Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, January 7, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Danny Dusek and Chris Zaharias b. Ivan Jones and Joe Millich (2/3)
(Dusek and Zaharias won the third fall by countout) … Ken Fenelon b. Floyd Hansen
(Hansen was a substitute for Gene Bowman) … Danny Loos b. Jim Burnette … (promoter:  
Abe Marylander)

*On Tuesday, January 13, 1948, longtime Colorado Springs promoter Abe Marylander
announced that Jeff Sanders of Denver would be taking over local wrestling operations.  
Marylander would continue promoting sports, but only baseball and Basketball.  Sanders
had previously promoted wrestling in Pasadena, California.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, January 21, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Joe Millich b. Babe Zaharias
(2-0) … Ralph Garibaldi b. Chris Zaharias (2/3) (Zaharias was unable to continue in the
third fall) … Ivan Jones b. Danny Loos … (promoter:  Jeff Sanders)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, January 28, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Danny Dusek b. Joe Millich to capture the Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Title (Dusek earned a match with World Champion Bill Longson) … Ralph
Garibaldi b. Babe Zaharias … Chick Garibaldi and Chris Zaharias drew (20:00) … Jack
Conley b. Nick Studen (Studen was a substitute for Ivan Jones, who was sick)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, February 4, 1948
(City Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Bill Longson vs. Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Champion Danny Dusek (2/3) … The Zaharias Brothers (Babe and Chris
Zaharias) vs. The Garibaldis (Chick and Ralph Garibaldi) … Chief Little Wolf vs. Joe Millich

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, February 11, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Jack Conley and Walt Dusek drew (30:00) … Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Champion Danny Dusek b. Chief Little Wolf by DQ (Wolf threw Dusek and the
referee out of the ring) … The Zaharias Brothers (Babe and Chris Zaharias) b. Joe Millich
(handicap match)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, February 18, 1948
(City Auditorium) … The Duseks (Danny and Walt Dusek) b. The Zaharias Brothers (Babe
and Chris Zaharias) … Chief Little Wolf and Joe Millich drew (45:00) … Ivan Jones b.
Danny Loos

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, February 25, 1948
(City Auditorium) … The Garibaldi Brothers (Chick and Ralph Garibaldi) b. The Duseks
(Danny and Walt Dusek) (2-0) … Chief Little Wolf b. Babe Zaharias (2/3) … Joe Millich b.
Jack Conley

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, March 3, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Chief Little Wolf b. Joe Millich (2/3) … Danny Dusek and Frank Howitt
drew … The Zaharias Brothers (Babe and Chris Zaharias) b. The Garibaldis (Chick and
Ralph Garibaldi)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, March 10, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Chief Little Wolf b. Danny Dusek to capture the Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Dusek won the first fall, Wolf won the second and third straight) …
The Red Raider b. Frank Hewitt (2-0) … Marvin Jones and Joe Millich drew (20:00)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, March 17, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Chief Little Wolf b. The Red
Raider … George Temple b. Jack Conley … Chief War Cloud and Frank Hewitt drew

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, March 24, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Tony Galento b. Frank Hewitt (DQ) … The Red Raider b. Jack Conley
(2-0) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Chief Little Wolf and George Temple drew

*A show was booked for Friday, April 2 with Bill Longson vs. Frank Hewitt.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, April 7, 1948
(City Auditorium) … June Byers and Helen Hilde b. ? … The Red Raider b. Gene Bowman
(2-0) … Chief Little Wolf and Jack Conley drew (20:00)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, April 28, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Joe Millich and The Red Raider drew (1-1) … Chief Little Wolf b. Jack
Conley … Ivan Jones and Jose Vasquez drew

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, May 5, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion The Red Raider b. Joe Millich
(2/3) … Chief Little Wolf b. The Volga Boatman … Jose Vasquez b. Frank Hewitt

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, May 19, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Six-Man Battle Royal – Matches determined as wrestlers were
eliminated … Tony Galento b. Antone Leone … Joe Millich b. The Volga Boatman … Chief
Little Wolf b. The Red Raider in the finals (Raider was the Rocky Mountain Champion, but
it was a non-title match)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, May 26, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion The Red Raider b. Chief
Little Wolf (2/3) … Gene Bowman and Joe Millich b. The Volga Boatman and Chris
Zaharias … Danny Loos b. Benny Fernandez (18:00)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, June 2, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Gene Bowman and Joe Millich b. Bud Curtis and Chris Zaharias
(Curtis was previously known as The Red Raider) … Ivan Rasputin b. Vern Pugh (2-0) …
Benny Fernandez and Ivan Jones drew

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Thursday, June 10, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Abie Coleman and Bud Curtis b. Gene Bowman and Joe Millich (2/3)
… Ivan Rasputin b. Chris Zaharias (2-0) … Vern Pugh b. Benny Fernandez

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, June 23, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Bud Curtis and Jack Kennedy drew (60:00) (1-1) … Abie Coleman b.
Ivan Rasputin … Patty Sommers b. Betty Davis … Joe Millich and Chris Zaharias drew

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, June 30, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Bud Curtis b. Jack Kennedy
… Abie Coleman and Joe Millich b. Wally Dusek and Chris Zaharias (DQ) … Gene
Bowman and Danny Loos drew (20:00)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, July 7, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Tarzan White b. Bud Curtis to capture the Rocky Mountain
Heavyweight Title (2/3) … Wally Dusek b. Abie Coleman … Joe Millich b. Gene Bowman

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, July 14, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Tarzan White and Joe Millich
drew (60:00) … Bud Curtis b. Wally Dusek (2/3) … Otto Schnabel and Chris Zaharias drew
(20:00)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, July 21, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Bud Curtis and Chris Zaharias b. Joe Millich and Tarzan White (2/3)
(Millich suffered an injury during the second fall to his leg and the match was turned into a
handicap situation) … Ray Duran b. Wally Dusek … Gene Bowman b. Otto Schnabel

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, July 28, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Tarzan White b. Bud Curtis
(2/3) … Nell Stewart b. Lillian Ellison (2-0) … Dot Dotson b. Helen Hild … Ray Duran b.
Otto Schnabel

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, August 4, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Dot Dotson and Tarzan White b. Bud Curtis and Nell Stewart (2/3) …
Ray Duran b. Gene Bowman (2-0) … Danny Loos b. George Williamson (12:00)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, August 11, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Kostas Davelis b. Frank Hewitt (Davelis was billed as the Balkin
Heavyweight Champion) … Ray Duran and Tarzan White b. Wally Dusek and Vern Pugh
(Pugh was a substitute for Chris Zaharias) … Danny Loos and Joe Millich drew (20:00)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, August 18, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Wally Dusek and Frank Hewitt b. Ray Duran and Tarzan White by
disqualification … Kostas Davelis b. Ivan Jones (Jones was a substitute for Chris Zaharias,
who was injured) … Danny Loos b. Benny Fernandez … (referee:  Bob Sauer)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, September 8, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Ray Duran, Ivan Kameroff and Tarzan White b. Tex Bodine, Bob
Corby and Frank Hewitt (2/3) … Bob Corby and Ray Duran drew … Ivan Kameroff b. Tex
Bodine … Tarzan White b. Frank Hewitt

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, September 15, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Tarzan White and Ivan
Kameroff drew (60:00) … Ray Duran b. Danny Loos (2/3) … Bob Corby and Frank Hewitt
drew (20:00)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, September 22, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Tarzan White b. Ivan
Kameroff (2/3) … June Byers b. Juanita Coffman … Ray Duran vs. Frank Hewitt … Elvira
Snodgrass and Theresa Theis drew (20:00)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, September 29, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Tarzan White b. Ray Duran
… Ivan Kameroff b. Frank Hewitt (DQ) … Theresa Theis and June Byers b. Elvira
Snodgrass and Juanita Coffman (?)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 13, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Tarzan White b. Hans Schultz
(2/3) … The Cardiff Giant b. Ray Duran (2-0) … Jack Conley and Bob Corby drew (20:00)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 20, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Dick Hatcher and Tarzan White b. Jack Conley and Bob Corby (2/3) …
Ray Duran and Hans Schultz drew (45:00) (1-1) … The Cardiff Giant b. Ivan Mikaloff

*At some point, Abe Marylander replaced Jeff Sanders as the Colorado Springs promoter.

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 27, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Dick Hatcher and Tarzan White b. Bob Corby and Hans Schultz (2/3)
(Schultz was a replacement for Jack Conley, who was sick) … Danny Loos b. Hans Schultz
… Ray Duran b. Tex Bodine … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 10, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Danny Loos and Tarzan White vs. The Cardiff Giant and Bob Corby
… Dick Hatcher vs. Ivan Mikaloff … Ray Duran vs. Hans Schultz … (promoter:  Abe
Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, December 8, 1948
(City Auditorium) … George Craig and Tarzan White b. The Zaharias Brothers (Babe and
Chris Zaharias) (2-0) … George Bruck (Bruckman) b. Hans Schultz … Jim Henry b. Bob
Corby (Henry was a substitute for Danny Loos) … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, December 15, 1948
(City Auditorium) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Tarzan White b. George
Bruckman (2/3) … George Craig and Danny Loos drew (45:00) … Jim Henry b. Ivan
Mikaloff … (promoter:  Abe Marylander)

Colorado Springs, Colorado:  Wednesday, December 29, 1948
(City Auditorium) … George Craig and Tarzan White b. George Bruckman and Jim Henry
… Danny Loos b. Vern Pugh … Benny Fernandez and Ivan Jones drew (30:00) …
(promoter:  Abe Marylander)


Research by Tim Hornbaker
August 11, 2007
Colorado Springs Wrestling Results - 1948