Camden Wrestling Results

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, February 21, 1935
( ) ... George Zaharias b. Emil Dusek (2/3)

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, April 18, 1935
( ) … George Zaharias b. Sandor Szabo (2/3)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, April 22, 1935
( ) … Leo Wallick b. Hans Schnabel (2/3) … Ed Malone b. Joe Ferone

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, September 19, 1935
(Camden Armory) … Jim Browning b. Joe Savoldi (2/3) … Dick Raines b. Fred Grubmier
(19:08) … Cliff Olson b. Bruce Campbell (7:13) … Bobby Bruns and Ted Christy drew (30:
00)
Notes: Grubmier was called the “human string bean.” Bruns “almost stole the show in the
opening number.” The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that he was “a fine looking, clean cut
chap – he caught the fancy of the throng at the outset and won more praise as the bout
progressed.”

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, October 3, 1935
(Camden Armory) … Ed Don George b. George Zaharias (2/3) … Fred Grubmier b. Ted
Christy (15:08) … Mike Mazurki b. Jim Wright (7:19) … Bobby Bruns and Ed Meske drew
(30:00)

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, October 10, 1935
(Camden Armory) … Ernie Dusek b. Mike Mazurki (2/3) … Fred Grubmier b. Dr. Len Hall
(35:32) … Jack Donovan and Emil Dusek drew … Dick Raines b. Floyd Marshall (9:51) …
(4,000 fans)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, October 14, 1935
(Convention Hall) … World Light Heavyweight Champion Charley “Midget” Fischer b. Pinky
Gardner (2/3) … Ernie “Dutch” Heffner b. “Hillbilly” Casey Berger (DQ) (26:03) (Berger
attacked Hefner after the match, nearly inciting a riot) … Eddie Kopper b. Roy Haldeman
(13:33) … Joe Gayon and Clete Kauffman drew (30:00) … (promoter: Charley Grip) …
(matchmaker: Jack Pfefer) … (referee: Billy Martino) … (2,500 fans)
Note: The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that Fischer was the “undisputed light heavyweight
wrestling champion of the world.”

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, October 17, 1935
(Camden Armory) … Jack Donovan and Abe Kashey drew (30:00) (after the match,
Kashey punched the referee) … Matros Kirilenko and Mike Mazurki drew (90:00) (1-1) …
Hank Barber b. George Hagen (1:03) … Ernie Zeller b. Dick Raines … (referee: Frank
Sinborn) … (4,000 fans)
Notes: Matros Kirilenko was billed as a “claimant of the roughhouse grappling title.” The
newspaper claimed that a feud had been brewing between Kashey and referee Sinborn
for two years. Kashey was from Paterson, New Jersey. Ernie Zeller was from the
University of Indiana.

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, October 21, 1935
(Convention Hall) … Ernie “Dutch” Heffner b. Casey Berger (2/3) … Charles Santen b.
Geroge Wilson (35:09) … Clete Kauffman and Norrie Nocham drew (30:00) … John
Baylew b. Mitchell Mack (7:59) … (promoter: Charley Grip) … (referee: Billy Martino)
Notes: Charles Santen was from Kirchville, Missouri.

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, October 24, 1935
(Camden Armory) … Joe Savoldi b. Matros Kirilenko (2/3) (third fall by DQ) (Kirilenko hit
Savoldi with a chair) … Mike Mazurki b. Ernie Zeller (34:44) … Jack Donovan b. Ed Meske
(22:18) … Stan Sokolis b. Dobie Osborne (14:46) … (referee: Matt Pol Janyk) … (4,000
fans)
Note: Stan Sokolis was a “leader” on the University of Pennsylvania wrestling and football
teams.

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, October 28, 1935
(Convention Hall) … Charley Santon b. Ernie “Dutch” Hefner (2/3) … Casey Berger b. Roy
Graham (26:22) … Leo Alexander and Tony Martini drew (30:00) … Paddy Mack b. Clete
Kauffman (16:09) … (promoter: Charley Grip) … (referee: Tom Seaman)
Notes: Leo Alexander was billed as a former Notre Dame wrestling coach. Roy Graham
was a “star” at Wisconsin University.

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, October 31, 1935
(Camden Armory) … Ray Steele b. Mike Mazurki (2/3) … Jack Donovan b. Fred Grubmier
(27:25) … Hank Barber b. Stan Sokolis (10:26) … Tom Alley and Cliff Olson drew (30:00)
… (3,000 fans)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, November 4, 1935
(Convention Hall) … Joe Banaski b. Paddy Mack (2-0) … Casey Berger and Dan O’
Connor drew (45:00) … Roy Graham b. Leo Alexander (19:20) … Clete Kauffman b. Tony
Marconi (13:19)
Notes: Frank Dawson, a ringside fan, was injured when O’Connor was thrown onto him by
Berger. O’Connor was from Wayne, Pennsylvania. Graham was from Texarkana,
Arkansas.

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, November 7, 1935
(Camden Armory) … Chief Little Wolf b. Jack Donovan (2/3) … Matros Kirilenko b. Cliff
Olson (18:36) … Hank Barber b. Dr. Glen Hall (18:59) … Al Mercier b. Dick Raines (17:13)
… (referee: Sinborn)

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, November 14, 1935
(Camden Armory) … Don George b. Hans Kampfer (21:03) … Hank Barber and Joe
Savoldi drew … Bobby Bruns and Dr. Fred Meyers drew (30:00) … Al Mercier b. Sid
Westrich (11:12) … (referee: Pol Janic)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, November 18, 1935
(Convention Hall) … Casey Berger b. John Kilonis (2-0) (winner to face World Champion
Everette Marshall) … Dan O’Connor and Charley Santen drew (45:00) … Arain Eminian
and Chief Norri Nurham drew (30:00) … Leo Alexander b. Clete Kauffman (1:43)
Notes: Marshall was said to be “recognized by the Colorado Athletic Commission as the
ruler of all matdom.” John Kilonis reportedly held John Pesek to a one-hour draw at
Lincoln, Nebraska. Clete Kaufmann was a product of Ohio State University.

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, November 21, 1935
(Camden Armory) … Chief Little Wolf b. Vic Christy (dec., 90:00) (1-0) (fans were angry at
the decision and began to riot) (police had to protect the referee away from the ring) … Al
Mercier b. George Lenihan (16:03) … Mike Mazurki and Charley Strack drew (30:00) …
Hank Barber b. Rube Wright (18:21) … (referee: Doc Gehman)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, November 25, 1935
(Convention Hall) … Joe Banaski b. Pinky Gardner (2/3) … Alex Kasaboski and Frank
Malcewicz drew (45:00) … Casey Berger b. Buck Gilbert (12:31) … Leo Alexander b. Aram
Eminiam (14:37) … (referee: Sinborn)
Notes: According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, both Banaski and Gardner were “dubbed by
many well-known mat critics as the two ‘uncrowned champions’ of the 175-pound division.”
The winner was expected to produce the next challenger for champion “Midget” Fischer.
Kasaboski reportedly held the Canadian light heavyweight title.

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, November 28, 1935
(Camden Armory) … Ed Don George and Ray Steele drew (1-1) (90:00) (George won the
first fall in 47:01, Steele won the second in 19:12) … Hank Barber b. Abe Kashey
(countout) (17:53) (Raines’s antics nearly caused a riot) … Mike Mazurki b. Dr. Fred
Meyers (17:02) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Al Mercier (17:53) … Jim Browning b. Charley
Strack (23:01) … (referee: Simborn)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, December 2, 1935
(Convention Hall) … Frank Malcewicz b. Joe Banaski (16:31) (after the match, Banaski
punched Malcewicz, nearly starting a riot) (in return, Malcewicz picked Banaski up and
heaved him out of the ring) … Karl Pojello b. Andy Meixner (29:31) … Alex Kasoboski b.
Leo Alexander (14:52) … Jim Heffner b. Mitchell Mack (9:39) … (promoter: Charley Grip)
… (referee: Billy Martino)
Notes: The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that Pojello was “for years an outstanding
challenger for the world’s heavyweight crown,” and that “Pojello’s fame as an master of
orthodox holds is known from coast-to-coast.” Heffner was from Sherman, Texas.

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, December 5, 1935
(Camden Armory) … Ray Steele b. Leo Numa (2/3) … Orville Brown and George Koverly
drew (30:00) … Hank Barber b. Jake Patterson … Al Mercier b. Doug Wyckoff … (3,500
fans)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, December 9, 1935
(Convention Hall) … Frank Malcewicz b. Joe Banaski (2/3) … Jim Heffner b. Jack Gacek
(26:13) … Lefty Pcer and Ernie Peterson drew (30:00) … Vince Zizak b. Morri Norham (17:
24) … (3,000 fans)
Notes: The Philadelphia Inquirer (12/9/1935) stated that Walter Roxy was the “recent
conqueror of Midget Fischer and recognized as the world’s light heavyweight titleholder.”
Zizak was a football player at Villanova in 1933 and ’34. He was a tackle on the field, and
used a flying tackle as a finisher in the ring.

Camden, New Jersey: Thursday, December 12, 1935
(Camden Armory) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. Mike Mazurki (2/3) … Al Mercier b. George
Koverly (DQ) (Koverly rubbed a unlit cigar in his opponent’s eyes) (9:46) … Vic Christy b.
Jack Donovan (18:45) … Orville Brown and Ivan Managoff drew (30:00) (referee:
Simborn) … (4,000 fans)
Notes: Stan Baumgartner, often a referee in Philadelphia, wrote a report on this Camden
program in the December 13 edition of the Inquirer, stating: “Still a marvel of the mat at
48, a wrestling genius who has forgotten more about the art of grappling than most
youngsters of today will ever learn, Lewis defeated Mike Mazurki of Manhattan.” Koverly
was billed as a former boxer. Brown was reported as being from Colorado. He was a
“promising youngster.”

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, December 16, 1935
(Convention Hall) … Frank Malcewicz b. Jimmy Heffner (2/3) … Bad Boy Brown b. Ernie
Peterson (2/3) (third fall by countout) … George Dusette b. Walter Logan (4:54)
(submission to a full Nelson) (Logan had to be carried to the dressing room) … Jack Jaceb
and Lefty Pacer drew (30:00) … (referee: John Seaman) … (announcer: Archie McNew)
… (2,500 fans)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, December 23, 1935
(Convention Hall) … Ernie Peterson b. Bad Boy Brown (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … Frank
Malcewicz b. Gerald Meeker (2/3) … George Dusette b. Lefty Pacer (5:34) … Jack Gacek
b. Walter Logan (17:34) … Jimmy Austin and Bill Brooks drew (30:00) … (referee: John
Seaman)
Note: Bad Boy Brown was billed as a “former bodyguard for the late Huey P. Long.”

*The Monday, December 30, 1935 program at the Convention Hall was postponed due to
bad weather.

Research by Tim Hornbaker
August 23, 2010

Camden Wrestling Results - 1935