Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, January 7, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Larry Moquin b. “Rebel” Bob Russell (2/3) … The Golden Angel b.
Matros Kirilenko (15:38) … Ed “Strangler” White b. Billy Klein (15:12) … Rudy Dusek b.
Frank Carone (11:12) … Wally Dusek and Frank Valois drew (30:00) … (promoter:  Ray
Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, January 14, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Wally Dusek vs. Larry Moquin (2/3) … Ace Freeman and Jack Kelly
vs. Jim Austeri and Fred Carone (2/3) (team match) … Bibber McCoy vs. Frank Valois …
“Cowboy” Len Hughes vs. “Strangler” Ed White … (promoter:  Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, January 21, 1946
(Convention Hall) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) b. Larry Moquin and
Frank Valois (2/3) … George Linnehan and Bibber McCoy b. The Duseks (Rudy and
Wally Dusek) (2/3) … Jack Kelly b. Jim Austeri (13:37) … Len Hughes b. Fred Carone (12:
27) … (promoter:  Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, January 28, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Ernie Dusek b. Larry Moquin (29:17) … Emil Dusek b. Frank Valois
(23:09) … George Lennihan b. Rudy Dusek (15:41) … “Cowboy” Len Hughes b. Wally
Dusek (20:50) … Jim Austeri and Al Tucker drew (30:00) … (promoter:  Ray Hanly) …
(3,600 fans)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, February 4, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Emil Dusek b. Yvon Robert (2/3) (Robert won the first fall, but lost the
second and third) … George Becker vs. George Lennihan … Len Hughes vs. Bibber
McCoy … Felix Miquet vs. Al Tucker … Ivan Komaroff vs. Michele Leone … (promoter:  
Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, February 11, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Bobby Managoff b. Emil Dusek (2-0) … George Becker and Larry
Moquin drew (30:00) … “Cowboy” Len Hughes and George Lennihan drew … Michele
Leone b. Fred Carone … (promoter:  Ray Hanly)
Notes:  The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (2/11/1946) reported that Bobby Managoff was
a favorite in the city before the war and was making his return “after an absence of two
years, during which he served in the armed forces.” Promoter Hanly announced that the
show was going on “despite the P.T.C. strike.”



Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, March 4, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Ernie Dusek b. Gino Garibaldi (2/3) (match was stopped when
Garibaldi suffered a left arm injury) … Emil Dusek and Bibber McCoy drew (30:00) … Joe
Millich b. Rudy Dusek (8:25) … Wally Dusek and George Lenihan drew (30:00) … Tony
Milano b. Billy Klein (20:51) … (promoter:  Ray Hanly) … (referee:  Tommy Quinn) …
(4,500 fans)
Note:  Four Duseks appeared on this show.  Wally was called a cousin of the brothers.

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, March 11, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Ernie Dusek b. Bobby Managoff (2/3) … Gino Garibaldi b. Jack Kelly
(17:37) … George Lenihan and Joe Millich drew (30:00) … Len Hughes b. Frank Judson
(18:17) … Joe DeValteau and Al Tucker b. Fred Carone and Tony Milano (team match)
(DeValteau was a substitute for Chief Chewacki) … (promoter:  Ray Hanly) … (2,800 fans)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, March 18, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Gino Garibaldi b. Ernie Dusek (2/3) … George Becker and Len
Hughes drew (30:00) … Maurice LaChappelle and Joe Millich b. Jim Austeri and Michele
Leone (2/3) (team match) … Chief Chewacki b. Joe DeValteau (11:02) … Rudy Dusek b.
Art LeGrand (12:12) (flying tackle) … (promoter:  Ray Hanly) … (3,800 fans)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, March 25, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Maurice Tillet b. Emil Dusek (2-0) … George Becker and Gino
Garibaldi drew (45:00) (no falls) … Larry Moquin and Yvon Robert b. Wally Dusek and
George Linnehan (team match) … Michele Leone and Joe Millich drew … Frank Judson b.
Ed Schopon … (promoter:  Ray Hanly) … (4,900 fans)
Notes:  Tillet was reportedly making his Camden return after three and a half years.  
Frank Schopin was called a “newcomer from Chicago.” Another report called him “Ed
Schopon,” and he was from South Bend.  Millich was called “George Millich.”

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, April 1, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Bobby Managoff b. Gino Garibaldi (2/3) … Bibber McCoy and Felix
Miquet drew (30:00) … Jim Austeri and Michele Leone vs. Billy Klein and George
Linnehan (team match) … Chief Chewacki vs. Joe Millich … Tony Milano vs. Jack
Sherman … (promoter:  Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, April 8, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Ernie Dusek b. Bobby Managoff (2/3) … Gino Garibaldi and Len
Hughes drew (30:00) … Felix Miquet b. Frank Judson (14:53) … Jack Kelly and Maurice
LaChappelle drew (30:00) … Les Ryan b. Jim Austeri (12:17) (Austeri was a substitute for
Larry Moquin, who was out recovering from a tonsil operation) … (promoter:  Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, April 15, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Ernie Dusek b. Yvon Robert (2/3) … The Dusek Brothers (Emil and
Rudy Dusek) b. Fred Carone and Tony Milano (2-0) (team match) … Gino Garibaldi b.
Jack Kelly (21:13) … Frank Judson and Michele Leone drew (30:00) … (promoter:  Ray
Hanly) … (2,300 fans)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, April 22, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Gino Garibaldi b. Len Hughes (19:47) … Ernie Dusek b. Chief
Chewacki (20:59) … Felix Miquet b. Ed “Strangler” White (12:24) … Jim Austeri and
George Linnehan b. Maurice LaChappelle and Al Norcross (2/3) (team match) … Bibber
McCoy b. Art LeGrande (17:09) … (promoter:  Ray Hanly) … (2,800 fans)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, April 29, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Max Krauser b. Ernie Dusek (2/3) … Gino Garibaldi and Larry
Moquin drew (30:00) … Chief Chewacki b. Frank Judson (13:35) … George Linnehan b.
Art LeGrande (19:27) … Len Hughes and Michele Leone drew … (promoter:  Ray Hanly)
… (2,500 fans)
Note:  The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin stated that Max Krauser was “back in the
wrestling game after a three-year absence during which he served in the U.S. Navy.”

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, May 6, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Gino Garibaldi vs. Max Krauser (2/3) … Bobby Managoff vs. Yvon
Robert … Harry Finkelstein vs. Felix Miquet … Len Hughes vs. Maurice LaChappelle …
Michele Leone vs. Les Ryan … (promoter:  Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, May 13, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Max Krauser b. Gino Garibaldi (2/3) … Jim Austeri and Tony Milano
b. Harry Finkelstein and Billy Klein (2/3) (team match) … (other matches which may or
may not have gone on, included Rudy Dusek vs. Frank Judson, Chief Chewacki vs. The
Turkish Angel) … (promoter:  Ray Hanly) … (referee:  Tommy Quinn) … (1,500 fans)
Notes:  That evening, there was a “state-wide brownout” at 10:00 p.m. in New Jersey, but
it wasn’t going to affect the wrestling show.  The promoter planned to hold the show a half
hour earlier, at 8:00, and the main event would begin at 9:00.  The newspaper stated that
“if the tussle is decided quickly, and enough time remains, any left-over numbers from the
supporting card will be put on.” This was the final show of the season.



Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, September 30, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Don Evans b. Larry Moquin (2/3) (Moquin won the second fall in 12
seconds) … Max Krauser b. Michele Leone (21:11) … Abe Coleman and Rudy Dusek
drew (30:00) … Dutch Schweigert b. Joe Meyer (16:59) … Tony Milano b. Fritz Ziegfried
(16:55) … (promoter:  Ray Hanly)
Notes:  Krauser was said to be from Lakewood.  Schweigert was a “former Haddonfield
High athlete.” Meyer was from White Plains and Ziegfried was from Long Island.

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, October 7, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Don Evans b. Larry Moquin (2/3) … Max Krauser b. Abe Yourist (20:
59) … Dutch Schweigart b. Joe Ludlam (13:30) … Abe Coleman and Jack Kelly b. Fred
Carone and Joe Meyer (Myer) (team match) … (promoer:  Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, October 14, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Max Krauser b. Don Evans (2/3) … George Temple b. Maurice
LaChappelle (17:50) … Abe Coleman and Michele Leone drew (30:00) … Rudy Dusek b.
Tony Milano (13:44) … Dutch Schweigart b. Jim Austeri (dec., 30:00) … (promoter:  Ray
Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, October 21, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Don Evans b. Max Krauser (29:40) … Larry Moquin b. Rudy Dusek
(22:45) … Mickey Gavas and Michele Leone drew (30:00) … Maurice LaChappelle and
Dutch Schweigart b. Billy Klein and Jack Smith (team match) … (promoter:  Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, October 28, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Vic Holbrook b. Yvon Robert (2-0) … Larry Moquin and Fred Von
Schacht drew (30:00) … George Lenihan b. Mickey Gavas (15:42) … Leo Giroux b. Jack
Smith (12:14) … (promoter:  Ray Hanly) … (3,000 fans)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, November 4, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Vic Holbrook b. Larry Moquin (2/3) (abdominal stretch) … George
Lennihan b. Fritz Ziegfried (16:11) … Rudy Dusek and Jack Kelly drew (30:00) … Abe
Coleman b. Tony Milano (14:17) … Dutch Schweigart b. Jack Smith (22:22) … (promoter:  
Ray Hanly)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, November 11, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Vic Holbrook b. Ernie Dusek (2/3) … George Lennihan b. Maurice
LaChappelle (12:52) … Abe Coleman and Abe Yourist b. Michele Leone and “Tiger” Joe
Marsh (team match) … Jack “Dutch” Schweigart b. Duke Keomuka (16:37) … (promoter:  
Ray Hanly) … (4,100 fans)
Note:  The newspaper noted that Holbrook had a winning streak going in Camden.

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, November 18, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Don Evans b. Vic Holbrook … George Lennihan vs. Frank Valois …
Mickey Gavas vs. The Turkish Angel … Leo Giroux vs. Jack Smith … “Dutch” Schweigart
vs. Ed Straeb … (promoter:  Ray Hanly)
Notes:  The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin (11/25/1946) reported that Holbrook “lost to
Evans last week after a head-on collision knocked both men out.” During the Evans-
Holbrook affair, a 55-year-old named Goll ran up to the ring with anger toward heel Evans,
then suffered a heart attack.  Goll was pronounced dead at a local hospital.  Reportedly,
Holbrook also suffered a head cut during the bout, and his bleeding caused as many as
10 people to faint in the crowd, according to the INS report (11/20/46, Syracuse Herald-
Journal)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, November 25, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Don Evans and Vic Holbrook drew (90:00) (1-1) (Evans won the first
fall in 51:50 and Holbrook took the second in 22:10) … George Lennihan b. Abe Coleman
… Wally Dusek b. Mickey Gavas … Jack Kelly and Jack Smith b. Jim Austeri and Harry
Finklestein … (promoter:  Ray Hanly) … (4,000 fans)

Camden, New Jersey:  Monday, December 2, 1946
(Convention Hall) … Vic Holbrook vs. Ferdinand Von Schacht … Max Krauser vs. Larry
Moquin … Don Evans vs. Jack Kelly … Tom Mahoney vs. “Dutch” Schweigart … Michele
Leone vs. Jack Smith … (promoter:  Ray Hanly)


Research by Tim Hornbaker
Camden Wrestling Results - 1946