Boston, Massachusetts:  January 4, 1935
(Boston Garden) ... Danno O'Mahoney b. Ernie Dusek (2-0) (10:17, 16:50) ... Rudy Dusek b.
Len Macaluso (31:57) ... Leo Numa b. Bull Martin (DQ) (9:38) ... The Mysterious Ghost b. Red
O'Dell (6:35) ... Jim Garms and John Spellman drew (10:00) ... John Malmberg and Rob Russell
drew (15:00) ... Rube Wright b. Stan Sidowski (3:57) ... Rudy LaDitzi and Al Sparks drew (10:00)
... Dick Shikat b. Gene LeDoux (8:08) ... (promoter:  Paul Bowser) ... (referees:  Sam Smith, Al
Morelli) ... (14-15,000 fans in attendance)
Notes:  O'Mahoney reportedly had signed a 5-year contract with Jack McGrath and it was
claimed that O'Mahoney had defeated Ed "Strangler" Lewis.  It was claimed that O'Mahoney
wanted to wrestle Ed Don George in Dublin for the world championship.  This marked his
American wrestling debut.


Boston, Massachusetts:  Friday, March 15, 1935
(Boston Garden) ... World Heavyweight Champion Ed Don George b. George Zaharias (2/3)
(third fall by DQ)
Note:  Zaharias attacked the referee during the third fall, starting a small riot.


Boston, Massachusetts:  Wednesday, April 24, 1935
(The Arena) ... Leo Numa b. Scotty MacDougall (1:11:00) ... Emil Dusek b. Bob "Legs" Langevin
(13:30) ... Harry Piers b. John Schaeffer ... Count Palowski b. Eddie Eizear ... Leo Hyatt and
Tommy Rae drew (20:00) ... Abe Yourist b. Farmer Raymond (6:35) ... Fred Doyle b. Fred Perry
(8:51) ... (promoter:  Alex McLean)

Boston, Massachusetts:  Friday, April 26, 1935
(Boston Garden) … Danno O’Mahoney b. Ed “Strangler” Lewis (21:27) (one-fall) (after the first
fall, a brawl ensued and O'Mahoney reportedly knocked Lewis out) (Lewis was carried to his
dressing room) … Gino Garibaldi b. Bull Martin (14:25) ... Fred Moran and Jim Wallace drew ...
Henri Piers and John Spellman drew ... Dick Shikat b. Jim Driscoll ... Emil Dusek b. Leo Lefebvre
... Len Macaluso and Scotty MacDougall drew ... Dick Daviscourt and Leo Numa drew ...
(promoter:  Paul Bowser) ... (referees:  Sam Smith, Al Morelli) ... (20,000 fans)
Notes:  The Boston Globe stated that Lewis was 44 years of age on June 30 and had 5,000
matches in his career.  He'd been wrestling for 27 years, beginning at 16.  Lewis claimed to
have grossed more money than any other athlete, between $12 and 14,000,000.  Lewis trained
at Buckley's Gym and weighed around 240.  O'Mahoney's fiancee Esther J. Burke was in
attendance.  She was a nurse from Cambridge.  In the Boston Globe (4/29/1935), O'Mahoney
admitted that he'd lost to Ed Lewis when they had wrestled in London, which went against all
earlier claims that he had won that specific match.


Boston, Massachusetts:  Monday, May 13, 1935
( ) … World Heavyweight Champion Ed Don George b. George Zaharias (2/3)


Boston, Massachusetts:  May 24, 1935
(Boston Garden) ... Danno O'Mahoney b. Gus Sonnenberg (2-0) (27:17, 38 seconds) ... Henri
DeGlane b. Gino Garibaldi (21:46) ... Charles Strack and Len Macaluso drew ... Bill Longson
and John Spellman drew (10:00) ... Dick Daviscourt and Henri Piers drew (10:00) ... Scotty
MacDougal and Karl Pojello drew ... Billy Bartush and Leo Numa drew (20:00) ... George
Zaharias b. Frank Sexton (15:59) ... (promoter:  Paul Bowser) ... (referees:  Sam Smith, Charley
Donnell, Al Morelli) ... (16-17,000 fans)
Notes:  O'Mahoney had six inches in height over Sonnenberg.  The match was billed as The
"Irish Whip" versus the "Flying Tackle."



Boston, Massachusetts:  Tuesday, June 4, 1935
(Mechanics Building) … Gil LaCross b. Maurice Ducharme (2/3) … Cannonball Grange b.
Pancho Villa (9:21) … Mickie Travers b. Dutch Schmidt (DQ) (12:02) … Abie Stein b. Buck
Jones (21:33) … Dynamite Dunn and Winn Robbins drew … Bill Collins and Sandy MacDonald
drew … Farmer Mack and Johnny Lopez drew … (promoter:  Charles Gordon) … (4,000 fans)

Boston, Massachusetts:  Wednesday, June 5, 1935
(Boston Arena) … George Zaharias b. Scotty MacDougall (2/3) … Chief Little Moose and Henry
Piers drew (30:00) … Boris Demetroff b. Eddie Elzear (8:54) … Leo Hyatt b. George Saunders
(12:28) … John Spellman b. Abe Yourist (11:44) … Bill Middlekauf b. Al Peckman (10:34) …
George Ryan and John Schaeffer drew (10:00) … (promoter:  Alex MacLean) ... (4,000 fans)

Boston, Massachsuetts:  Friday, June 7, 1935
(Boston Garden) … Danno O’Mahoney b. Henri DeGlane (1:05:00) … Chief Little Moose and
Len Macaluso drew (20:00) … Billy Bartush and Gino Garibaldi drew (20:00) … Danny Winters
b. Scotty McDougall (9:12) … George Zaharias b. Bill Longson (13:40) … Charley Strack b.
Frank Sexton (7:50) … Karl Pojello b. John Spellman (11:04) … Henry Piers b. Jim Wallis (6:53)
… John Malmberg and Leo Numa drew (10:00) … (promoters:  Paul Bowser) … (sponsored by:  
James M. Curley Jr., Court of the Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters) … (in
attendance:  promoters Leon Lavre of Paris and Lou Daro of Los Angeles) … (15,000)
Notes:  O’Mahoney was going for his 42nd straight victory in the United States.  He was 23
years old.  After sixty-minutes expired in the main event, the three fall bout became a one-fall
match, according to the rules.  News of O’Mahoney’s win appeared on the front page of the
Boston Daily Globe.  This was said to be the “final indoor mat show at the Garden.” Prior to the
main event, Lawrence Thornton of South Boston sang “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.”
McDougall wrestled barefoot.  The Longson-Zaharias match was said to be the “most rugged
contest o fthe night.”

Salem, Massachusetts:  Friday, June 7, 1935
(North Street Arena) … Ellafaunta b. Jack Burns (2/3) … Jean LaRouchelle b. Chuck Montana
(DQ) … Tony Siano b. Fred O’Brien (DQ) … Jim D’mos and Dropkick Murphy drew (20:00) …
Jackie Nichols b. Enrie Hamilton
Note:  Ellafaunta was said to be from India.

*Jim Londos was going to defend his World Heavyweight Title against Danno O’Mahoney at
Fenway Park on June 27, the first outdoor program of the season, it was announced on
Monday, June 10, 1935.  The show was going to sponsored by the American Legion.

Boston, Massachusetts:  Tuesday, June 11, 1935
(Mechanics Building) … Maurice Ducharme b. Pat Schaeffer (1:05:20) … Ted Germaine and Gil
LaCross drew (35:00) … Dynamite Dunn b. Sandy MacDonald (12:48) … Winn Robbins b. Bull
Curry (12:02) … Abie Stein b. Dave McManus (13:00) … Young Dempsey b. Dutch Schmidt (9:
49) … Buck Jones b. Bull Berini (10:46) … Al Bevid and Bill Collins drew (15:00) … (promoter:  
Charlie Gordon) … (referee:  Joe Mals) … (3,500 fans)
Note:  Mals was a former boxer and had to use his fists four times during this show.

Boston, Massachusetts:  Wednesday, June 12, 1935
(Boston Arena) … Leo Numa b. George Zaharias (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … Henry Piers b. Bill
Middlekauf (14:27) … Chief Little Moose b. George Ryan (8:27) … Chris Zaharias b. Andy
Brown (14:01) … Boris Demetroff and Jim Wallis drew (10:00) … Leo Hyatt b. Dennis Driscoll (8:
31) … Tommy Rae b. Odilio Marchioni (12:29) … (promoter:  Alex MacLean)
Note:  Leo Numa was “once the Black Secret.”

Boston, Massachusetts:  Tuesday, June 18, 1935
(Mechanics Building) … Jose Firpo b. Maurice Ducharme (2/3) (Firpo won the second fall in 14
seconds) … Gil LaCross b. Chief Fighting Eagle (DQ) (14:30) … Ernie Lavonte and Stanley
Walleck drew (10:00) … Ray Delong and Mucker McKenna drew (10:00) … Pancho Villa b.
Vimie Hoffman (8:31) … Winn Robbins b. Dynamite Dunn (15:00) (fans picked Robbins as the
winner) … Buck Jones b. Cannonball Grange (fans picked winner) … Mickey Travers b. Ted
Steele (5:40) … Dutch Schmidt b. Bill Collins (DQ) (6:51) … Sandy McDonald and Stewart
Spears drew (15:00) (fans said it was a draw) … Abe Stein b. Bull Berini (2:59) … Ted
Germaine b. Tarzan Bevid (12:45) … (promoter:  Charlie Gordon)
Notes:  Jose Firpo was called the “light heavyweight champion.” This was the last show at the
Mechanics Building until late August.  Gordon, “as an innovation,” was going to allow the fans in
the audience to act as “matchmaker and referee” for five of the matches.  Bill Dolan, during the
show, was going to "stage a big engagement party for his 'little woman.'"

Salem, Massachusetts:  Friday, June 21, 1935
(North Street Arena) … Ellafaunta b. Count Otto Von Zuppe (2-0) … Paddy Mack b. Freddie O’
Brien (DQ) (7:38) … George Myerson and Yankee Hall drew … Tony Siano b. George Nerios …
Carmen Carone and Jim Spencer drew
Notes:  Spencer was from Lewiston, Carone from Beverly, Siano from Waltham, and Nerios from
Newark.




*On the afternoon of Monday, June 24, 1935, there was a press conference at the Hotel
Bradford, and Jim Londos was the “principal speaker.” Other speakers were “Pete Loomis,
Londos’ manager; Nick Karavas, Londos’ trainer; Alex MacLean, Arena wrestling promoter who
has handled nine of the post’s past 10 shows; Commander Alex Kennedy; Joe Alvarez of Paul
Bowser’s organization; Frank Prescott, chairman of the features committee, and Bill
Langworthy.” Also, an exhibition between Red Ryan and John Spellman with Londos acting as
referee, lasted 10 minutes.

Nantucket, Massachusetts:  Monday, June 24, 1935
( ) … Ed Don George b. Frank Sexton (2-0) … Tommy Rae b. Jack Schaeffer … Jim Kendrick b.
Danny Winters … Manny Souza b. Percy Perry

Boston, Massachusetts:  Thursday, June 27, 1935
(Fenway Park) … Danno O’Mahoney b. Jim Londos to capture the NWA World Heavyweight
Title (1:16:50) (one-fall match after the sixty-minute limit had been reached) … Karl Pojello b.
Red Ryan (8:30) … John Malmberg and Henry Piers drew (10:00) … Danny Winters b. John
Spellman (7:46) … Len Macaluso and Farmer George McLeod drew (10:00) … Chief Little
Moose and Leo Numa drew (10:00) … Joe Savoldi b. Charley Strack (DQ) … Gino Garibaldi
and Scotty MacDougal drew (10:00) (after the main event) … Billy Bartush and Dick Daviscourt
drew (10:00) (after the main event) … (promoters:  Paul Bowser, American Legion matchmaker
Alex MacLean) … (referees:  Ted Tonneman – main event, Sam Smith, Charles Donnell, Al
Morelli) … (announcer:  Whitey Kavnfer) … (head ticket dispenser:  Tommy Parlo) …
(sponsored by:  American Legion, Crosscup-Pishon Post, headed by Vice Commander Thomas
A. Fallon and Adjutant William J. Langworthy, chairman of the ticket committee Tom Fallon) …
(in attendance:  Ed Don Geoge, Jack Curley, Ray Fabiani, Tom Packs, members of the Braves
baseball team) … (25-30,000 fans)
Notes:  Londos was going to prepare for the bout at Jerry Buckley’s gymnasium, and later at the
White Spot in Woburn.  O’Mahoney trained at the Mansion Inn in Wayland.  The profits for the
show were split between the American Legion and Paul Bowser.  Londos had, reportedly not
been beaten in “something like three years,” and in that time, “has lost only somethin glike three
falls.” O’Mahoney hadn’t lost a fall since he arrived in the country, in 54 matches (80 falls).  One
report called the Greek superstar “James Londos.” Londos was recognized as champion in 38
states, and the Boston Globe stated that he was booked into a match with Chief Little Wolf, the
“current wow of the Curley stable,” for the Garden Bowl on Long Island that could draw
$100,000.  “It won’t draw anything like that if Londos loses this one to Danno.” Londos was
recognized as champion by the National Wrestling Association, plus the New York, Illinois, and
Pennsylvania State Athletic Commissions.  In addition to the wrestling program, there was going
to be music, airplane stunts, drill routines, and other attractions.  This was the same week as
the Carnera-Joe Louis bout at Yankee Stadium in New York.  There were predictions that this
show would outdraw the $57,000 gate drawn by Jack Sharkey and Jim Maloney 10 years
earlier.  O’Mahoney, on June 25, was made an honorary member of the Loyal Order of Moose
and “presented the first convention badge issued in the city.” On the afternoon of June 26, at 1:
00, both wrestlers were examined in the office of Dr. Edward B. Sullivan at 30 Huntington
Avenue in Boston.  O’Mahoney weighed 224 to Londos’s 205, and had a six inch advantage in
height.  It drizzled during the main event, and officials put the bout on early, at 9:10, rather than
at 10:00, which was originally planned.  Results, under a large banner, ran on the front page of
the Boston Daily Globe on June 28, 1935.  After the bout, O’Mahoney said that he wanted to
wrestle Ed Don George, the “other world’s champion,” within six weeks, win his title, then sail to
Ireland in late August or September.  Londos said that he was returning to Greece to see his
family.  He hadn’t seen his father in six years, and he was 86 years old, and sick.  Londos also
praised O’Mahoney.  Sam Smith, the Boston YMCA athletic director, had previously refereed all
of O’Mahoney’s matches in Boston until this affair versus Londos.  O’Mahoney was the fan
favorite, and Londos applied “illegitimate stuff,” which drew the ire of the crowd.  O’Mahoney
didn’t wear shoes for the bout.

*Dr. Edward B. Sullivan announced that Jim Londos suffered two fractured ribs and a break of a
bone in his right arm during the bout with Danno O’Mahoney.  Londos’s planned July 8 bout with
Chief Little Wolf was in doubt.

Salem, Massachusetts:  Friday, June 28, 1935
(North Street Arena) … Lloyd Stewart b. Buddy O’Brien (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … Louis Foote
b. George Myerson (9:11) … Driller Hawks b. King Kong (6:42) … J. LaRouchelle and Bill
Williams drew … Black Panther and Johnny Iovanna drew



Boston, Massachusetts:  September 11, 1935
(Fenway Park) … World Heavyweight Champion Danno O’Mahoney b. Ed Don George
… (promoter:  Paul Bowser) … (20,000 fans)



Research by Tim Hornbaker, Steve Yohe
Boston Wrestling Results - 1935