DeVito (27:22) (airplane spin) ... Ed George b. Harry
Mammus (18:01) ... Renato Gardini and "Count" Zarynoff drew (20:00) ... Jack Ganson
and Leo Hyatt drew (15:00) ... Jack Sherry b. Carl Lemle (12:04) ... (promoter: Paul
Bowser) ... (10,000) ... ($25,000)
Notes: A snow storm was hitting Boston at the time of this show, yet, as David Egan of
the Boston Globe noted, thousand still turned out to see this program. Egan wrote that
Stecher was the "master" in the bout against the champion. Lemle was from South
Boston. Stecher outweighed his opponent by 25 pounds.

Boston Massachusetts: February 5, 1930
(Mechanics Building) ... World Heavyweight Champion Dick Shikat b. Paul Jones (2/3)
(UTC for the 3rd fall) ... Jim McMillen b. Bull Komar (40:00) (flying tackle) ... Jim Londos
and Jack Taylor drew (30:00) ... Gino Garibaldi and Pat O'Shocker drew (30:00) ...
(promoter: Billy Avery)

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, February 11, 1930
(Mechanics Building) ... World Heavyweight Champion Dick Shikat b. Jack Taylor (47:30)
(during the match, Taylor "bounced" from the ring and into the seats) (UTC) ... Paul
Jones b. George Hagen (45:34) ... Gino Garibaldi and Jim McMillen drew (30:00) ... Carl
Maxos b. Carl Vogel (DQ) ... (promoter: Billy Avery)
Notes: Maxos' last name was also spelled "Faxos," and he was said to be from Greece.
Avery was apparently also known as "Tex Avery."

Boston, Massachusetts: February 20, 1930
(Boston Arena) ... Henri DeGlane b. Jack Sherry (2:02:30) ... Joe Malcewicz and Marin
Plestina drew (45:00) ... Wladek Zbyszko b. Carl Lemle ... Dan Koloff and Bibber McCoy
drew (20:00) ... Harry Mammas and "Count" George Zarynoff drew (10:00) ... Leo Hyatt b.
Bob Wilkie (11:00) ... (promoter: Paul Bowser) ... (3,500 fans)
Note: The Boston Globe reported that the DeGlane-Sherry bout was "one of the most
sensational mat battles ever held in this city." It was "full speed for more than two hours."

Boston, Massachusetts: February 27, 1930
(Boston Arena) ... Henri DeGlane b. Wladek Zbyszko (2/3) ... Bibber McCoy b. Stanislaus
Zbyszko (23:31) ... Jack Sherry b. Stanley Stasiak (21:00) ... Ed George b. Bull Smith
(7:30) ... George Zarynoff b. Carl Lemle (10:51) ... (promoter: Paul Bowser)
Note: George's win was his 26th straight.

Boston, Massachusetts: March 6, 1930
(Boston Arena) ... Henri DeGlane b. Jack Sherry (2/3) ... Ed "Strangler" Lewis and Bibber
McCoy drew (45:00) ... Leo Hyatt vs. Joe Malcewicz ... Stanley Pinto vs. George Zarynoff
... Ed George vs. Dan Koloff ... (promoter: Paul Bowser) ... (7,500 fans)
Note: Sherry was said to be the heavyweight wrestling champion of Ohio.

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, March 20, 1930
(Boston Arena) ... World Heavyweight Champion Gus Sonnenberg b. Henri DeGlane
(DeGlane took the first fall in 27:55, Sonnenberg won the second after landing his flying
tackle and both men said from the ring in 20:21) (DeGlane hit his head on the floor and
was counted out) (DeGlane was unable to continue) ... Joe Malcewicz and Count Zarynoff
drew (45:00) ... Ed George and Jack Wagner drew (15:00) ... Jack Ganson and Stanley
Pinto drew (20:00) ... Jack Sherry b. Frank Yusko (16:09) ... Dan Koloff and Wladek
Zbyszko drew (20:00) ... (promoter: Paul Bowser) ... (referee: Sam Smith) ... (12,500
fans) ... (gate: $25,000)
Notes: David Egan wrote in the Boston Globe that the main event "attracted great
interest than any wrestling or boxing match held in this center of beans and brains in
many blue moons." DeGlane was said to have captured the imagination of the audience.
DeGlane was taken to a hospital with a concussion, lacerations and broken ribs.
Sonnenberg was also said to be sick. Egan spelled DeGlane, "DiGlane." George was
called the "greatest heavyweight prospect on the horizon." This was the first time George
didn't win "abruptly." The Koloff-Zbyszko bout was said to be a grudge match and Koloff
"parted Zbyszko from some of his valuable bridge work." In attendance were the ex-Lt.
Governor Edward P. Barry and Secretary for Governor Allen, Russell Bates.
Sonnenberg and Jimmy Brown were said to own a gymnasium known as "Boston Institute
of Physical Culture" at 175 Massachusetts Avenue.

Boston, Massachusetts: Friday, December 19, 1930
(Boston Garden) ... Rudy Dusek b. Milo Steinborn (25:00)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
February 13, 2011

Boston Wrestling Results - 1930