Boston Wrestling Results

Boston, Massachusetts: February 28, 1936
(Boston Garden) ... World Heavyweight champion Danno O'Mahoney b. Yvon Robert (1-0)
(two hours) (O'Mahoney won the only fall in 1:57 "with a surprising and unethical gesture,"
according to the Boston Globe) ... Nick Lutze b. Count Polowski (14:13) ... Hermie Olsen and
Henri Piers drew (10:00) ... John Spellman and Count Zarynoff drew (10:00) ... Jake
Patterson and Hans Steinke drew (10:00) ... Joe Cox b. Art Legrand (4:54) ... Jack
Washburn b. Heinie Olsen (8:54) ... Rudy Dusek b. Don Petroff (5:22) ... (promoter: Paul
Bowser) ... (referees: Ted Tonneman, Sam Smith) ... (19,000 fans) ... (gate: $30,000)
Notes: Contracts were reportedly signed on February 16 with O'Mahoney guaranteed
$10,000 or 37 1/2 percent of the gate. The largest crowd in Boston "in a long time" was
expected. Robert was getting 12 1/2 percent of the gate. O'Mahoney reportedly cancelled
dates in the Midwest to train for the match. Robert wanted to cancel a Philadelphia match to
train, but he Pennsylvania Athletic Commission refused his request. O'Mahoney trained with
Henry Piers and Jake Patterson at Buckley's Gym. Yvon Robert also trained with Patterson
and Don Petroff. The Boston Globe predicted that O'Mahoney was going to win and that
Robert "seems in line to take title later." The newspaper stated that Robert was born in
Verdun, Quebec on October 8, 1914 and that his first name was pronounced "Eevon." He
reportedly stood 6'1" and weighed 215. Robert was an amateur wrestler and tried out for
the 1932 Canadian Olympic squad. He reportedly went to the finals in the 191-pound
division and was defeated by Harry Madison. Yvon's brother Armand was a member of the
Canadian Northwest Mounted Police. In the February 28, 1936 edition of the Boston Globe,
Paul Bowser talked about getting his start as a promoter in Boston at the Grand Opera
House, when asked to promote there by the owner Edgar Lothrop. Bowser, at the time, had
been touring with his wife Cora. He had previously been promoting (as well as wrestling) in
Newark, Ohio. He stated that he not only promoted his first show in Boston, but wrestled on
the program against Joe Turner. The Boston Globe stated that O'Mahoney's name was
"Daniel Michael O'Mahony." The crowd booed O'Mahoney. Robert was managed by Eddie
Quinn. O'Mahoney was accompanied by Fred Moran and managed by Jack McGrath. After
the quick first fall, Robert protested. Hockey star Jean Pusie was in attendance. Ringside
were Jack Curley, Tom Packs, and Lucien Riopel.

Boston, Massachusetts: April 17, 1936
(Boston Garden) ... World Heavyweight champion Danno O'Mahoney and Yvon Robert drew
(1-1) (two hours) ... Rudy Dusek b. Henri Piers (17:41) ... Al Mercier and Charles Strack
drew (10:00) ... Rudy LaDitzi b. Joe Norocki (6:40) ... Jack Washburn b. Don Petroff (4:45) ...
Carl Stringari b. Johnny Spellman (9:30) (Spellman missed a flying tackle) ... Nick Lutze and
Tommy Rae drew (20:00) ... (promoter: Paul Bowser) ... (referees: Leon Burbank, Ted
Tonneman) ... (13,000 fans)
Note: Tonneman was booed for his rulings in a O'Mahoney-Robert match from a few weeks
earlier.

Boston, Massachusetts: June 23, 1936
(Boston Garden) ... World Heavyweight Champion Danno O'Mahoney b. Yvon Robert (2/3)
(O'Mahoney won the first fall in 27:00, Robert took the second in 2:03, O'Mahoney won the
third in 8:00) ... Demetros "Jimmy" Sarandos b. Joe Cox (18:30) ... Henrie Piers b. Charlie
Webb (7:25) ... John Malmberg and John Spellman drew (10:00) ... Boris Demetroff and
Frank Judson drew (15:00) ... Count Zaranoff b. Hermie Olsen (11:27) ... Joe Kujot and
Tommy Rae drew (20:00) ... Bibber McCoy b. Heinie Olsen (15:40) (UTC) ... (promoter: Paul
Bowser) ... (announcer: "Whitey" Kaufner) ... (11,000 fans)
Notes: According to the Boston Globe, after the match, O'Mahoney received the "advertised
$10,000 diamond-studded belt and another belt from the American Wrestling Association."
The "partisan O'Mahoney crowd" did shout "its approval" with the finish. O'Mahoney was
leaving for Ireland on July 18. Before the main event, the announcer asked for a minute of
silence in respect to two wrestlers who died within the last month: "Jim Browning and Chief
Little Wolf." Boxer Phil Brubaker was announced from the ring. He was going to soon fight
Jack Sharkey at Boston's Fenway Park.

Research by Tim Hornbaker, Steve Yohe

Boston Wrestling Results - 1936