Boston, Massachusetts: Friday, January 2, 1931 ( ) ... Rudy Dusek b. Ivan Kakturoff (21:00) ... (15,000 fans) Boston, Massachusetts: Friday, January 30, 1931 ( ) ... Rudy Dusek b. Paul Jones (48:00) Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, February 12, 1931 ( ) ... Nick Lutze b. Lee Wykoff (36:22) Boston, Massachusetts: Friday, February 13, 1931 ( ) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Rudy Dusek (49:00) … Tiny Roebuck b. Andy Zaharoff … Dick Daviscourt b. Nick Velcoff … Tommy Marvin b. Firpo Wilcox … (promoter: Ray Fabiani) … (12,000 fans) Notes: Londos, in the Associated Press report, was called the “Pennsylvania claimant for the world’s heavyweight title.” Boston, Massachusetts: Friday, February 27, 1931 (Boston Garden) … Tiny Roebuck b. Milo Steinborn (dec., 45:00) … Rudy Dusek b. Tommy Marvin (27:00) … Karl Pojello b. Ghafoor Kahn (11:00) … Dr. Ralph Wilson b. Billy Bartush (dec., 30:00) … (promoter: Ray Fabiani) Boston, Massachusetts: Friday, March 13, 1931 (Boston Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Gino Garibaldi (42:00) … (promoter: Ray Fabiani) … (12,000 fans) Notes: An audience member named George Putnam died of a heart attack during the show. It was said to be Londos’s sixth victory of the week. Boston, Massachusetts: Friday, March 27, 1931 (Boston Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Gino Garibaldi (34:34) … Dick Daviscourt and Jim McMillen drew (30:00) … Rudy Dusek b. Wee Willie Davis … Matros Kirilenko b. Rudy Dusek … (promoter: Ray Fabiani) Boston, Massachusetts: April 2, 1931 (The Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Ed Don George b. Nick Lutze (2/3) … “Count” George Zarynoff b. Boris Demetroff (14:00) … Al Morelli b. Sailor Arnold (12:00) … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (10,000 fans) Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, April 9, 1931 ( ) … “Count” George Zarynoff b. Pat McKay (2/3) … Nick Lutze and Jack Wagner drew (45:00) … Al Morelli b. Sam Skorsky (4:00) … Kewpie Kitroy and Joe Shinkus drew (10: 00) … Bill “Fats” Carmichael b. Tony Gusti (5:00) ... (promoter: Paul Bowser) Notes: Kitroy and Morelli were both from Boston College. Carmichael was making his professional debut and was an alumni of William and Mary College. Boston, Massachusetts: Friday, April 10, 1931 ( ) … Ray Steele b. George Hagen … Sergei Kalmikoff b. Dick Daviscourt … Hans Steinke b. Rudy Dusek (dec., 30:00) … Wee Willie Davis b. Karl Vogel … Fred Grubmier and Paul Jones drew (30:00) … (promoter: Ray Fabiani) Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, April 16, 1931 (The Arena) … Nick Lutze b. Jack Wagner (2-0) … Bibber McCoy b. Don Delonge ... (promoter: Paul Bowser Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, April 23, 1931 (The Arena) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Bob “Bibber” McCoy (2/3) … “Count” George Zarynoff b. Harry Mamos … Pat McKay and Al Morelli drew (20:00) … (promoter: Paul Bowser) Boston, Massachusetts: Friday, April 24, 1931 (Boston Garden) ... World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Sergei Kalmikoff (24:00) ... Hans Steinke b. Tiny Roebuck (DQ) (6:00) ... (promoter: Ray Fabiani) ... (10,000 fans) Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, April 30, 1931 ( ) … Ed Don George b. “Count” George Zarynoff (1:36:00) … Henri DeGlane and Nick Lutze drew (45:00) … Len Macaluso b. Sailor Arnold (6:00) (flying tackle) … Bill Demetral and Farmer George McLeod drew (15:00) ... (promoter: Paul Bowser) Note: This was said to be Macaluso’s “first professional wrestling start.” Boston, Massachusetts: Friday, May 8, 1931 ( ) ... Ali Morelli b. Pat McKay (2-0) Notes: Morelli was a "Boston college senior and football star," and here he "won his first main wrestling match." McKay was from Memphis. Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, May 21, 1931 ( ) … World Heavyweight Champion Henri DeGlane b. Stanley Stasiak (2-0) … Nick Lutze b. Lou Loew … Al Morelli and Bibber McCoy drew (30:00) … Len Macaluso b. Henry Stevens … Joe DeVito and Sailor Arnold drew (10:00) ... (promoter: Paul Bowser) Boston, Massachusetts: Monday, May 25, 1931 (Boston Garden) ... Tiny Roebuck b. Dick Daviscourt (27:00) ... (promoter: Ray Fabiani) Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, June 4, 1931 ( ) ... Gus Sonnenberg b. Nick Lutze (2/3) ... (promoter: Paul Bowser) Boston, Massachusetts: Monday, June 15, 1931 ( ) ... World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Tiny Roebuck (37:00) ... Rudy Dusek b. Firpo Wilcox (14:00) ... Earl McCready b. Wee Willie Davis (15:00) ... (promoter: Ray Fabiani) Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, July 7, 1931 (Boston Garden) ... Ray Steele b. Gino Garibaldi (26:00) ... Jim McMillen and Hans Steinke drew (45:00) ... (promoter: Ray Fabiani) Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, July 30, 1931 (Braves Field) … World Heavyweight Champion Henri DeGlane b. Gus Sonnenberg (2/3) (DeGlane won the first fall in 20:20, Sonnenberg won the second in 10:30 with a flying tackle, and DeGlane won the third in 19:40 with a flying tackle) … Ed Don George and Nick Lutze drew … Pat McGill and Stanley Stasiak drew … Len Macaluso b. Sailor Arnold … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (30,000 fans) Boston, Massachusetts: Friday, October 9, 1931 (Boston Garden) ... Pat O'Shocker b. Dick Daviscourt (29:35) ... (promoter: Ray Fabiani) Boston, Massachusetts: Tuesday, October 20, 1931 (Boston Garden) … Pat O’Shocker b. Joe “Toots” Mondt (27:23) … Rudy Dusek b. Gene LeDoux … Tiny Roebuck b. Al Pierotti … Kola Kwariani and Hans Steinke drew (30:00) … Matros Kirilenko b. Jim McNamara (flying tackle) … Justo Garibaldi b Willie Davis (6:07) … (promoter: Ray Fabiani) Notes: For his win, O’Shocker earned a bout with Jim Londos on November 3 in a charity wrestling program sponsored by a local newspaper. Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, October 29, 1931 (The Arena) … Henri DeGlane b. Jim Browning (2/3) (Browning suffered an injury during the third fall) … Ed Don George and Lee Wykoff drew (30:00) … Jack Sherry b. Bull Martin … Charlie Strack and George Zarynoff drew (20:00) … (promoter: Paul Bowser) ... (benefit for the New England Sled Dog Club) Research by Tim Hornbaker October 9, 2010 |
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