Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, January 4, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Everette Marshall b. Johnny Atkins (1-0) (30:14) (Atkins reportedly
suffered a dislocated neck vertebrae and was carried from the ring) … Earl Kirk b. Art
Simhauser (2/3) … Fat Neece and Bob McCracken drew (30:00) … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander) … (physician:  Dr. J.T. Coghlan) … (1,000 fans)
Notes:  Marshall was said to have paced anxiously outside of the dressing room, awaiting
word on Atkins’s condition.  It was first thought that his neck was broken.  Simhauser was
said to be a “former Colorado Aggies mat star.” The paper said “it was probably the best
wreslting show staged here in recent years.”

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, March 22, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Everette Marshall b. Jack Knoche (2-0) … Herschel Eakins and Fred
Peterson wrestled to a double disqualification (the promoter was punched in a wild scuffle
during this bout) … Joe Evanich and Joe McCarty drew (30:00) … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander) … (referee:  Pete Grobe)

Pueblo, Colorado:  Friday, March 23, 1934
( ) … Everette Marshall b. Herschel Eakins (2-0)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, May 3, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Everette Marshall b. Ed “Bull” White (2-0) … Lew Plummer b. Johnny
Atkins (24:20) … Karl Davis b. Frank Sexton (countout) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) …
(1,200 fans)
Notes:  The Colorado Springs Gazette called Ed White a “225-pound, ex-army man.” He
was “said to be a former West Point star,” and “reported to be one of the best workmen in
the game.” He was said to be from Alabama.  Plummer was reportedly the “champion of
Texas and Oklahoma.” Police protection was needed for Plummer and Davis at the end of
their matches.  Davis “played pro football on the Portsmouth, O, team with Dutch Clark
two years ago.”

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, June 22, 1934
(Broadmoor Riding Academy) … Roland Kirchmeyer b. Pat McGill (2/3) (third fall by DQ)
… Rudy LaDitzi b. Hans Schultz (37:17) … Fat Neece b. Eddie Lewis (DQ) … (promoter:  
Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Pete Grobe) … (small crowd)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, July 12, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Roland Kirchmeyer b. “Wild” Bill Thornton (2-0) (Kirchmeyer won the
first fall in 8 seconds) … Hans Schultz and Jack Wagner drew (45:00) (1-1) … Eddie
Lewis b. Fat Neece (Neece was a substitute for Rudy LaDitzi, who was injured in a bout
with John Pesek the night before and was said to be in the hospital) … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander) … (referee:  Pete Grobe)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Saturday, July 21, 1934
(Broadmoor Riding Academy) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. Roland Kirchmeyer (2-0) … Jack
Wagner b. Eddie Lewis (11:36) … Hans Schultz and Bill Thornton drew (30:00) …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referees:  Pete Grobe, Billy Morton)
Notes:  The Colorado Springs Gazette said that Lewis was “pudgy,” and made mention of
his upcoming match with Jim Londos for the World Title in September.  “Between falls,
Lewis used the ring as a forum and told the crowd of his vow to beat Londos ‘and bring
the championship back to the United States.’ He got a big hand.” Lewis was “still quick as
a cat, wily as a fox, and strong.” Kirchmeyer was said to have been 6’7” and 232 pounds.  
Wagner was from Providence.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Monday, July 30, 1934
(Broadmoor Riding Academy) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. Roland Kirchmeyer (1-0) (36:18)
(Lewis agreed before the match not to use his famous stranglehold) (Kirchmeyer was
unable to continue) … Pete Schuh b. Hans Schultz (Schultz was a substitute for George
Zaharias, who had to go to California to appear before the local commission) … “Wild” Bill
Thornton and Jack Wagner drew (30:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  
Pete Grobe) … (“largest crowd to see a wrestling exhibition here this season”)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, August 16, 1934
(Broadmoor Riding Academy) … Rough House Nelson b. Pete Schuh (2/3) (third fall by
DQ) (Nelson worked as the “hero”) … Roland Kirchmeyer b. “Cowboy” Jack Ray (23:45)
… Pat McGill and Bill Thornton drew (30:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referees:  
Pete Grobe, Billy Morton)
Notes:  The newspaper reported that after a match in Casper, Wyoming, Rough House
Nelson, who was scheduled to wrestle on the August 16 show in Colorado Springs, was
arrested.  Nelson “threw the referee” in that affair, but the official happened to be a
member of the local police force.  Nelson, however, was released, and was going to make
the Springs program.  Nelson was said to be from Toronto.  Ray was from Dalhart, Texas.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Tuesday, August 28, 1934
(City Auditorium) … George Zaharias b. Rough House Nelson (2-0) (Zaharias was booed
for his rough tactics) … Jack Wagner b. “Cowboy” Jack Ray (countout) (17:10) … Pat
McGill and Hans Schultz drew (30:00) … Dhabolt boys of Canada engaged in a boxing
and wrestling exhibition … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (300 fans)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, September 6, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Roland Kirchmeyer and Tiny Roebuck drew (90:00) (no falls) … Jack
Wagner b. Ken Kessler (5:22) … “Cowboy” Jack Ray and Hans Schultz drew (10:00) …
Preacher Hogue and Rough House Nelson drew (15:00) (Hogue choked both the referee
and his opponent with a towel) … an “acrobatic” police dog did a special demonstration in
the ring during intermission … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referees:  Ivor Remington,
Bill Thornton) … (1,000 fans) (many women in the crowd)
Notes:  Kirchmeyer put up $100 as a forfeit that Roebuck would not beat him in an hour.  
“Roebuck won all-American mention when he played football at Haskell institute at
Lawrence, Kan.  After leaving college, Roebuck went into professional boxing and made
quite a sensation, but so attractive were the offers from the wrestling impresarios that he
gave up boxing for the rougher but more leisurely sport of grappling.  After one year’s
training under stars of the game, he made his debut in New York and threw his opponent
in three minutes time,” according to the Colorado Springs Gazette on September 1, 1934.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, September 13, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Tiny Roebuck and Hans Schroeder drew (60:00) (1-1) … Roland
Kirchmeyer b. Sherm Christenson (1-0) (60:00) .. Jack Wagner b. Jack Ryan …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (1,000 fans)  
Notes:  DeArtis “the sensation jointless man from Ripley’s Odditorium at the Chicago
World’s Fair” performed his amazing feats during the show.  Marylander was running
“another of his popular coupon nights.”

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, September 27, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Jack Wagner b. Frenchie Leavitte (2-0) … Tiny Roebuck b. Jack
Anderson … Roland Kirchmeyer b. Preacher Hogue (Hogue was a substitute for Rough
House Nelson) … Young Gotch and Young Londos drew (5:00) (said to be Billy Morton’s
“youngsters,” aged 8 and 9) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Pete Grobe) …
(600 fans)
Notes:  Anderson was called a “Fairplay gold miner.”

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, October 4, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Jack Wagner b. Walter Sirois (1-0) (90:00) … Frenchie Levitte b.
Young Farmer Burns (31:54) (Burns was a substitute for Rough House Nelson) … The
Red Devil b. Hans Schultz (1:15) (the individual wearing the “crimson mask” gave a $200
offer to anyone who could throw him) (the challenge was accepted by Jack Wagner) …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Pete Grobe) … (600 fans)
Notes:  Walter Sirois was called “George Sirois,” and was said to be a “one-time
heavyweight wrestling champion of the army.” Burns was said to be from Hollywood,
California.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, October 11, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Walter Sirois b. Jack Wagner (2/3) … Roland Kirchmeyer and The
Red Devil drew (30:00) (Devil was unmasked to reveal “the aging John Efkovitch of
Chicago, if that means anything”) … Frenchie Leavitte b. Preacher Hogue … Fat Neece
and Jack Jackson drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Bill Thornton)
… (1,200 fans)
Notes:  Sirois was said to be living in Vancouver.  “Efkovitch” was likely “John Evko,”
whose real last name is something like Evkovitch.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, October 19, 1934
(City Auditorium) … “Wild” Bill Thornton b. Walter Sirois (2/3) (third fall by DQ) …
Frenchie Leavitte and Eddie Lewis drew (30:00) … John Efkovitch b. Jack Anderson (11:
10) … Fat Neece b. Speedy Serow (10:47) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referees:  
Bob Ford, Pete Grobe) … (900 fans)
Notes:  Eddie Lewis of Chicago went to a local jail and was booked for assault on referee
Pete Grobe.  Rudy LaDitzi’s heel antics in the city were still remembered by the individual
writing the happenings of wrestling in the Colorado Springs Gazette.  Apparently, he left
quite an impression.  Serow was a 170 pounder from Chicago.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 7, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Eddie Lewis b. Frenchie Leavitte … Walter Sirois b. Bill Thornton …
Ira Dern b. Jack Hanson … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referees:  Pete Grobe, Billy
Theleman) … (in attendance:  William J. Morrissey, Colorado State Boxing Commission
Secretary) … (1,200 fans)
Notes:  The Colorado Springs Gazette stated that “Young Eddlie Lewis of Chicago” was
the “nephew of the Strangler.” Ira Dern was said to have invented the airplane spin.  He
wanted to wrestle Everette Marshall in a future contest.  Bob Ford was said to be a
Denver referee.  Hanson was from Portland, Oregon.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Friday, November 23, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Walter Sirois b. Eddie Lewis (2/3) (Sirois was accompanied by
Herman Schmidt, who helped him by punching Lewis) … Leo Papianos b. Herman Olson
… Dr. De Vor b. Jack Davis (Davis was a substitute for Jack Wagner, who was injured) …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Bill Thornton) … (1,300 fans) (largest audience
in years)
Notes:  Olson was said to be a “former halfback at the University of Washington.”

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 28, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Pat O’Shocker b. “Wild” Bill Thornton (2/3) … Jack Wagner b. Al
George (DQ) … Frenchie Leavitte and Dr. Nap De Vor drew (30:00) … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander) … (referees:  Jack Davis, Pete Grobe) … (600 fans) (cold weather)
Notes:  De Vor was billed as being from Portland, Oregon.  Al George was from Boston.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Tuesday, December 11, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Walter Sirois b. Eddie Lewis (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Bill Hanson b.
Al George (DQ) … Frenchie Leavitte b. Ken Kessler (Kessler was a substitute for Pete
Becker of Dallas) … Joe Evancich and Fat Neece drew (15:00) … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander) … (referee:  Bob Ford) … (1,400+ fans) (record crowd)
Notes:  According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, Pete Becker was a 195-pound Texan
from Dallas.  He “spent about five years as a light heavyweight boxer and has been in the
professional wrestling game for more than five years since he deserted the ring.”
Evancich and Neece were from Colorado Springs and Kessler was from Denver.  This was
the final show until after Christmas.

*In the Sunday, December 16, 1934 edition of the Colorado Springs Gazette, Abe
Marylander said that “the fine manner in which fans here have been turning out for my
wrestling shows has enabled me to make connections with the ‘big time’ circuits.  Colorado
Springs has been drawing the biggest crowds in the state, even surpassing Denver, and
for that reason the big men in the game look with favor on booking matches here.” He
planned to bring in many big named wrestlers including George Zaharias, Man Mountain
Dean, Joe Savoldi, and Everette Marshall.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, December 27, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Bill Hanson b. Walter Sirois (2/3) … Al George and Eddie Lewis
wrestled to a no contest after a mid-ring collision … Frenchie Leavitte and Ted Sarris
drew (30:00) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander) … (referee:  Thornton)
Note:  Ted Sarris was said to be a stablemate of Jim Londos.

Research by Tim Hornbaker
August 18, 2007
Colorado Springs Wrestling Results - 1934