Camden Wrestling Results

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, January 1, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Herman “Dutch” Rohde b. Gino Garibaldi … Rudy Dusek b. Pat Welsh
… Frank Bruce b. Herb Freeman … Frank Bruce and Fred Grobmier b. Herb Freeman and
Pat Welsh … (promoter: Ray Hanly)
Notes: Over the Christmas holidays, it was said in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin that
promoter Ray Hanly went to California to sign “star grapplers” for the upcoming year. Rohde
was said to be a Camden policeman and “one of the most promising younger men in
heavyweight grappling ranks.” The original bill including Bibber McCoy vs. Pal Welsh and
Rudy Dusek vs. Murray Rothenberg.

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, January 8, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Gino Garibaldi b. George Becker (2/3) … Tony Martinelli and Herman
“Dutch” Rohde drew (30:00) … Abe Yourist b. Murray Rothenberg … Rudy Dusek and Fred
Grobmier b. Jim Austeri and Pat Welsh … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, January 15, 1945
(Convention Hall) … George Becker b. Gino Garibaldi … Bibber McCoy b. Tony Martinelli …
Reb Russell b. Rudy Dusek … Herman “Dutch” Rohde b. Pat Welsh … Abe Yourist b. Jim
Austeri (dec., 30:00) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, January 22, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Reb Russell b. George Becker … Herman “Dutch” Rohde b. Bibber
McCoy (decision) … Fred Grobmier and Abe Yourist b. Jim Austeri and Pat Welsh … Tony
Martinelli and Pat McKay drew … (promoter: Ray Hanly)
Note: McKay was said to be from Louisville, Kentucky.

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, January 29, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Gino Garibaldi b. Reb Russell (2/3) … Don Evans and Herman “Dutch”
Rohde drew (30:00) … George Becker and Michele Leone drew (30:00) … Rudy Dusek b.
Jim Austeri … Jack Smith b. Pat Welsh … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, February 5, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Gino Garibaldi and Tony Martinelli drew (90:00) … Don Evans b. Jack
Smith … Herman “Dutch” Rohde and Reb Russell drew (30:00) … Vic Christy b. Jim Austeri
… Michele Leone b. Pat McKay … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, February 12, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Don Evans b. Vic Christy (2/3) … George Becker b. Rudy Dusek (dec.,
30:00) … Herman “Dutch” Rohde b. Jim Austeri … Reb Russell b. Pat Welsh … Elmer Estep
b. Matros Kirilenko … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, February 19, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Vic Christy b. Don Evans (2/3) … George Becker and Herman “Dutch”
Rohde b. Jim Austeri and Angelo Savoldi (2/3) … Michele Leone and Reb Russell drew (30:
00) … Elmer Estep b. Abe Yourist … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, February 26, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Joe Savoldi b. Emil Dusek (2/3) … Vic Christy and Tony Martinelli drew
(30:00) … Reb Russell b. Jim Austeri (14:03) … Michele Leone and Herman “Dutch” Rohde
drew (30:00) … Elmer Estep b. Herb Freeman (7:35) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, March 5, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Emil Dusek b. Tony Martinelli … Vic Christy b. Michele Leone … Elmer
Estep and Fred Grobmier b. Jim Austeri and Murray Rothenberg (2-0) (team match) …
George Becker and Reb Bob Russell drew (30:00) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, March 12, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Emil Dusek b. Vic Christy (2/3) … Yvon Robert and Reb Russell drew
(30:00) … Sandor Szabo b. Mike Dimitri (13:10) … Elmer Estep b. Jim Austeri (18:22) …
Rudy Dusek b. Pat Welsh (20:24) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, March 19, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Emil Dusek vs. Yvon Robert (2/3) … Vic Christy vs. Rebel Bob Russell
… George Becker vs. Elmer Estep … Jim Austeri and Michele Leone vs. Herb Freeman and
Fred Grobmier … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, March 26, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Sandor Szabo b. Yvon Robert (2/3) … Babe Sharkey b. Vic Christy …
The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Rudy Dusek) b. Jim Austeri and Pat Welsh … Tony Martinelli
and Bob Russell drew … (promoter: Ray Hanly)
Note: Babe Sharkey was said to be “recognized as the present titleholder by the Maryland
State Athletic Commission.”

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, April 2, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Sandor Szabo b. Reb Russell (2/3) … Emil Dusek and Herman “Dutch”
Rohde drew (30:00) … Rudy Dusek b. George Bruckman (18:42) … Fred Grobmier b. Joe
Smith (9:29) … Jim Austeri b. Jan Blears (20:26) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)
Notes: The newspaper indicated that Herman “Dutch” Rohde, a “Camden policeman,” was
returning after a “six-week absence from the Convention Hall.” “Jan Blears” would be known
as “Lord James Blears.” This was his rookie year.

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, April 9, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Yvon Robert b. Sandor Szabo (2/3) … Joe Cox b. Herman “Dutch”
Rohde … Emil Dusek and Don Evans drew (30:00) … Reb Russell b. Joe Myers … Jim
Austeri and Fred Grobmier drew … (promoter: Ray Hanly)
Note: The newspaper stated that Robert and Szabo were “rival claimants of the heavyweight
wrestling title.”

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, April 16, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Joe Cox b. Yvon Robert (Robert suffered a dislocated knee and forfeited
the third fall) (Robert won the first and lost the second) … Emil Dusek b. Herman “Dutch”
Rohde … Don Evans and Reb Russell drew (30:00) … The Masked Red Devils b. Jim Austeri
and Herb Freeman (2-0) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, April 23, 1945
(Convention Hall) … The Swedish Angel b. Emil Dusek (2-0) (27:00, 8:00) … Don Evans b.
Tony Martinelli (12:50) … Michele Leone and Reb Russell drew (30:00) … The Red Devil b.
Charley Allen (10:50) … Jim Austeri b. Wally Greb (15:40) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)
Notes: This was the local debut for The Swedish Angel. The newspaper said his name was
“Olav Svenson.”

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, April 30, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Babe Sharkey b. The Swedish Angel (2/3) (Sharkey won the first in 20:
30, lost the second in 13:20, and won the third in 3:30) … Don Evans and Michele Leone
drew (30:00) … Tony Martinelli b. The Red Devil (12:15) … Fred Grobmier b. Murray
Rothenberg (14:05) … Frank Judson b. Jim Austeri (12:40) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)
Notes: The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (4/30/1945) reported that Sharkey’s real name is
“Charley Kemmerer,” and the Angel’s real name is “Olav Svenson.” The Red Devil was dick
Lever.

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, May 7, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Don Evans b. Yvon Robert (2/3) … Michele Leone and Tony Martinelli
drew (30:00) … Frank Judson b. Charley Allen … Charley Strack b. Bob Metzger … Jim Atlas
b. Pedro Gomez … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, May 14, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Don Evans b. Tony Martinelli (2/3) … Abe Yourist b. Pedro Gomez …
George Becker and Michele Leone drew … Bob Metzger b. Joe Meyer … Jim Atlas b. Murray
Rothenberg … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, May 21, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Don Evans b. Gino Garibaldi (2/3) … “Rebel” Bob Russell and Abe
Yourist drew (30:00) … Michele Leone b. Tony Moretta (11:19) … Jim Atlas and Jim Austeri
b. Matros Kirilenko and Gus Rapp (team match) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, May 28, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Gino Garibaldi b. Don Evans (2/3) … Michele Leone and Abe Yourist
drew (30:00) … Rudy Dusek b. Jack Smith (14:42) … Jim Austeri b. Eddie Michaels (16:03)
… Jim Atlas b. Matros Kirilenko (12:09) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, September 17, 1945
(Convention Hall) … George Becker and Yvon Robert drew (1-1) … Larry Moquin b. Rudy
Dusek … Jim Austeri and Fred Carone b. Billy Kline and Jack Smith (2/3) (team match) …
Jack Trudeau b. Joe Meyer (default) … (promoter: Ray Hanly) … (referee: Dr. Ulysses
Wiggins)
Notes: Season Opener. It was said to be Hanly’s 14th season as promoter at the
Convention Hall. Larry Moquin was the protégé of Yvon Robert. The Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin (9/5/1945) stated: “Many stars who have been in the armed forces and are in line for
discharge also are expected to return to action here during the fall and winter.” Jack
Trudeau was also from Montreal, like Robert and Moquin. Meyer was from White Plains and
Carone from Boston. Austeri was from Paterson and Smith from Boston.

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, September 24, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Larry Moquin b. George Becker (2/3) … Henry Kulkovich and Tony
Martinelli drew (30:00) … Fred Carone b. Jack Trudeau (10:24) … Rudy Dusek b. Jack Smith
(18:37) … Jim Austeri and Billy Kline drew (20:00) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)
Notes: Kulkovich was from Hastings, New York, Martinelli from Boston, and Klein from New
York. Trudeau was called “Chuck Trudeau” by the newspaper.

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, October 1, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Larry Moquin b. Henry Kulkovich (22:22) … Tony Martinelli b. Fred
Carone (20:44) … Chuck Ross b. Charley Strack … Jim Austeri and George Wilcheski drew
… Billy Kline b. Joe Meyers … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, October 8, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Gino Garibaldi b. Larry Moquin (2/3) … Tony Martinelli and Tommy O’
Toole drew (30:00) … Billy Klein and George Wilcheski b. Jim Austeri and Murray
Rothenberg … Chuck Ross b. Jack Smith … (promoter: Ray Hanly)
Note: Fans threw chairs at Garibaldi as he ran to the dressing room.

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, October 15, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Gino Garibaldi b. Larry Moquin … George Becker vs. Henry Kulkovich
… Billy Klein vs. Tony Martinelli … Jack Ross vs. George Wilcheski … Joe Meyer vs. Tommy
O’Toole … (promoter: Ray Hanly)
Note: After the match, Moquin reportedly went to the hospital because of the “beating” he
received by Garibaldi.

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, October 22, 1945
(Convention Hall) … George Becker b. Gino Garibaldi (2/3) … Tommy O’Toole b. Jack Smith
… Jack Ross b. Tony Martinelli … Rudy Dusek and Jack Trudeau b. Jim Austeri and Fred
Carone (2/3) (team match) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, October 29, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Gino Garibaldi b. George Becker (2/3) … Tommy O’Toole b. Chuck
Ross … Rudy Dusek b. George Wilcheski … Fred Carone and Billy Klein drew … Steve
Budynas b. Jack Trudeau … (promoter: Ray Hanly)
Note: Steve Budynas was a newcomer from Albany, NY.

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, November 5, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Gino Garibaldi b. Yvon Robert (2/3) … George Becker and Tommy O’
Toole drew … Rudy Dusek b. Jack Trudeau (24:40) … Jim Austeri and Fred Carone b. Billy
Kline and Pat Muldoon (2/3) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, November 12, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Ernie Dusek b. Tommy O’Toole (2/3) … Gino Garibaldi and Bibber
McCoy drew (30:00) … Frank Valois b. Rudy Dusek … Pat Muldoon b. George Wilcheski …
Chief Sunooke b. Fred Carone … (promoter: Ray Hanly)
Notes: The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (11/12/1945) reported that Dusek participated in
his first eastern match last Friday in Philadelphia “since his recovery from a spinal ailment
that almost resulted in his death last summer.” Sunooke was from Cherokee, North Carolina.

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, November 19, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Ernie Dusek b. George Becker (2/3) … Larry Moquin b. Tommy O’Toole
(16:27) … Chief Sanooke b. Chuck Ross (17:17) … Bibber McCoy and Frank Valois drew …
Frank Hewitt and Pat Muldoon drew … (promoter: Ray Hanly) … (3,000 fans)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, November 26, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Larry Moquin b. Gino Garibaldi … Wally Dusek and Reb Russell vs.
Henry Kulkovich and Frank Valois (team match) … Jim Austeri vs. George Becker … Frank
Hewitt vs. Chief Sunooke … (promoter: Ray Hanly)
Note: Moquin reportedly “recovered from the head injury which caused his defeat by Gino
Garibaldi six weeks ago.”

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, December 3, 1945
(Convention Hall) … Gino Garibaldi vs. Larry Moquin (2/3) … George Becker vs. Wally Dusek
… Frank Bruce vs. Bibber McCoy … Jim Austeri vs. Henry Kulkovich … Jack Snyder vs.
Frank Valois … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, December 10, 1945
(Convention Hall) … George Becker b. Larry Moquin (32:59) … Gino Garibaldi b. Frank
Valois (27:51) … Frank Bruce b. George Wilcheski (12:16) … Ivan Kameroff (Komaroff) b.
Frank Bruce (5:52) … Wally Dusek and Tommy O’Toole drew (30:00) … (promoter: Ray
Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey: Monday, December 17, 1945
(Convention Hall) … “Rebel” Bob Russell b. George Becker (2/3) … Wally Dusek b. Chuck
Ross (18:35) … Bibber McCoy and Tommy O’Toole drew (30:00) … Frank Bruce and Frank
Valois b. Jim Austeri and Jack Smith (2/3) (team match) … (promoter: Ray Hanly)

Research by Tim Hornbaker

Camden Wrestling Results - 1945

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