Boston Wrestling Results

Boston, Massachusetts: Friday, January 1, 1932
(Boston Arena) … Nick Lutze b. Charley Strack (2:06:44) … Al Morelli b. John Spellman (21:
24) … Pat Reilly b. Pat O’Hara (2:38) … Pat McKay b. Nick Elich (5:43) … Dr. Len Hall b.
Teddy Elziaer (5:44) … Casey Kazanjian b. Dimitri Demetroff (11:17) … Raoul Simon b.
Ernie Nelson (1:31) … Fats Carmichael and Jack Wagner drew … Jack Ganson and Farmer
George McLeod drew … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (referee: Leon Burbank) … (7,500
fans)
Note: It was said to be Morelli’s 100th wrestling engagement.

Boston, Massachusetts: Friday, January 1, 1932
(Boston Opera House) … Al Vantres b. Paul Adams (2/3) … Al Peckham b. Cowboy Hughes
(18:25) … Jim Trephon b. Ed Fariello (10:02) … Bill Brooks and Steve Spears drew (15:00)
… Art Flynn and Gorilla Cranston drew (15:00) … Wild Bill Dolan b. Sam Levinsky (11:03) …
Ed Moneld and Bill Robbins drew … George Linnehan b. Al Whiting (17:50) … (sponsored
by: Massachusetts Wrestling Association)

Holyoke, Massachusetts: Friday, January 1, 1932
(Valley Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Henri DeGlane b. Count Zarynoff (2/3) …
Frank Judson and Bibber McCoy drew (30:00) … (benefit for the Knute Rockne Memorial
Fund)

Lynn, Massachusetts: Tuesday, January 5, 1932
(Lasters Hall) … Charles Strack b. Dick Brodas (2-0) … Farmer George McLeod and Lee
Wykoff drew (30:00) … Bull Martin b. Roughhouse Nelson (16:00) … Carmen Carone and
Ralph Fay drew (20:00) … Al Comeau b. Ed Lemars (14:00)

Worcester, Massachusetts: Tuesday, January 5, 1932
( )… World Heavyweight Champion Henri DeGlane b. Billy Bartush (2/3) … Dr. Len Hall and
Joe Malcewicz drew (30:00)

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, January 6, 1932
(Mechanics Building) … Bill Dolan b. Al Peckham (2-0) … Kewpie Kilroy and Sahib Seibeg
drew (30:00) … Jack Conley and Gorilla Cranston drew (15:00) .. Art Flynn and Charles
Platus drew (15:00) … George Linehan b. Nick Coste (11:40) … Lord Chapman and Steve
Passas drew (15:00) … Frank Bruno and Ted Germaine drew (15:00) … Jimmy Trephor b.
Bill Brooks (25:50) … (promoter: Charley Gordon) … (sponsored by: Massachusetts
Wrestling Association)
Notes: Jim Wallis was a former “Holy Cross guard,” who was making his “first appearance on
the mat.” Bill Morton was a claimant of the Canadian middleweight championship. Kewpie
Kilroy was said to be a former football player from Boston College and “ex-Eagle star.” Steve
Passas was from Hartford and Sahib Seibeg was from Turkey. Art Flynn was from Boston
College. Ted Germaine was from South Boston.

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, January 7, 1932
(Boston Arena) … Nick Lutze b. Pat McKay (2-0) … Al Morelli b. Pat Reilly (25:47) (flying
tackles) … Billy Bartush b. Charlie Leahman (19:43) … Leo Numa b. Eddie Elzear (10:15) …
Charlie Hanson and Bob “Bibber” McCoy drew (10:00) … Dan Koloff b. Jumbo Rumrill (3:42)
… Harry Cornsweet and Pete Ladjimi drew (10:00) … Ivan Vakturoff and Marvin Westenberg
drew (10:00) … Al Beveridge and John Spellman drew (10:00) … (promoter: Paul Bowser)
… (refereee: Sam Smith) … (3,500 fans)
Notes: Al Morelli was a former athlete at Boston College and Pat Reilly of the University of
Texas. Bob “Bibber” McCoy was said to have tried his hat in politics in Cambridge, but lost.
Billy Bartush was from the University of Chicago and Leo Numa from the University of
Washington. Marvin Westenberg was from Tacoma College, John Spellman from Brown
University, and Harry Cornsweet also from Brown University. Ladjimi (Ladjine) was said to be
from France.

Lowell, Massachusetts: Friday, January 8, 1932
( ) … Jack Ganson b. George Saunders (35:20) (Saunders suffered a broken rib and
fractured shoulder during the first fall and was unable to continue)

Brockton, Massachusetts: Tuesday, January 12, 1932
(Brockton Arena) … Jim Browning b. Pat McKay (2-0) … Charlie Hanson and Lee Wykoff
drew (45:00) … Nick Scotos b. George Nelson (18:00) … Jack Albright b. Arthur Davis (20:
00)

Lynn, Massachusetts: Tuesday, January 12, 1932
(Lasters Hall) … Farmer George McLeod b. Joe DeVito (1-0) (DeVito was unable to
continue) … Al Mercier and Al Morelli drew (30:00) … Dr. Len Hall and Marvin Westenberg
drew (30:00) … Casey Kazanjian b. Dynamite Dunn (12:00) … George LaSan and Lloyd
Stewart were both disqualified (18:00)

Milford, Massachusetts: Tuesday, January 12, 1932
(Knights of Columbus Hall) … Adam Diorio b. Louis Anderson (2-0) … George Anastas b.
Mickey Manani (23:00) … Bull Berrini b. Boob McNutt (19:00) … Mario Danzia b. Abel Peters
(decision after six three minute rounds)

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, January 13, 1932
(Mechanics Building) … Paul Adams b. Jimmy Trephon (2/3) … Jack Conley b. Nick Coste
(15:30) … Ted Germaine b. Harry Landry (13:13) … Jim Wallis b. Tony Battaline (11:25) …
Dynamite Dunn b. Edward Roberts (8:30) …. Art Flynn and Frank Levick drew (10:00) …
Dick Brew and Bill Dolan drew (10:00) … Charles Platus and Sahib Seibeg drew (15:00) …
George Linnehan and Steve Passas drew (15:00) … Frank Bruno and Win Robins drew (15:
00) … (promoter: Charley Gordon)
Notes: Jimmy Trephon was said to be a claimant to the Southern Middleweight
championship, and was from Florida. Paul Adams was from Macon, Georgia. Al Vantres
was called the World Middleweight Champion. He was from Kansas.

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, January 14, 1932
(Boston Arena) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Billy Bartush (2/3) … Jim Browning and Nick Lutze
drew (30:00) … Charlie Strack b. Frank Yusko (6:05) … Leo Numa b. Tommy Texis (13:27)
…. Raoul Simon b. John Maloney (4:10) … Harry Irslinger b. Lloyd Stewart (6:15) … Buck
Weaver b. William Nelson (2:23) … Joe DeVito and Jake Patterson drew (10:00) … Fats
Carmichael and Marvin Westenberg drew (10:00) … Harry Cornsweet and Charles Leahman
drew (10:00) … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (referee: Charley Donnell) … (7,500 fans)
Notes: John Malone was from the Boston Police Department. Buck Weaver was from the
University of Chicago. Carmichael was from William and Mary. After the Browning-Lutze
drew, a coin was flipped to see who would get a bout with Henri DeGlane for the World Title.
Lutze won. Stewart was called a former two-time state YMCA champion.

Salem, Massachusetts: Friday, January 15, 1932
(North Street Arena) … Nick Lutze b. Jack Wagner (2/3) (Wagner was unable to continue for
the third fall due to a shoulder injury) … Dr. Fred Meyers b. George LaSan (12:35) … Frank
Bettecourt b. Ralph Say (17:10) … Bibber McCoy and Farmer George McLeod drew (30:00)
Notes: LaSan was from Montreal and Bettecourt from Peabody. Say was said to be from
Swampscott.

Melrose, Massachusetts: Monday, January 18, 1932
(City Hall) … Chief Red Cloud b. Leo Renardi (2-0) … George Saunders and “Tiger” Jack
Young drew (20:00) .. Dynamite Dunn and Jack Ellis drew (20:00) … Ralph “Goat” Fay and
Jimmy Trephone drew (20:00) … Harry Katron b. Bob Fitzhenry (9:35)
Note: “Tiger” Jack Young was the wrestling coach at Boston University.

Lynn, Massachusetts: Tuesday, January 19, 1932
(Lasters Hall) … Jim Browning b. George Saunders (2-0) … Charley Leahman and Charlie
Strack drew (30:00) … Jack Albright and Arthur Davis drew (20:00) … “Goat” Day b. George
Annese (17:00) … Eddie LeMaire and Dave O’Connor drew (15:00)

Worcester, Massachusetts: Tuesday, January 19, 1932
( ) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Marvin Westenberg (1-0) (Westenberg was unable to continue
after diving through the ropes to the floor) … Lennart Anderson b. Pat Reilly (28:35) …
Charlie Hanson and Count George Zarynoff drew (30:00) … Casey Kazanjian b. Eddie
Elzear (12:30)

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, January 20, 1932
(Boston Opera House) … George Linnehan b. Jack Conley (2/3) (flying tackles) … Kewpie
Kilroy b. Dick Brew (23:55) … Jack Reyerson and Billy Rudy drew … Art Flynn b. Bill Foley
(6:40) … Bill Dolan and Lord Chapman drew (10:00) … Ted Germaine b. Lewis Schaeffer
(11:40) … Jimmy Trephon b. Roughhouse Murphy (11:55) … Cowboy Hughes and Steve
Passas drew (15:00) … Gorilla Cranston b. Pat Coyne (12:50) … Jim Wallis b. Dynamite
Dunn (22:15) … (promoter: Charley Gordon)
Notes: The Mechanics Building was occupied.

*The Wednesday, January 20, 1932 edition of the Boston Globe stated that “Toots” Mondt
was appointed matchmaker and “wrestling director” at Boston Garden by promoter Ray
Fabiani. He arrived in Boston “yesterday morning.”

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, January 21, 1932
(Boston Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Henri DeGlane b. Nick Lutze (2/3) … Jim
Browning and Charley Strack drew (30:00) … Al Morelli b. Bob Wilkie (20:27) … Len
Macaluso b. Pat O’Hara (8:17) … Casey Kazanjian b. Lloyd Stewart (7:04) … Buck Weaver
b. Stanley Sitkowski (4:27) … Al Beveridge and Archie Golembeskie drew (10:00) … Jake
Patterson and John Spellman drew (10:00) … Pat Reilly and Jack Wagner drew (10:00) …
Charlie Hansen and Marvin Westenberg drew (10:00) … (promoter: Paul Bowser) …
(referee: Charley Donnell) … (14,000 fans) (3,000 turned away)
Notes: DeGlane was reportedly flying in from Tulsa. Kazanjian was from Stanford University
and Archie Colembeski from Holy Cross. Al Beveridge and Lloyd Stuart were said to be from
Boston.

Holyoke, Massachusetts: Friday, January 22, 1932
( ) … Ed Don George b. Raoul Simon (2/3) … Pete Ladjimi b. John Spellman
Note: George was said to have broken two of Simon’s ribs.

Lowell, Massachsuetts: Friday, January 22, 1932
( ) … Nick Lutze b. Tommy Texas (2-0) … Charles Leahman b. George Sanderson (23:18)

Salem, Massachusetts: Friday, January 22, 1932
(North Street Arena) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Dr. Freddie Meyers (2/3) … “Farmer” George
McLeod and Charley Strack drew (30:00) … Al Mercier b. Frank Yusko (20:40) … Frank
Bettencourt and Lloyd Stewart drew (20:00)

Haverhill, Massachusetts: Monday, January 25, 1932
(Liberty Hall) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Pat O’Reilly (2-0) … Charley Strack b. Leo Hyatt (14:
00) … Armand Decoteau and John Foley drew … Gus Johnson b. Jack Martin (dec., 10:00)

Brockton, Massachusetts: Tuesday, January 26, 1932
(The Arena) … Pat McGill b. Lee Wykoff (Wykoff was unable to continue after missing a
flying tackle) … Iron Man Shey b. John Adams … Leo Newman and Nick Skotos drew …
Charlie Hanson b. Dimitri Dimitroff

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, January 27, 1932
(Boston Garden) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. Pat O’Shocker (11:20) (O’Shocker suffered a
“severe” cut over his left eye and needed six stitches) … George Zaharias b. Jim McNamara
(14:45) … Ernie Dusek and Dick Shikat drew (30:00) … Leo Pinetzki b. Mike Romano (3:40)
… Kola Kwariani b. Renato Gardini (7:08) … Hans Steinke b. George Manich (19:27) …
(promoter: Ray Fabiani) … (wrestling director: Joe “Toots” Mondt)
Notes: Ed “Strangler” Lewis was said to be a “former member of the Bowser brigade, but
now associated with the Curley crew.” It was biled as his “debut as a member of Jack Curley’
s crew of grapplers.” Jack Pfeffer was said to be the manager of Leo Pinetzki, a Polish
wrestler. Pinetzki reportedly beat George Hagen in six minutes, a feat that took Jim Londos
46 minutes and Ed Lewis 54 minutes to accomplish. Reportedly, Pinetzki stood 6’8” and
weighed 283 pounds. Prior to this show, rival promoter Paul Bowser sought a court
injunction to prevent Lewis from wrestling on this program, claiming he had an exclusive
contract with the “Strangler.” Judge Franklin T. Hammond of Suffolk Superior Court refused
to issue the injunction on January 26. This show marked the beginning of the local war
between Mondt and Curley and Paul Bowser. David F. Egan, in his post-show report in the
Boston Globe, said that Lewis had “displayed a ferocity which he has never before showed
on a Boston mat,” in his bout with O’Shocker. Lewis was returning to Boston after a three
year hiatus. There was a report that there was “bad blood” between Lewis and Daviscourt,
and that was why the latter suffered the eye injury. Lewis claimed it was an accident. The
Globe stated that the two wrestlers had engaged in at least two bitter match-ups, “notably in
Arizona.”

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, January 27, 1932
(Boston Opera House) … Kewpie Kilroy b. Gorilla Cranston (2/3) … Ted Germaine and Ed
McNeil drew (30:00) … Jake Schaefer and Sahib Seibey drew (15:00) … Cowboy Hughes
and Stewart Spears drew (15:00) … George Linnehan and Fred Whittiker drew (15:00) …
Arthur Flynn and Al Rizzo drew (30:00) … Jimmy Trephon b. Fred Downing (16:50) … Paul
Adams b. Bill Brooks (21:40) … (promoter: Charley Gordon)
Notes: The Opera House was on Huntington Avenue. Art Flynn was said to be an ex-
middleweight boxer. Fred Whittaker was a policeman in Boston.

Lynn, Massachusetts: Wednesday, January 27, 1932
(Lasters Hall) … Lee Wykoff b. Bull Martin (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Joe DeVito and Nick
Skotos drew (30:00) … Lou Andrews and Ralph Fay drew (30:00) … “Farmer” George
McLeod b. Eddie Elzea (16:00) … Jim Brown b. Farmer Johnson (7:00) … (referee: Harry
Ketchum) … (2,200 fans)

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, January 28, 1932
(Boston Arena) … Bob “Bibber” McCoy b. Al Morelli (2/3) … Dr. Freddie Meyer and “Count”
George Zarynoff drew (30:00) … “Farmer” George McLeod b. Pat Reilly (17:20) … Leo
Numa b. Earl Tompkins (7:05) … Pete Ladjimi b. Tommy Texis (6:17) … Sam Cordovano b.
George Saunders (6:52) … Harry Cornsweet b. Nillo Nardi (4:43) … Farmer Bailey b. Jimmy
Nelson (2:07) … Joe DeVito and Al Mercier drew … John Grandovitch and Hans Schroeder
drew (10:00) … (promoter: Paul Bowser)
Notes: Hans Schroeder was making his local debut. He was called a “playmate” of Max
Schmeling. The two boxed together in Germany, and reportedly, while the two were at
Heidelberg University, Schroeder could “outbox” Schmeling, but preferred to wrestle than
box. Frank Dellamano was called the “trainer” for world heavyweight champion Henri
DeGlane. McCoy was said to be the first to beat Al Morelli in more than 100 matches and it
was considered an upset.

Lowell, Massachusetts: Friday, January 29, 1932
( ) … “Count” George Zarynoff b. Al Beveridge (2-0)

Salem, Massachusetts: Friday, January 29, 1932
(North Street Arena) … Jim Browning b. John Grandovitch (1:07:00) … Bull Martin b. Jack
Maloney (21:12) … Jack Ganson and Hans Schroeder drew (30:00) … Carmon Corone and
Tarzan Tretola drew (20:00)

Melrose, Massachusetts: Monday, February 1, 1932
(City Hall) … Chief Red Cloud b. George Saunders (2/3) (Saunders used a flying tackle to
win the second fall) … Dynamite Dunn and “Tiger” Jack Young drew (25:00) … Ted
Germaine b. Winn Robbins (17:40) … George Linnehan b. Bill Foley (13:10) … Jack
Ryerson and Al Whitner drew (20:00) … (“record” crowd)
Note: Robbins was from Pawtucket.

Worcester, Massachusetts: Monday, February 1, 1932
( ) … Jim Browning b. Billy Bartush (1:14:45) … John “Casey” Kazanjian b. Bob Wilkie (20:
45) … Charlie Hansen b. Pat O’Hara (11:20) … Rudy LaDitzi b. George Saunders
Note: George Saunders was reported to be in Melrose and Worcester, Massachusetts both
on Monday evening. The one in Melrose was said to be from New Orleans.

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, February 3, 1932
(Shubert Theatre) … Paul Adams b. Ed McNeil (2-0) … Joseph DeMar and Mike Telychim
drew (30:00) … Frank Bruno b. Jack Reyerson (11:40) … Gorilla Cranston and Lord
Chapman drew (15:00) … Bill Dolan and Jack Schaefer drew (15:00) … Dynamite Dunn and
George Linnehan drew (15:00) … Ted Germaine b. Guy Bixby (10:40) … Jim Wallis b.
Tarzan Petralie (16:12) … (promoter: Charley Gordon) … (referee: Joe Beston) …
(sponsored by: Massachusetts Wrestling Association) … (1,500+ fans)
Notes: The Theatre was on Tremont Street. Al Vantres was again called the World
Middleweight Champion. Ed McNeil was called the New Hampshire Middleweight Champion.

Springfield, Massachsuetts: Wednesday, February 3, 1932
(The Auditorium) … Ed Don George b. Frank Judson (2/3) … Charlie Hansen b. Pat Reilly
(19:38) … (promoter: Clarence H. Marshman)
Note: Reilly was said to be from San Francisco.

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, February 4, 1932
(Boston Arena) … Jim Browning b. Nick Lutze (2/3) (Lutze was accompanied by John
Maloney) … Joe Malcewicz and Pat McGill drew (30:00) (the wrestlers fought up and down
the aisle and even out the door of the Arena, out into the snowstorm) (police had to force
them back into the ring) … “Farmer” George McLeod b. Bull Martin (21:35) … Al Morelli and
Stanley Pinto drew (15:00) … Casey Kazanjian b. Tony Felice (7:24) … Hans Schroeder b.
Tommy Texis (7:30) … Harry Cornsweet and Al Mercier drew … Dr. Len Hall and Jake
Patterson drew … “Fats” Carmichael and Ivan Vakturoff drew … Joe DeVito and Raoul
Simon drew … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (referees: Charles Donnell, Sam L. Smith) …
(7,000 fans)
Notes: The newspaper called Nick Lutze the “most popular pachyderm Boston has known in
many years.” Browning, with the victory, furthered his chances for a match with Henri
DeGlane for the championship. A blizzard reportedly kept fans away from the Arena.

Salem, Massachusetts: Friday, February 5, 1932
(North Street Arena) … Ed Don George b. Bull Martin (2-0) … Stanley Pinto and Raoul
Simon drew (30:00) … Harry Katron b. Joe Kennely (15:16) … Lee Wykoff b. Tommy Texis
(13:00) (airplane spin)

Brockton, Massachusetts: Tuesday, February 9, 1932
(Th Arena) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Frank Judson (2/3) … Jack Albright b. Tommy Texis (18:
00) … Iron Man Sney and Stuart Speers drew (20:00) … Charlie Hansen and Charley
Leahman drew (30:00) … (sponsored by the Brockton A.A.) … (2,000 fans)
Notes: Albright was from Chicago, Sney from Rockland, Speers from Hyde Park, and
Leahman from Ohio. Texis was from Greece, reportedly.

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, February 10, 1932
(Boston Garden) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. Gino Garibaldi (2-0) … Ray Steele b. Pat O’
Shocker (17:45) (the two wrestlers fought outside the ring and into the aisleways) … Jack
Washburn b. Paul Harper (10:45) … George Zaharias b. Jack Schaeffer (11:53) … Kola
Kwariani b. Frank Speers (15:53) … Ernie Dusek b. Joe Shimkus (10:18) … Fred Grubmier
and George Kotsonaros drew (20:00) … Dick Shikat b. “Sailor” Jack Lewis (7:38) … Leo
Pinetzki b. Don DeLaun (2:40) and John Maxos (4:41) … (promoter: Ray Fabiani) …
(matchmaker: Joe “Toots” Mondt) … (6,000 fans)
Notes: If Pinetzki didn’t throw both his opponents in 20-minutes, the $2,000 he posted would
be turned over to the Boston unemployment fund. In the February 9 edition of the Boston
Globe, there was a quote from Gino Garibaldi saying “I’m going to take that N.B.A.
championship belt away from ‘Strangler’ Lewis when we meet at the Garden Wednesday
night.” Lewis reportedly wanted to wrestle Londos and DeGlane and was “anxious to once
more become undisputed world heavyweight champion.” It was said that “many regard [Ray
Steele] as the greatest wrestler in the world” in the Globe on February 10. The paper said
that George Kotsonaros “played the part of an infuriated gorilla in one of the talking pictures
supposed to have been filmed in Africa,” and David Egan indicated that Pat “O’Shocker has
been the greatest gate attraction the Garden has known.” He wrote that “they have been
heaving [O’Shocker] in so often with Jim Londos and Strangler Lewis that the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to O’Shocker is now an active organization.” Also that Steele “is
accounted an even greater wrestler than Londos or Lewis.”

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, February 10, 1932
(Shubert Theatre) … Ted Germaine b. Ali Baba (2/3) … Fred Bruno and Sam Gardner drew
(30:00) … Charles Platus and Bill Robins drew (15:00) … Art Flynn b. Al Whiting (8:04)
(flying tackle) … George Linnehan b. Joseph Cook (9:50) (flying tackle) … Bill Dolan and
Rockey Stone drew (15:00) … Joe Demar and Stewart Spears drew (15:00) … Sahib Seibeg
b. Jack Morgan (20:23) … (promoter: Charley Gordon) … (capacity crowd)
Notes: Gordon was introducing Ali Baba, who was known as the “Arabian Sheik.” Morgan
was said to be from Tufts College. Linnehan was from California. Robins from Pawtucket
and Platus from Hartford.

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, February 11, 1932
(Boston Arena) … Ed Don George b. “Count” George Zarynoff (2/3) (Zarynoff was a late
substitute for Bibber McCoy) … Al Morelli b. Tommy Texis (3:32) (flying tackle) … Charlie
Strack and Lee Wykoff drew (20:00) … “Farmer” George McLeod b. Pat McKay (21:15) …
Eddie Elzea b. Floyd Stewart (8:07) … “Fats” Carmichael and Al Peckham drew (10:00) …
John Grandovitch b. Nick Elich (3:42) … Jake Patterson and Buck Weaver drew (10:00) …
Charlie Hansen b. Al Beveridge (7:00) … Rudy LaDitzi b. George LaSan (8:47) …
(promoter: Paul Bowser) … (referees: Charles Donnell, Sam Smith)
Notes: Charlie Strack was called the “successor to ‘Rough House’ Stanley Stasiak,” and
known for his vicious tactics. LaDitzi was said to be from Hungary. Morelli was a football
player at guard for three years at Boston College. The Hingham Community Band played
throughout the show. Al Peckham of Dorchester was said to have recently graduated from
the Massachustts Wrestling Association ranks. Al Beveridge was reportedly a leading
“semipro” football player in Greater Boston.

*A report in the Friday, February 12, 1932 edition of the Boston Globe stated that Jim
Browning was suing Henri DeGlane for $100,000 for a breach of contract. DeGlane
reportedly refused to meet Browning for the a championship match in Boston. Browning was
represented by Logan, McLean and Walsh and was said to have posted $5,000 to meet
DeGlane. DeGlane said that he will give Browning match and that he is 15 pounds under his
weight, in peak condition.

Salem, Massachusetts: Friday, February 12, 1932
(North Street Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Henri DeGlane b. Lee Wykoff (2/3) …
Al Mercier b. Eddie Elzea (26:02) … Frank Bettencourt and Dr. Ed Sullivan drew (20:00) …
Jack Wagner b. Nick Skotos (18:10)

East Boston, Massachusets: Monday, February 15, 1932
(Columbus Hall) … Ted Germaine b. Gus Malcolm (2-0) … Bill Dolan and Lord Chapman
drew (15:00) … American Legion champion “Roughhouse” Murphy and Gus “Bearcat”
Johnson drew (15:00) … Nick Coste and Frank Downey drew … Eddie Flealie and Arvt
Rahko drew … (promoter: William J. Regan) … (sponsored by: American Legion, Lt.
Lawrence J. Flaherty Post)
Notes: Germaine was called the “South Boston Terror” and weighed 165 pounds. Dolan
was from Dedham and Gus Johnson, the “Bearcat,” from Lowell.

Melrose, Massachusetts: Monday, February 15, 1932
(City Hall) … George Linnehan b. Ted Morgan (2-0) … “Tiger” Jack Young b. Dick Breu
(flying tackle) … Dynamite Dunn and Jack Ryerson drew (20:00) … Eddie Gill and Ted
Landry drew (15:00) … Fred Gilman b. “Red” Anderson (15:30) … (sponsored by:
American Legion, Post 90)
Notes: Morgan was from Tufts College. Andreson was from Australia, Ryerson from
Haverhill, Dunn from Montreal, and Landry from Pepperill. Gilman was said to be from
Everett.

Worcester, Massachusetts: Monday, February 15, 1932
( ) … Ed Don George b. Lee Wykoff (2/3) … Charlie Hansen and Charley Strack drew (30:
00) … Marvin Westenberg b. Rudy LaDitzi (countout) … Lennert Anderson and John
“Casey” Kazanjian drew (30:00)

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, February 17, 1932
(Mechanics Building) … World Middleweight Champion Al Vantres b. Paul Adams (2-0) (after
the match, Vantres brawled with the referee) … George DeGillis and Ed McNeil drew (30:00)
… Dynamite Dunn and Sahib Seibed drew (15:00) … Steve Passas b. Romanoff (16:29) …
Jimmy Trephon b. Marshall Nuise (8:04) … William “Bill” Dolan b. Tarzan (5:06) … Ali Baba
b. Earl Anderson (8:22) … Fred Bruno b. Joseph DeMar (12:14) … Ted Germaine and
William Rudy drew (15:00) … George Linnehan b. Bob Stanley (8:16) … (promoter: Charley
Gordon) … (referee: Joe Beston) … (sponsored by: Massachusetts Wrestling Association)
… (5,000 fans)

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, February 18, 1932
(Boston Arena) … Gus Sonnenberg b. “Farmer” George McLeod (2-0) … Joe Malcewicz and
Jack Sherry drew (30:00) … Charley Strack b. Jake Patterson (15:43) (Strack fought with the
referee) … Leo Numa and Lee Wykoff drew (15:00) … Dr. Len Hall and Bob Wilkie drew (15:
00) … Raoul Simon and Frank Yusko drew (10:00) … Harry Cornsweet and Pat McKay drew
(10:00) … Rudy LaDitzi and Mike Miller drew (10:00) … Arthur Flynn b. Joe Cook (6:13) …
Marin Plestina b. Stanley Sitkowski (1:42) … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (referee: Charles
Donnell)
Notes: Sonnenberg “is still the biggest gate attraction in wrestling, with only Jim Londos and
Nick Lutze to dispute his claim to popularity,” according to David F. Egan in the Boston
Globe. DeGlane was reportedly resting at a lodge near Montreal. Jack Sherry has been
challenging DeGlane, Londos and others over the course of the last year, and was called
the “uncrowned champion” by some. McLeod was called a “brilliant prospect until he was
injured a year ago.” Plestina was called the “old trust-buster.”

Brockton, Massachusetts: Thursday, February 18, 1932
( ) … Jack Washburn b. George Wilczewski (2-0) … Ralph Fay and Jim Trephon drew (20:
00) … “Tiger” Jack Young b. Mike Callihan (21:00) (flying tackle) … Joe Shinkus b. Jim
Wallis (14:00) … (800+ fans)
Notes: This was the debut for the Acropolis A.A. in Brockton, featuring stars from the Curley-
Mondt troupe. The Bowser troupe were already running shows in Brockton. There was also
wrestlers from the Massachusetts Wrestling Association featured on this program.

Lowell, Massachusetts: Friday, February 19, 1932
( ) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Jim Heslin (2-0) … (largest crowd of the season)

Salem, Massachusetts: Friday, February 19, 1932
(North Street Arena) … “Count” George Zarynoff b. Al Mercier (2/3) (third fall by countout
when Mercier missed a flying tackle and went through the ropes to the floor) … Jim Browning
and Charley Strack drew (30:00) … Jake Jacobson b. Jim Nelson (10:40) … Raoul Simon b.
Stanley Sitkowski (11:00) … (sponsored by: American Legion, Post 23) … (1,500 fans)
Note: Simon was from Montreal.

Brockton, Massaschusetts: Tuesday, February 23, 1932
(Brockton Arena) … Pat McGill b. Nick Skotos (2-0) … Bull Martin and Charley Strack drew
(45:00) … Fred Allen b. James Farrar … Harry Capron b. Iron Man Snez … Bad Boy
Peterson and George Saunders drew (20:00)
Notes: Allen was from Middleboro, Capron from Portland, Maine, and Skotos from Greece.

Lynn, Massachusetts: Tuesday, February 23, 1932
(Lasters Hall) … Jack Sherry b. Tommy Texis (2-0) … Andy Brown and Stanley Pinto drew
(30:00) … John Grandovitch and Raoul Simon drew (15:00) … Carmen Carone b. Tom
DeLeon (12:00) … Mike Miller b. George LaSan (DQ)

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, February 24, 1932
(Boston Garden) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Ray Steele drew (90:00) (Lewis won the first
fall in 1:06:15, and Steele took the second in 13:33) … Jack Washburn b. Jack Smith (Smith
suffered a broken nose) (Washburn threw the referee from the ring) … The Masked Marvel
b. Tiny Ruff (6:40) … Sammy Stein b. Pat Corrigan (18:30) … Herman Hickman b. Bill Nelson
(5:38) … Earl McCready and “Farmer” George McLeod drew (20:00) … Paul Harper b. Jake
Burke (7:19) … Kola Kwariani b. Ernie Dusek (dec., 20:00) … George Kotsonaros b. Vanka
“Nick” Zelesniak (15:05) … Joe Shimkus and “Tiger” Jack Young drew … (promoter: Ray
Fabiani) … (referee: Bert Potts) … (matchmaker: Joe “Toots” Mondt) … (sponsored by: Y
D. [Yankee Division] Club of Boston)
Notes: Said to be the first time Lewis and Steele had ever met, and Steele was reportedly
undefeated in Boston. Steele, accordng to David F. Egan of the Boston Globe, had been
“patroling the beat of Londos for the past two years,” and serving as the champion’s
“policeman.” He wrote, “whenver somebody threatened Jeemee’s crown, Londos would
politely suggest that he first wrestle Steele.” He said that Londos has been the only wrestler
“to defeat Steele with any degree of consistency.” Egan didn’t know “that any of the other
gentlemen of the Curley ensemble have up-ended the Californian, for it takes a really great
wrestler to beat him.” There were rumors to the effect that Lewis would face Jim Londos in
New York at Madison Square Garden if he beat Steele. It was said to be Lewis’s most
important bout since losing his championship to Henri DeGlane in Montreal. “Farmer”
George McLeod wrestled in the main event of Bowser’s show last Thursday, and here was
wrestling for the rival troupe. The newspaper stated “McLeod has long been recognized as
a Paul Bowser ‘policeman,’ and it will be interesting to see what happens in this clash of the
two rival factions.” McLeod was billed as still being fom the “Bowser troupe.” On the surface,
it seemed as if McLeod jumped from the Bowser to Mondt syndicates, and Egan confirmed it
in his February 25 report, saying that McLeod “switched from Paul Bowser’s troupe after
Herr Gustave Sonnenberg threw him for a couple of lusty loops last week, appeared under
‘Toots’ Mondt’s colors.” There was said to be a $1,000 side-bet between McLeod and Earl
McCready. Jack Washburn was arrested and charged with assault on referee Potts. It was
stated that Potts suffered a concussion. Nelson was from St. Louis and Burke from Chicago.

*A report in the Thursday, February 25, 1932, evening edition of the Boston Globe, stated
that Jack Washburn was arraigned in Municipal Court on charges of assault and battery on
referee Bert Potts. Washburn plead not guilty and a $10,000 bail was set initially, then
reduced to $500. Washburn remained in jail overnight, then got out on Thursday.
Washburn was said to be from Los Angeles.

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, February 25, 1932
(Boston Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Henri DeGlane b. Jim Browning (2/3)
(DeGlane won the first fall in 34:35, Browning won the second in 19:21, DeGlane won the
third in 9:41) … “Count” George Zarynoff b. Pat Reilly (18:37) … Dr. Freddie Meyers and
Charlie Strack drew (15:00) … Casey Kazanjian b. Boris Demetroff (8:15) … Rudy LaDitzi b.
Pat O’Hara (6:58) … Pat McKay b. Mike Miller (6:50) … John Podubny and Buck Weaver
drew … Marin Plestina and Raoul Simon drew … Andy Brown and Marvin Westenberg drew
… Patsy Flanigan and Charlie Hanson drew … Pat McGill and Al Morelli drew (20:00) …
(promoter: Paul Bowser) … (referee: Charles Donnell) … (in attendance: Will King,
Associated Press writer, Jack Washburn) … (10,000+ fans)
Notes: Egan of the Boston Globe wrote “This department has great admiration for DeGlane,
regardless of what the public thinks. Perhaps he is not a great wrestler, but he has pride in
his calling and an unbreakable belief in his own destiny. DeGlane has kept marching
forward, a true champion if ever one was born – perhaps not in wrestling ability, but in raw
courage and the refusal to submit to defeat.” Dr. Meyer was a “formation National AAU
champion.” Kazanjian was a “hammer-throw expert from Stanford University,” and Flanigan
played football and wrestled at the University of Southern California. Browning was called
“James Orval Browning.” DeGlane was reportedly carrying a “$10,000 diamond studded
belt.”

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, February 25, 1932
(Mechanics Building) … Steve Passas b. Fred Bruno (1-0) (1:15:42) (Bruno was unable to
continue for the second fall … Sahib Seibeg b. Jack Miller (21:23) … Cowboy Hughes and
Joe DeMar drew (10:00) … Arvi Saasth and Jim Trephon drew (10:00) … Bill Dolan b. Bob
Stanley (7:45) … Bill Rudy b. Bill Foley (4:04) … Sam Gardner and George Linnehan drew
(10:00) … Lord Chapman and Jack Morgan drew (15:00) … Ted Germaine b. Ed Faiella (8:
43) … Ali Baba b. Steve Spears (20:51) … (promoter: Charley Gordon) … (sponsored by:
Massachusetts Wrestling Association)
Notes: Steve Passas of Hartford was called a “claimant of the light heavyweight wrestling
title.”

*The Friday, February 26, 1932 edition of the Boston Globe stated that Jack Washburn
would go on trial on Monday in Municipal Court. Potts had been discharged from the
hospital Thursday afternoon, and his injuries were less than originally suspected. He had
suffereda bruised spine and other various brusing.

Salem, Massachusetts: Friday, February 26, 1932
(North Street Arena) … Lee Wykoff b. Jake Patterson (2-0) … Charles Strack b. Eddie Elzea
(21:00) … Jake Jacobson b. George LeSan …. Frank Bettencourt b. Dr. Ed Sullivan

Brockton, Massachusetts: Tuesday, March 1, 1932
( ) … Charlie Hansen b. Jack Albright … Jack Ganson and George Zarynoff drew (45:00)

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, March 2, 1932
(Boston Garden)

… (matchmaker: Joe “Toots” Mondt) … (benefit for the Boston Chapter of the Maccabee
Association of America, “an organization that promotes athletics among the Jewish youth”)
Notes: Dave White was president of the Boston Chapter of the Maccabees.

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, April 7, 1932
(Boston Arena) …World Heavyweight Champion Henri DeGlane b. Ed Don George (2/3)
(DeGlane won the first fall in 13:47, George won the second in 24:43, DeGlane won the third
in 14:27) … Jim Browning and Nick Lutze drew (30:00) … (promoter: Paul Bowser) …
(15,000 fans)
Note: Billed as an “unemployment show.”

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, April 13, 1932
(Boston Garden) ... Jack Washburn b. The Masked Marvel (5:52) (body slam) (Marvel was
unable to continue)
Note: Marvel was unmasked to reveal Milo Steinborn.

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, April 27, 1932
(Boston Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Jack Washburn (2-0)
(Londos won the second fall by disqualification when Washburn punched Londos with a right
to the face) … (15,000 fans)

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, May 19, 1932
(The Arena) ... Jack Sherry b. Charlie Strack (2:50) (body slam)

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, June 2, 1932
( ) ... World Heavyweight Champion Henri DeGlane b. Jim Browning (1:16:00) (body slam) ...
Nick Lutze and Al Morelli drew (30:00)

Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Monday, June 20, 1932
( ) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Pat Fraley when the latter was unable to continue

Boston, Massachustts: Thursday, June 30, 1932
( ) … World Heavyweight Champion Henri DeGlane and Gus Sonnenberg wrestled to a
double-countout (1-hour, 35-minute match) (referee called it an “unfinished contest”) … Al
Morelli b. Mike Mazurki (7 seconds) … Joe Malcewicz b. Boris Demitroff (6:20) … (promoter:
Paul Bowser) … (referee: Sam Smith) … (sponsored by: American Legion)

Boston, Massachusetts: Thursday, July 21, 1932
(Braves Field) … World Heavyweight Champion Henri DeGlane b. Jack Washburn (2-0)
(DeGlane won the first fall by disqualification) … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (20,000 fans)
… (gate: $26,000)
Note: Washburn, reportedly, worked for the “opposition troupe” and this was booked as
some sort of inter-promotional shoot match.

Boston, Massachustts: Tuesday, October 25, 1932
( ) … George Lenihan b. Archie Campbell … Frank Malcewicz and Pete Sturgis drew …
Jackie Nichols and Jimmy Trephon drew … Jack Ellis b. Joe Kujot

Research by Tim Hornbaker
October 8, 2010

Boston Wrestling Results - 1932