Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, January 6, 1936
(Convention Hall) … Red Vagnone b. Jack “Bad Boy” Brown (2-0) (second fall by DQ) (after the
match, Brown punched the ring announcer) (Brown needed police protection from angry fans) …
Frank Malcewicz b. Ernie Peterson (2/3) … Babe Kasaboski and Rudy Kay drew (30:00) … John
Kogut b. Jerry Meeker (12:15) … (promoter:  Charley Grip) … (referee:  John Seaman) …
(announcer:  Archie McNew) … (2,000 fans)
Note:  The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that Brown was “one-time bodyguard for the late Huey P.
Long, Senator from Louisiana.”

Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, January 9, 1936
(Camden Armory) … Ernie Dusek b. Alphonse Bisignano (2/3) (during the match, a fan jumped in
the ring and punched Dusek) (Dusek, in turn, attacked him while police tried to break up the melee)
… Mike Mazurki b. Boris Demitroff (11:18) … Vic Christy and George Koverly drew (30:00) …
Jake Patterson b. Harry Kent (19:02)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, January 13, 1936
(Convention Hall) … Frank Malcewicz and Joe Montana drew (90:00) … Red Vagnone b. Rudy
Kay (23:50) … Charley Grubmeyer b. Abe Kasaliski … Jack Kogut b. Bobby Tob (?) …
(promoter:  Charley Grip) … (referee:  Frank Martino) … (3,500 fans)

Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, January 16, 1936
(Camden Armory) … Chief Little Wolf b. Joe Dusek (1-0) (90:00) … George Koverly b. Jake
Patterson (14:42) … Jack Donovan and Harry Fields drew (30:00) … John Katan b. Jack Hader (11:
43) … (4,000 fans)
Note:  Harry Fields was a University of Pennsylvania medical student.

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, January 20, 1936
(Convention Hall) … Frank Malcewicz b. Roxy “Red” Vagnone (Vagnone was unable to continue)
(58:11) … Joe Montana b. Babe Kasaboski (22:18) … Charley Grubmeyer b. Bobby Lentz (4:39) …
Fritz Schmeling b. Bobby Roberts (17:22) … (promoter:  Charley Grip)
Notes:  According to New Jersey rules, a wrestler is counted out after 20 seconds outside the ring.  
Roberts was billed as being from Detroit, while Lentz was from Tennessee, and Schmeling from
Kansas.

Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, January 23, 1936
(Camden Armory) … Ernie Dusek b. Al Bisignano (2-0) (Dusek worked as a heel, working fans
into a ferver, and, after the match, fans began to riot) (one fan punched the referee) … George
Koverly b. Mike Mazurki (13:52) … Vic Christy and Joe Cox drew (30:00) … John Katan b.
Laverne Baxter (7:50) … Vince Zizac b. Ernie Stevens (9:46) … (4,500 fans)
Note:  The Philadelphia Inquirer stated that Zizac was a “former Villanova and Eagle gridiron great.”

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, January 27, 1936
(Convention Hall) … Joe Montana b. Charley Grubmeyer (2-0) … Roxy “Red” Vagnone b. Fritz
Schmeling (23:26) … Frank Malcewicz b. Babe Kasaboski (14:05) … John Seloy b. Bobby Lentz
… (promoter:  Charley Grip)

Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, January 30, 1936
(Camden Armory) … Ernie Dusek b. George Koverly (2/3) … Joe Cox b. John Katan … Fred
Grubmier b. Karl Van Wurden (8:04) … Jack Donvan and Dr. Len Hall drew (30:00) … Vince
Zizac b. Al Taprof (7:17) (Taprof was a substitute for Jim Kendrick was passed away the day
before) … (5,500 fans)
Note:  According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, “the fans paid silent tribute for one minutes before the
final match got under way” in memory of Jim Kendrick.

Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, February 6, 1936
(Camden Armory) … Ernie Dusek b. Sergei Kalmikoff (2-0) (second fall by DQ when Kalmikoff
attacked the referee) … Joe Cox b. Fred Grubmier (22:47) … Vic Christy b. Harry Finkelstein (11:
07) … Laverne Baxter and Marshall drew (30:00) … Vince Zizac b. George Lenihan (8:59) …
(referee:  Pol Janic)
Note:  Stan Baumgartner commented in his piece on this program for the Philadelphia Inquirer that
Fred Grubmier’s “stringbean figure would make a beanstalk look like Mae West.”

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, February 10, 1936
(Convention Hall) … Frank Malcewicz b. Joe Montana (1:41:00) (finish match) … Roxy Vagnone
b. Cleve Welch (22:59) … Joe Manuel b. Johnny Silvy (10:31) … Billy Kief b. Charley Grubmeyer
(16:57) … (promoter:  Charley Grip) … (referee:  John Seaman)

Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, February 13, 1936
(Camden Armory) … George Koverly b. Patsy Donovan (22:07) (more of a boxing match than a
wrestling bout) … Ed Don George b. Hank Barber (33:19) … Jack Hader b. Vince Zizak (11:20) …
Joe Campbell and John Swenski drew (30:00) … Ivan Managoff b. Little Beaver (17:24) …
(referee:  John Seaman) … (2,000 fans)
Notes:  Donovan and Koverly were both former boxers.  Little Beaver wore a “Charley Chaplin
mustache.”

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, February 17, 1936
(Convention Hall) … NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion “Joe” Dusette b. Frank Malcewicz
(Malcewicz was unable to continue after losing the first fall) (42:00) … Jose Manuel b. Joe
Montana (6:47) (considered an upset) … Billy Kieff and Roxy Vagnone drew (30:00) … Frank
Schoff b. Cleve Welch … (promoter:  Charley Grip) … (referee:  Billy Martino) … (physician:  Dr.
M.E. Baker)
Note:  Dusette was billed as being from Boston.

Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, February 20, 1936
(Camden Armory) … Ernie Dusek b. George Koverly (2/3) (fans were angry at Dusek’s win)
(Koverly suffered a leg injury) … Ivan Managoff b. Abe Kashey (32:11) … Al Bisignano b. “Tiny”
Tex Morgan (1:49) … Fred Grubmier and Scotty McDougal drew (30:00) … Laverne Baxter b.
Jack Hader (11:49) … (referee:  Tom Parsonette) … (4,000 fans)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, February 24, 1936
(Convention Hall) … Jose Manuel and Joe Montana were both counted out in the third fall (1-1)
(Manuel punched the referee and a police officer after the match, and then wrestled with five
Camden officers) … Jimmy Heffner b. Roxy Vagnone … Ernie Peterson and Frank Schall drew (30:
00) … Morri Wurhan b. Andy Chicos (14:30)  … (promoter:  Charley Grip) … (referee:  John
Seaman)

Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, February 27, 1936
(Camden Armory) … Ed Don George b. Vic Christy (2/3) … Abie Coleman and Joe Dusek drew
(45:00) … Ivan Managoff b. Laverne Baxter (15:11) … Fred Grubmier b. Floyd Marshall (15:20)
… Tom Alley b. Jimmy Coffield … (referee:  Frank Simborn) … (3,500 fans)
Note:  Baxter was billed as a product of the University of North Carolina.

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, March 2, 1936
(Convention Hall) … Jim Heffner b. Frank Malcewicz (1-0) (Heffner won the only fall in 52:07) (90:
00) … Jim Parker b. Frank Schroll (8:48) … Babe Kasaboski and Ernie Peterson drew (30:00) …
Jimmy Good b. Walter Pettley (20:33) … (promoter:  Charley Grip)
Notes:  Good was from Flint, Michigan.  Pettley was from Boston.  Heffner was billed as being
from Sherman, Texas.

Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, March 5, 1936
(Camden Armory) … Emil Dusek b. George Koverly (2/3) … Ivan Managoff b. Fred Grubmier (22:
18) … Abe Coleman b. Walter Underhill … Jack Donovan and Ed Meske drew … Tom Alley b.
George Lenihan (7:51) … (referee:  Matt Pol Janyk) … (5,000 fans)
Note:  The Duseks were all heels in Camden.




Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, April 23, 1936
(Camden Armory) … Joe Cox b. Ernie Dusek (22:15) … Rudy Dusek b. Mike Mazurki (14:26) …
Hank Barber and Emil Dusek drew (30:00) … Ivan Managoff b. Joe Dusek (17:21) … Jimmy
Coffield and John Katan drew (30:00) … (referee:  Charles Seaman) … (7,800 fans)
Note:  A record crowd in Camden

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, April 27, 1936
(Convention Hall) … World Heavyweight Championship claimant Everette Marshall b. Max Martin
(2-0) … Cowboy Glen Hughes b. Ed Kopper (32:56) … John Gudiski and John Guyon drew (30:
00) … Roy Graham b. Duke Dawson (21:13)

Trenton, New Jersey:  Wednesday, April 29, 1936
( ) … Ernie Dusek b. Al Bisignano (2/3) … Ivan Managoff b. Rusty Westcoatt … John Katan b.
Tony Tonte … Dr. Len Hall and George Manich drew (30:00)

Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, April 30, 1936
(Camden Armory) … Chief Little Wolf b. Ivan Managoff (2/3) … Al Billings b. George Koverly
(DQ) … John Katan and Rudy LaDitzi drew (30:00) … Ed Meske b. Steve Znoski (14:26) … Jim
Wallace b. Joe Campbell (15:21) … (referee:  Frank Sinborn)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, May 4, 1936
(Convention Hall) … “Cowboy” Glen Hughes b. Max Martin (2/3) … Salvatore Balbo and Dave
Levin drew (45:00) … Joe Guyon and Eddie Kopper drew (30:00) … Duke Dawson b. John
Gusiski (18:53) … (referee:  Tom Parsonette)

Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, May 7, 1936
(Camden Armory) … Joe Cox b. Gus Sonnenberg (2/3) (Sonnenberg was counted out in the third
fall) … Bill Hoolahan b. Andy Meixner (10:54) … Mike Mazurki b. Jack Hader (18:22) … Hank
Barber b. George Koverly (dec., 30:00) … Abie Coleman b. Jim Coffield (22:18) … (4,000 fans)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, May 11, 1936
(Convention Hall) … Cowboy Glen Hughes b. Max Martin (2/3) … Salvatore Balbo b. Les Ryan (25:
16) … Chief Saunooke b. Sammy Cohen (2:04)

Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, May 14, 1936
(Camden Armory) … Ernie Dusek b. Joe Cox when the latter was unable to continue (2/3) (Cox
won the first fall, Dusek won the second and then the third when his opponent could not continue)
(Cox suffered a dislocated shoulder) … Hank Barber and Charlie Strack drew (45:00) … Scotty
MacDougal b. Jim Wallis (21:18) … Ed Meske b. Stan Lee Wycoff (14:02) … Al Billings b. Bill
Hoolahan (13:14) … (referee:  Frank Sinborn) … (3,500 fans)

Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, June 4, 1936
(Camden Airport Speedway) … Rudy Dusek b. Gino Garibaldi (2/3) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Ed
Meske (12:54) … Jack Donovan and Fred Grubmier drew (30:00) … Charley Strack b. Ed Cook
(12:46) … Hank Barber b. Al Billings (9:31) … (3,000 fans)
Note:  Fred Grubmier was billed as a “pupil of the great Joe Stecher.”






Camden, New Jersey:  Thursday, September 24, 1936
(Camden Armory) … World Heavyweight Champion Yvon Robert b. Rudy Dusek (2-0) … Hank
Barber b. George Koverly (dec., 30:00) … Abe Kashey b. Ed Cook (14:26) … Ed Meske b. Firpo
Wilcox (12:17) … Joe Cox and Gino Garibaldi drew (30:00)
Note:  Robert was billed as the New England claimant to the championship.




*Stanley F. Baumgartner did reports about Camden wrestling for the Philadelphia Inquirer.



Research by Tim Hornbaker
August 23, 2010
Camden Wrestling Results - 1936