Boston Wrestling Results

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, January 24, 1934
( ) ... World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Joe Malcewicz (forfeited fall after falling
from the ring) (48:32)

*On Monday, July 2, 1934, Ed Don George, recognized locally as world champion, and Jim
Londos, recognized by the NWA and in New York State as champion, agreed to terms to
wrestle at Fenway Park on July 18. “According to Bowser, George will get the champion’s
share of 37 ½ percent and Londos the challenger’s end of 12 ½ percent. The bout will be
promoted for the benefit of a local Christmas basket fund,” the Boston Globe reported. It
was said that George and Londos had previously been “as far apart as the Statue of Liberty
and the Eifel Tower.”

Revere, Massachusetts: Monday, July 2, 1934
(Cycle Track) … Yankee Hall b. Charley Allen (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Sahib Siberg b. Jack
Spanks (18:05) … Gene Pelletier b. Peter Wichenoff (9:59) … Jack Stearns b. Jim Spencer
(DQ) (18:40) ... Louis Foote b. Bob Marshall (18:40) (flying tackle)

*The Tuesday, July 3, 1934 edition of the Boston Globe stated: “Both Ed Don [George] and
Jeemy [Jim Londos] claim they can show that to each belongs the heavyweight mat title.
George goes back to old Hackenschmidt himself, while, according to Londos, the crown
Jimmy is now wearing antedates even Hackenschmidt.” It was predicted that they bring out a
“record breaking crowd to a New England sporting event. Wrestling has been thriving better
in Boston than any place in the country, and the bout may draw more money than any mat
bout ever has in the East.”

Topesfield, Massachusetts: Tuesday, July 3, 1934
(Fairgrounds) … Art Flynn b. Fred Bruno (2/3) (third fall by DQ) (Bruno rubbed a handful of
dirt in Flynn’s eyes) … Paddy Mack b. Jim Spencer (DQ) … Mephisto b. Joe Peters (19:00)
(piledriver) … John Iovanna and Buddy Ryan drew … Chicago Mike b. Sahib Sebeg
Notes: Chicago Mike was 530 pounds. Ryan was from Providence and Iovanna was from
Quincy.

Salem, Massachusetts: Friday, July 6, 1934
(North Street Arena) … “Max” Mephisto b. Fred Bruno (2-0) … Lloyd Stewart b. Chuck
Montana (DQ) (25:51) … Paddy Mack b. Mike Tellegen (DQ) (12:58) … John Iovanna b. Bill
Rudy (DQ) (11:52) … George Nerio b. Joseph Peters (11:10)
Notes: Mephisto was said to be from Germany. Stewart was from Lynn, Montana from
Detroit, and Mack from Philadelphia. Tellegen was from Ukrainia. Peters was from
Paterson, NJ and Nerio from Boston.

*The Monday, July 9, 1934 edition of the Boston Globe continued the hype for the Londos-
George “shooting match.” Londos was scheduled to arrive on Tuesday and train with Bull
Martin.

Revere, Massachusetts: Monday, July 9, 1934
(Cycle Track) … New England Middleweight Champion Dr. Louis Altshuler b. Lewis Foote
(2/3) … Paddy Mack b. Jim Spencer (10:05) … Eddie B. Adam b. Lloyd Stewart (DQ) … Paul
O’Leary b. Tubber Carter … Jim Spencer b. Joe Mal (DQ) … “Marty” Levy b. Midnight
Curley, Wally Smith and Whitey Collins in a battle royal (4:12) … (2,000 fans)
Notes: Mack arrived at the Revere Cycle Track from Braves Field, where he beat Frank
Carney in a boxing match by knockout. Spencer was from Bates College. Foote was from
Salem, Adam from Worcester, O’Leary and Carter from Winthrop. Collins was from South
Boston.

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, July 11, 1934
(Boston Arena) … Ernie Dusek b. Al Mercier (1:25:30) … Bull Martin and Dick Stahl drew (30:
00) … Pat O’Hara b. Les Ryan (11:32) … Harry Lewis b. Dave Mann (6:27) … Frank Doyle
b. Roy Carson (6:25) … Farmer Boy Mack b. Jay Froedi (7:23) … Bob Russell and George
Saunders drew (20:00) … John Spellman b. Andy Brown (13:27) … (promoter: Alex
McLean) … (announcer: Whitey Kaunfer) … (5,000 fans)
Notes: During the show, Ed Don George and Jim Londos were announced to the crowd, and
both were applauded.

*By July 16, 1934, the advance sale for the bout passed $12,000, and the crowd was
expected to exceed 30,000, if the weather held. Promoter Paul Bowser hired four private
detectives to protect both Jim Londos and Ed Don George. There was a report that one of
the two wrestles were threatened with kidnapping with a $10,000 blackmail scheme against
Bowser.

Revere, Massachusetts: Monday, July 16, 1934
(Cycle Track) … Paddy Mack b. Ray Stewart (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Johnny Iovanna and
Billy Rudy drew (30:00) … Paul O’Leary and Billy Rose drew (10:00) … Martin Levy and
Rocky Stone drew (10:00) … Jack Spanks b. Farmer Raymond (16:35)
Notes: Levy’s last name was spelled “Levi,” and he was said to be a 525-pounder from
Quincy.

Nantucket, Massachusetts: Monday, July 16, 1934
(Fairground Arena) … Henri DeGlane b. John “Gorilla” Spellman (2/3) … Jim Wallis b. Harry
Lewis (22:00) (flying tackles) … Jim Kendrick b. Abe Rothberg (18:00) … Manuel Souza and
Jack Sylvia drew (10:00) … (referee: Leon Burbank)

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, July 18, 1934
(“New” Fenway Park) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos and AWA World
Heavyweight Champion Ed Don George drew (3:14:13) (1-1) (George won the initial fall in
27:57, Londos won the second in 34:09) … Henri DeGlane and Nick Lutze drew (30:00) …
Sam Cordovano b. Pete Tingus (5:53) (flying tackle) … Bull Martin and Red O’Dell drew (10:
00) … Billy Bartush and Bibber McCoy drew (10:00) … Pat O’Hara b. Mike Romano (8:34) …
John Spellman b. George Saunders (12:55) … Len Macaluso and Karl Pojello drew (15:00)
… Hans Steinke b. Boris Demetroff (8:12) … Everette Marshall b. Fred Carone (5:43) …
Ernie Dusek and Joe Malcewicz drew (20:00) … (promoter: Paul Bowser) … (referee: Ted
Tonneman) … (30,000 fans)
Notes: The ring was “above the infield” at the park. George claimed the World
Championship in New England, Canada, and California, while Londos was backed by the
NWA (32 states), and both the New York and Pennsylvania Athletic Commissions. Bowser
sent invitations to the show to many movers and shakers, from Governor Ely and Mayor
Mansfield. It was said to be “king meets king,” and when the match was over, wrestling was
going to only have one king, according to “Sportsman” of the Boston Globe. George
weighed 219 to Londos’s 201. George, with Earl Caddock, were the only two men to have
held a national amateur and “a professional title.” The match ended at 2:38 a.m, having
begun at 11:00 the night before. Prior to his match, Nick Lutze was presented with a silver
cup as a “gift of a group of fans, who, according to an announcement, wished to show their
appreciation” of his “fine sportsmanship.” It was the second longest match in Boston history,
surpassed by the Lewis-Malcewicz bout nine years earlier. “The attendance was the largest
at a wrestling show in New England and the receipts were expected to be the second
largest,” according to the Boston Globe. Another report from the paper said that between
25-26,000 paid $36-37,000 to see the bout. After the match, Londos said that he had never
engaged in a match that long before in his career, and tried to cancel a match in
Washington D.C. to recover, but the promoter wouldn’t consider it. Bowser planned to hold
his next show in September. George had a match the following Monday in Montreal,
Tuesday in Three Rivers, Quebec, and in Quebec City on Wednesday. Then he planned a
two weeks vacation in North Java, New York with family.

Boston, Massachusetts: Wednesday, July 25, 1934
(Boston Arena) … Ernie Dusek and Nick Lutze drew (1-1) (89:45) … John Spellman and
Dick Stahl drew (30:00) … Harry Lundin and Pat O’Hara drew (15:00) … Joe Kujot and Jack
Ross drew (15:00) … Tony Siano b. Frank Downey (7:11) … Farmer Boy Mack b. Phil
Sandler (6:34) … Bob Russell b. Harry Lewis (16:32) … Bull Martin b. George Saunders (16:
11) … (promoter: Alex McLean) … (5,000 fans)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 28, 2007

Boston Wrestling Results - 1934