Chicago Wrestling Results

Grand Rapids MI: January 1, 1909
(Olympic A.C.) ... Leo Pardello beat Al Kodiak (2-0) ... NOTE: Pardello won the falls in 24:
10 and 16:15

Peoria IL: January 1, 1909
(Peoria A.C.) ... Charles Olson beat Dr. Chris Pierson (of Seattle WA) (2-1)

Chicago IL: January 2, 1909
(Illinois A.C.) ... (G-R) Raoul de Rouen beat Chris Pierson (2-0) ... (Handicap) Hjalmar
Lundin FTT Prof. M.J. (Mike) Dwyer (15:00) ... Eugene Tremblay beat Ted Tonneman (17:
43) ... (Handicap) Charles Olson beat Harry Lind back (3-0) ... (Handicap) Fred Beell vs
Tom Winkelhoefer (no decision) ... NOTE: Jack Curley is engaged by the Illinois Athletic
Club and Charles J. Zeller, by now erstwhile chairman of the athletic committee, to arrange
a professional wrestling card for this date ... Tremblay is billed as lightweight champion of
the world

Chicago IL: January 4, 1909
(Coliseum) ... Charles Olson beat Fred Beell (2-0) ... Hjalmar Lundin beat M.J. (Mike)
Dwyer (sub for Charles Hackenschmidt) (2-1) ... (Handicap) (G-R) Raoul de Rouen FTT
Jess Westergaard (twice in 35:00; scored one fall) ... Eugene Tremblay beat Dick
Sorensen (2-0) ... Referee: Dick Fleming ... ... NOTE: Charles Hackenschmidt severely
injured his knee in a January 1 workout at the Illinois A.C. (Beell trains at Professor
Simon's gymnasium) ... "Olson won the first fall after 36:57 of strenuous work with a
scissors and bar arm hold. The second fall was gained after even more strenuous
wrestling in 18:25, Olson winning it with a scissors across the body grip ... the card was
one of the best seen here in years." -- Chicago Tribune, Jan. 5, 1909 ... Beell is next
matched to meet Chris Pierson at New Orleans and will leave sometime this week

Los Angeles CA: January 4, 1909
In a letter to Baron Long of the Jeffries Athletic Club, Dr. B.F. Roller opts not to follow
through on his challenge to Al Kaufmann, winner of the recent Kaufmann-Barry battle ...
Roller had posted $1,000 as a forfeit and side bet

Chicago IL: January 6, 1909
It is revealed that Jack Curley, the local promoter, will make an excursion to Havana next
week with one of the local wrestlers to test Yamata Mayda, Japanese mat artist, to a
Cornish style match ... It is said the wrestling game goes well in Cuba and that Mayda is
unbeatable.

Chicago IL: January 6, 1909
(Handicap) Raoul de Rouen beat Jack Fleming & Jack Russell & Joe Wallace & George
Anderson ... Bruno Minkley beat Young Pierson ... NOTE: The venue was said by the
Chicago Tribune to be "a north side theater"

Memphis TN: January 6, 1909
Joe Acton beat Peter Goetz (2-1)

Kansas City, KS: January 8, 1909
(Convention Hall) ... (G-R style) Raoul de Rouen beat Hjalmar Lundin (2-!)

Chicago IL: January 8, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... Jess Westergaard beat Anders Anderson (2-0) ... Adolph Ernst beat
Jack Osborne (2-0)

New Orleans LA: January 8, 1909
(Royal A.C.) ... Fred Beell beat Dr. Chris Pierson (2-0) ... NOTE: Despite giving 35 pounds
to his foe, Beell prevailed with headlocks in 27:00 and 21:00

Chicago IL: January 9, 1909
(Chicago A.A.) ... Raoul de Rouen beat Anders (Roughhouse) Anderson (2-0) ... Adolph
Ernst drew Jack Leon (50:00, 0-0) ... Paul Geidel vs Tom Shambo (no result listed in
Tribune) ... Jess Westergaard drew Hjalmar Lundin (30:00) ... Referee: Dick Fleming

Chicago IL: January 11, 1909
(Coliseum) ... Yussiff Mahmout beat Charles Olson (2-0) ... (G-R) Raoul de Rouen beat
"Alton Miner" (2-0) ... Dick Sorensen beat Eddie Burke (1-0) ... Charles (Kid) Cutler beat
Jack Osborne (of Pittsburgh PA) (2-0) ... NOTE: Mahmout needed 36:53 and 31:30 to
twice pin Olson's shoulders to the mat ... The "Alton Miner" is a mystery unless it was
Oscar Wasem, who lived there.

Des Moines IA: January 11, 1909
Jess Reimer beat Leo Pardello (2-0) ... NOTE: Described as the "roughest wrestling match
ever seen here," the man who will become better known as Jess Westergaard secured
pinfalls in 29:49 and 17:11 and immediately accepted the challenge of Yussiff Mahmout

Dubuque IA: January 11, 1909
(Germania Hall) ... John Rooney beat Anders Anderson (2-1) ... Danny Goodman (of
Chicago IL) beat Dick Fitzpatrick (of Chicago IL)

Toledo OH: January 15, 1909
Charles Olson beat Charles Callender (as Mysterious Conductor) (2-0) ... NOTE: In "one
of the fiercest wrestling bouts ever pulled off in this city," including "roughing tactics of the
worst type," Olson got the first fall in 26 minutes and the clincher in another 6:00 ... Bout
was billed as being for the "light heavyweight championship of America"

Chicago IL: January 15, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... (Handicap) Yussiff Mahmout FTT Leo Pardell (three times in 30:00;
took only one fall in 17:00) ... Adolph Ernst beat Tommy White (2-0) ... NOTE: "Chicago
wrestling enthusiasts probably will not get a chance to witness the advertised wrestling
match between Yussiff Mahmout, the terrible Turk, and Frank Gotch, the world's
heavyweight champion. Unless Joe Coffey and his co-partners of the Empire Athletic Club
can raise the purse offer by B. Martinelli, the match will go to England." -- Chicago Tribune,
Jan. 15, 1909 ... The fine, manipulating hand of Jack Curley can be seen behind this ploy,
which had Martinelli, a London promoter, supposedly sending a letter to Mahmout's
manager, Antoine Pierre, and offering a 2,500-pound purse for a match with Gotch. Pierre
"immediately answered" that, as soon as Gotch posts his forfeit, he would "hurry back to
England with the Turk." ... Of course, the two would meet, not in London, but right here in
Chicago ... A day later, the pseudononymous "HEK" (Hugh E. Keough) noted in his "The
Wake of the News" column, "So, Frank Gotch and Yussiff Mahmout will settle the world's
championship at wrestling in London. 'Tis well. We would rather have it percolated through
4,000 miles of ozone than close up."

Des Moines IA: January 15, 1909
Yussiff Mahmout vs Jess Reimer

Omaha NE: January 15, 1909
Martin (Farmer) Burns vs Hjalmar Lundin

Grinnell IA: January 19, 1909
Jess Reimer beat Chief War Eagle (2-0)
Kansas City MO: January 19, 1909
(Convention Hall, att. 7,000) ... (Handicap) Yussiff Mahmout FTT Raoul de Rouen (two falls
in one hour; won only one fall via a foul)

Chicago IL: January 20, 1909
(Seventh Regiment Armory) ... Charley Cutler drew Charles Postl (15:00) ... William Gelder
beat Tim O’Neil ... George Anderson drew Sol Rubens (15:00) ... Bruno Minkley beat Joe
Burkett ... Dick Sorenson beat Harry Jones ... (replaced Charles Olson vs Leo Pardello ...
plus Yussiff Mahmout ... (plus boxing) ... NOTE: This was an athletic show for the benefit of
the hospital corps

New Orleans, LA: January 22, 1909
(Auditorium A. C.) ... Gus Schoenlein (as Americus) beat Parelli (2-0)

Chicago, IL: January 22, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... Raoul de Rouen F.T.T. Charley Cutler (3 times in 30:00, only once)
(Cutler subbed for Leo Pardello who was detained in Indianapolis.)

Chicago IL: January 24, 1909
Fresh from a straight-fall win over Parrelli in New Orleans LA, Gus Schoenlein passes
through the city en route to another engagement in Buffalo NY

Chicago, IL: January 27, 1909
(Euson’s) ... Charley Cutler vs Chris Pierson

Southhampton ENGLAND: January 27, 1909
Frank Gotch, unable to arrange a match with George Hackenschmidt, sails for New York
City aboard the steamer Deutschland.

New York City NY: January 28, 1909
(MSG) ... (Handicap) Ernest Siegfried beat R.H. Schwartz (2:00) & Frank Pastow (4:46) &
Butch Miller (5:40)

Chicago IL: January 30, 1909
(Chicago A.A.) ... Yussiff Mahmout beat Hjalmar Lundin (33:05, cnc) ... Raoul de Rouen
drew William Demetral (sub for Charles Cutler) (20:00, or two rounds) ... Charles Postl
beat Jack Osborn (2-0) ... Adolph Ernst drew John Abraham ... Referee: Dick Fleming ...
NOTE: The promotion experimented with 10-minute rounds for the first time, punctuated by
a minute's rest ... Lundin wrenched a shoulder and had to retire

Detroit MI: February 1, 1909
J.F. McAfee, who claims to be champion wrestler of Chicago, was arrested here for
assaulting his employer.

Minneapolis MN: February 1, 1909
Henry Ordemann beat Chief War Eagle (2-0)

Chicago IL: February 1, 1909
(Seven Regiment Armory) ... Yussiff Mahmout beat Raoul de Rouen (2-0) ... William
Demetral drew Charles Cutler (1-1) ... Charles Callender (as Mysterious Conductor) beat
John Abraham ... Tom Connors beat Harry Lembach (4:55) ... Kid Calvert beat Jack
Herman (11:26) ... Matchmaker: Joe Coffey ... NOTE: Mahmout was given the first fall on a
foul in 37:06 and won the second in 20:54 ... Boxer Benny Yanger, a Jack Curley charge,
was to have made his wrestling debut, but did not show on the card ... George Kennedy
was ringside as De Rouen's manager

Chicago IL: February 2, 1909
Raoul de Rouen, French wrestler, is barred from public matches in Chicago by order of the
police ... "No more permits will be given this fellow to wrestle in Chicago," said acting chief
of police Schuettler. "This is for the protection of the sporting public."

New York City NY: February 3, 1909
Frank Gotch arrives here, and is said to be holding out for $7,000 to defend against
Yussiff Mahmout in Chicago, but promoters there indicate that the bout will come off --
despite repeated counteroffers from New York and Kansas City entrenpeneurs ... Early
indications are that it could happen as soon as March 23, at Dexter Park Pavilion, reports
the Chicago Tribune.

Rockford IL: February 3, 1909
Yussiff Mahmout beat Hjalmar Lundin (2-0) ... NOTE: The falls came in 40:00 and 16:00

Cairo, IL: February 4, 1909
(Handicap) Wild Joe Collins beat William Demetral (no details)

Terre Haute IN: February 4, 1909
(Handicap) Yussiff Mahmout vs William Demetral (3 falls in 60:00) (likely changed)

Omaha, NB: February 5, 1909
Yussiff Mahmout beat Raoul de Rouen (2-0, foul in second fall)

Chicago, IL: February 6, 1909
(Illinois A.C.) ... Charley Cutler F.T.T. Fred Postl (of Buffalo) (twice in 30:00, only once)
(sub for William Demetral) ... Mysterious Conductor beat Joe Cellars (2-0) ... Magnus
Paulson F.T.T. Young Jordan (twice in 30:00, only once) ... Young Samson (of Minnesota)
beat Young Best (of Chicago)

Memphis, TN: February 6, 1909
George Baptiste beat Tom Coburn (2-0)

Des Moines IA: February 8, 1909
(Handicap) Raoul de Rouen FTT Jess Westergaard (twice in 60:00, no falls taken) ...
NOTE: Frank Gotch signs to meet Raoul de Rouen March 25 in Kansas City MO for a
purse of $10,000, winner take sixty per cent, loser forty per cent, according to the
Frenchman's manager, George Kennedy, who produced Gotch's signature on articles of
agreement after the headline bout here tonight

Milwaukee WI: February 10, 1909
(Hippodrome) ... (Handicap) Yussiff Mahmout beat Ed Carson (8:11) & Paul Martinson (sub
for Pearl Truemann) (12:25) & Tom Conners (10:55) ... Young Styles beat Young Klug (2-
0) ... Henry Harden (of Palmyra WI) beat Irish Smith (of Milwaukee WI)

Chicago IL: February 12, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... (Handicap) Yussiff Mahmout beat Tom Winkelhoefer (twice in 30:00,
accomplished in 24:06) ... Charles Postl beat Jack Osborne (2-1)

Chicago IL: February 13, 1909
(Chicago A.A.) ... Charles Cutler beat Jack Leon (2-0) ... Jack Osborne (of Philadelphia
PA) beat Charles Postl (11:47) ... Tom Conners beat Magnus Paulson ... Charles
Callender (as Mysterious Conductor) beat Adolph Ernst (2-0) ... Tom White beat Jack Rice
... Harry Lembach beat John Abraham ... NOTE: Conners was described as "the veteran
English wrestler" ... Ernst dropped falls in 7:21 and 44:17

Indianapolis, IN: February 13, 1909
Yussiff Mahmout beat Leo Pardello (2-0)

Aurora IL: February 16, 1909
(Handicap) Charles (Kid) Cutler FTT Jack Postl (twice in 30:00) ... Young Gotch beat
Tommy Rooney (2-1)

Chicago IL: February 26, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... (Handicap) Yussiff Mahmout vs Fred Beell (one fall in 30:00)

Chicago, IL: March 6, 1909
(Chicago Athletic Association) ... Leo Pardello beat Jim Galvin (2-1) ... Charley Cutler beat
Mysterious Conductor (2-0) ... Joe Rogers beat Jack McCormick (2-0) (sub for Hjalmar
Lundin) ... Charley Postil beat John Abrahams

Minneapolis MN: March 7, 1909
(Handicap) Yussiff Mahmout FTT Fred Beell (one fall in 30:00)

Melbourne AUSTRALIA: March 9, 1909
The Chicago Tribune reports that Frank Gotch and George Hackenschmidt "have
accepted the terms of a Melbourne syndicate to wrestle for the world's championship in
this city Nov. 8 next."

St. Paul MN: March 9, 1909
Theodore Peter beat Dan McLeod (of Waterloo IA) (2-0) ... NOTE: Falls were taken in 5
minutes and 17:30, respectively.

Freeport, IL: March 11, 1909
Yussiff Mahmout beat Frank Johnson (2-0)

Minneapolis MN: March 15, 1909
Yussiff Mahmout beat Henry Ordemann (2-0) ... NOTE: The first fall required an hour and
the second another ten minutes.

Baltimore MD: March 17, 1909
Gus Schoenlein (as Americas) beat Bob Managoff (as Bob Monagoff) (2-0) ... NOTE:
"Monagoff," billed as "the champion of Europe" in this match for "the lightheavyweight
championship of the world," properly succumbed in 16:30 and 12:30.

Chicago IL: March 20, 1909
(Illinois A.C.) ... (Handicap) Joe Rogers FTT Charles Cutler (twice in 45:00; no falls taken)
... Adolph Ernst drew Charles Callender (as Mysterious Conductor) (1:45:00, 0-0) ...
(Handicap) Young Billeter FTT Tommy Rooney (10:00)

Sterling IL: March 21, 1909
The Sterling Athletic Club completes arrangements for a handicap wrestling match
between champion Frank Gotch and Carl Busch, to be held here "on an early date not yet
decided."

Waterloo IA: March 24, 1909
Dan McLeod drew Chris Pierson (1:55:00, 0-0)

Kansas City MO: March 24, 1909
In preparation for his match here the next night, Frank Gotch worked out with Martin
(Farmer) Burns at the Kansas City Athletic Club ... Meanwhile, his opponent, Raoul de
Rouen, remained inactive ... "He said he had trained faithfully for three weeks and felt
better results would be attained by resting now."

Kansas City MO: March 25, 1909
(Convention Hall) ... (World Title) Frank Gotch* beat Raoul de Rouen (2-0) ... NOTE: The
time of the falls was 34:45 and 13:00 ... "A large crowd saw the bout, which was advertised
to be for an $8,000 purse, of which $5,000 was the winner's end." -- Chicago Tribune, Mar.
26, 1909 ... The remainder of Gotch's week, reports the Chicago Tribune of Mar. 21, 1909,
will be "taken up with theatrical dates through his home state of Iowa"

KILLS MAT OPPONENT AND SELF

(Chicago Tribune, Friday, March 26, 1909)

BEVAL, Russia, March 25. -- The stage where the international wrestling competition now
is being held in this city today was the scene of a murder and a suicide. A German wrestler
named Leisner, in a fit of rage, fatally stabbed his opponent, after which Leisner committed
suicide.

(NOTE: Now, there's a finish that would be difficult to replicate very often!)

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Chicago IL: March 26, 1909

"Mr. Sanderson" of the Sanderson-Vincent company of Melbourne, Australia, which is
trying to promote a Frank Gotch-George Hackenschmidt bout for next November during
Melbourne Cup week, is in town and received a cable from his partner making a firm offer
of a $25,000 purse ... Hackenschmidt already has consented to the terms, and Gotch's
signature is all that is needed ... "It will be made conditional that Gotch defeat Yussiff
Mahmout, the Bulgarian heavyweight, in their match here April 14 ... John Krone of
Chicago was selected some time ago to handle the negotiations here, and in the event of
the match being consummated, probably will go to Melbourne to assist the syndicate." --
Chicago Tribune, Mar. 27, 1909

(NOTE: Jack Curley appears to have done a masterful job of dangling temptation before
Chicagoans, in front of whom he wanted to stage the bout all along.)

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Des Moines IA: March 26, 1909
Jess Westergaard (as Jess Reimer) beat Raoul de Rouen (2-0) ... NOTE: Falls came at
the 31 and 22-minute marks.

Omaha NE: March 26, 1909
(World Title) Frank Gotch* beat John Perrilli (2-0) ... NOTE: Gotch captured falls in 11:30
and 10:00, scarcely working up a sweat.

Chicago, IL: March 27, 1909
(Chicago A.C.) ... Henry Ordemann beat John Perelli (2-0) ... (world mw claimant) Henry
Irslinger* drew Mysterious Conductor (60:00) ... Jim Galvin beat Carl Victor ... Ted
Tonneman beat Paul Geidel (2-0)

Sterling, IL: March 27, 1909
William Munson beat Martin Thompson (2-1)

Indianapolis IN: March 29, 1909
Yussiff Mahmout beat Charles Olson (of Indianapolis IN) (2-0) ... NOTE: The homestanding
Olson loses the first fall in 47:00 to a headlock and the second in 27:00 to a combination
crotch and half Nelson

Chicago IL: March 30, 1909

Frank Gotch arrives in city and immediately goes into training at the Illinois A.C. for his
April 14 bout with Yussiff Mahmout ... Doc Krone, who served as Gotch's tour manager in
England last winter, reported that the champion is in "grand shape" ... Also, that Raoul de
Rouen, whom Gotch beat in Kansas City, is "a big, strong fellow with tendencies to rough
matters too much and who neglected to protect himself from dangerous holds" ... Martin
(Farmer) Burns, Emil Klank and M.J. (Mike) Dwyer are to serve as training partners for
Gotch here ... It is also revealed that the champion has "opened negotiations" with the
Sanderson-Vincent syndicate of Melbourne AUSTRALIA for a match there in November
versus George Hackenschmidt.

Fort Wayne IN: March 31, 1909
(Handicap) Yussiff Mahmout beat Harry Santel (15:10) & Jack Rogers (of Winnipeg MB)
(15:05) ... NOTE: This could be the first use of the name "Santel" by Adolph Ernst, who
may have been working here under alias as Mahmout endeavored, successfully, to pin
both men inside of an hour.

Chicago IL: April 2, 1909
(Handicap) Frank Gotch FTT Henry Ordemann (20:00) ... NOTE: This bout took place,
reported the Tribune, at "a west side theater."

Chicago IL: April 3, 1909
Frank Gotch, in a break from training for the Mahmout go, tells reporters he plans to retire
from the mat after his scheduled match with George Hackenschmidt in Australia next
January ... "Seriously speaking, I long for the day when I can watch my corn growing and
see my Poland-China swine preparing themselves for a $7.20 market at the Chicago
stockyards. I have invested my savings in Iowa farm land, and I now own more than 1,000
acres."

Chicago IL: April 6, 1909
Yussiff Mahmout works out at the Chicago A.A. gymnasium with 270-pound New York
wrestler Joe Rogers and Hjalmar Lundin, the big Swede ... Each went about a half-hour
with the Bulgarian, Rogers winding up bleeding from the mouth and Lundin winded ... "Not
satisfied with his hard work with these men Mahmout took on Fred Beell to speed him up
and for a half hour Beell thought he was being given lessons." -- Chicago Tribune, Apr. 7,
1909 ... Meanwhile, at the Illinois A.C., champion Gotch did most of his work with Martin
(Farmer) Burns ... Like Mahmout, he weighed 204, but expects to reduce a few more
pounds before the April 14 match

Chicago IL: April 9, 1909
(Handicap) Yussiff Mahmout FTT Henry Ordemann (20:00) ... Henry Irslinger beat Dick
Starr (2-0) ... NOTE: Another one of those affairs at "a west side theater"

Chicago IL: April 10, 1909
(Chicago A.A.) ... Frank Gotch drew Carl Victor (of St. Louis MO) (15:00) (sub for
scheduled Yussiff Mahmout-Fred Beell bout; Gotch originally slated to referee) ...
(Handicap) Leo Pardello FTT Jim Galvin (twice in 60:00; each gained a fall) ... Henry
Irslinger beat Henry Leimberger (2-0) ... Farmer Burns beat Mysterious Conductor (2-0) ...
Matchmaker: Joe Coffey ... NOTE: Afterward, Burns "confessed" he was 49 years old

Chicago IL: April 11, 1909
Martin Julian, who guided the fortunes and destines of former world heavyweight boxing
champion Bob Fitzsimmons, arrives in Chicago with Ernest Siegfried, the "German Oak,"
and immediately challenges the winner of the Gotch-Mahmout bout ... The German is 6-
foot-3, 220 pounds and 28 years old, with a 51-inch chest, 20-inch neck and 18-inch
biceps ... He claims Graeco-Roman victories over both Yussiff Mahmout and Raoul de
Rouen

Chicago IL: April 11, 1909
Yussiff Mahmout spends Easter Sunday working out with Henry Irslinger, Hjalmar Lundin
and Joe Rogers, staying an hour and 15 minutes with the latter man ... Gotch worked to rid
himself of a bad cold ... He expects to scale in at 198 pounds.

Chicago IL: April 12, 1909
Yussiff Mahmout was forbidden further use of the Chicago A.A. gymnasium in the wake of
failing to fulfill a contract he had for an appearance the previous Saturday night ... He had
said he was sick and indisposed and it took considerable cajoling from matchmaker Joe
Coffey to get him to even come down to the C.A.A. and be introduced to the members ...
"The climax came, however, Sunday morning when some of the directors of the club
happened to go to the gymnasium and found Mahmout working. They watched him work
out for an hour and a half with three different men." -- Chicago Tribune, Apr. 13, 1909 ...
The committee thus asked the Bulgarian to pack up his paraphernalia and leave the
premises and the C.A.A. maintains it will not extend the courtesies of its gymnasium "to any
foreign wrestlers in the future"

Chicago IL: April 12, 1909
Frank Gotch refused an offer of $2,000 for a permit to take motion pictures of the bout with
Mahmout ... He admitted it was a nice offer, but said "I cannot afford to take any chances
on the lights and the almost overpowering heat" ... He said he would have gone along with
the idea had this been an outdoor bout

Minneapolis MN: April 12, 1909
(Jiu Jitsu Match) Capt. Leo McLaglan ("the Irish Giant" beat Yamagata ... NOTE: McLaglan
was billed as "world's champion"

Chicago IL: April 13, 1909
Frank Gotch insists he will not wrestle Mahmout unless the Bulgarian wears shoes, which --
according to his manager, Antoine Pierre -- he has never done ... Gotch explained, "I am
not afraid that I cannot get the toe hold, shoes or no shoes. But what is the use of having
rules if they are not enforced. I want to wrestle human beings, not freaks. I always had to
abide by the rules when I invaded a foreign country, so why shouldn't insist on them now."
... Pierre said: "Mahmout will not wear shoes, no matter what Gotch or the rules say. He
never wrestled in them and never will." ... Gotch wound up a long training day with lengthy
sessions on the mat with Emil Klank and Martin (Farmer) Burns ... P.S. -- Yussiff Mahmout
would wrestle in his bare feet, but did forfeit $500 to Gotch for the privilege.

Chicago IL: April 14, 1909
(Dexter Park Pavilion, att. 10,000) ... (World Title) Frank Gotch* beat Yussiff Mahmout (2-
0) ... Referee: Ed Smith ... Fred Beell drew Henry Ordemann (15:00) ... Eugene Tremblay
beat Ted Tonneman (2-0) ... Henry Gehring beat Charles Postl (sub for Henry Irslinger)
(27:35, only fall) (called a draw) ... Referee: Dick Fleming ... NOTE: Otto Floto of Denver
and John Seys of Chicago have been appointed timekeepers for the main bout ... Farmer
Burns and M.J. (Mike) Dwyer seconded Gotch; Antoine Pierre, Hjalmar Lundin and Henry
Irslinger the Bulgarian visitor ... Challenges were read from Joe Rogers, Dr. B.F. Roller and
Ernest Siegfried, the "German Oak" ... Boxers Packey McFarland and Johnny Coulon were
introduced ... Tremblay took his falls in 24:32 and 12:33 ... When Gotch won the first fall
the band played "Yankee Doodle" ... "Gotch certainly was happy after the bout. He joked
and laughed with his trainers and shook hands with everybody. Hardly a word was spoken
in the Bulgarian's dressing room. A few of Mahmout's admirers talked quietly in their native
tongue, but Mahmout kept silence." -- Chicago Tribune, Apr. 15, 1909

Chicago IL: April 15, 1909
The Empire Athletic Club gave out an official financial statement for the Gotch-Mahmout
fray, saying total receipts were $38,823 ... Gotch's share, including the $500 "barefoot"
forfeit, was $14,088.05 ... Mahmout received $9,205.75 ... The club's share, after
deducting about $5,500 for expenses, was some $10,000

Chicago IL: April 16, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... (Handicap) Frank Gotch beat Hjalmar Lundin (9:35 of allotted 20:00)
... Dr. B.F. Roller beat Mysterious Conductor (2-0)

Chicago IL: April 16, 1909
Yussiff Mahmout catches the New York train and is bound for Bulgaria but Antoine Pierre,
his manager, adds, "I will return to America in September and will bring over a Turk who is
stronger and heavier than Mahmout. There are several of them over there and I am sure I
will find one who will make a better showing against Gotch than (did) Mahmout."

Chicago IL: April 18, 1909
Frank Gotch departs for the west, planning some exhibitions, and says he may sign up for
some theatrical engagements as well ... The champion wants to "take a rest," he says,
before beginning training, in earnest, for the expected title defense against George
Hackenschmidt at the beginning of the year.

Montreal QC: April 20, 1909
It is reported that George Kennedy will leave in a short time for Roumania, Bulgaria, and
Asia Minor to "discover a Turk who can throw champion Gotch"

Danville IL: April 20, 1909
Dr. B.F. Roller beat Tom Winkelhoefer (as "Henry Winklehoffer of Chicago"( (2-0)

Des Moines IA: April 20, 1909
Champion Frank Gotch and Jess Westergaard (as Jess Reimer) signed articles here today
to wrestle to a finish in Des Moines on May 3.

Waterloo IA: April 20, 1909
Frank Gotch beat Dan McLeod (2-0) ... NOTE: Gotch secured the first fall in 18:20 by a
body hold ... McLeod lasted five minutes and sixteen seconds in the second round, Gotch
getting the fall by a neck and cross bar hold.

Sioux City IA: April 21, 1909
Martin (Farmer) Burns beat Charles Delivuk (as Carl Von Delivuk) (2-0) ... NOTE: Burns
scores falls in 25:12 and 26 seconds

Denver CO: April 21, 1909
Frank Gotch and Fred Beell are matched to meet at the Denver Auditorium the second
week in May for the world's wrestling championship and a $3,500 purse ... Jack Curley of
Chicago IL will promote the affair.

Boone IA: April 22, 1909
Frank Gotch states, through manager Emil Klank, that he has given up all idea of ever
entering the pugilistic ring.

Chicago, IL: April 23, 1909
Dr. B. F. Roller F.T.T. Leo Pardello (twice in 30:00) (only once in 20:15) ... Walter
Willoughby drew Henry Irslinger (15:00) ... (held in a local theater)

Chicago IL: April 24, 1909
(Illinois A.C.) ... Gus Swanson (of New York City NY) drew Young Gotch (of Iowa) (60:00, 0-
0) ... (Lightweight tournament) Harry Jones (of Chicago IL) beat Ed Fox (12:30) ... Max
Luttbeg drew Ernest Lindberg (30:00) ... Al Wassen (of St. Louis) drew Young Jordan (30:
00) ... NOTE: Swanson and Gotch were billed as meeting for the featherweight
championship of America ... The Tribune said the match was "uninteresting" ... Originally,
the Illinois A.C. had talked about Eugene Tremblay and Johnny Billiter being part of the
lightweight tournament

Chicago IL: April 24, 1909
(Chicago A.A.) ... Dr. B.F. Roller beat Karl Victor (of St. Louis MO) (2-0) ... Ernest Siegfried
beat Frank Erler (2-0) ... Leo Pardello beat Jim Galvin (2-1)

Chicago, IL: April 26, 1909
(Illinois A.C.) ... (final) Max Luttbeg beat Albert Wassen (to win the lightweight
championship of America) (25:12) ... Ernest Lindberg beat Arthur Jones (for third place) ...
NOTE: In the preliminaries Luttbeg (45) decisioned Lindberg in two of three falls.

Chicago, IL: April 27, 1909
(Glenwood A.C.) ... M. V. Edger vs Young Kid Cutler ... Mysterious Conductor vs Young
Pardello ... NOTE: The site was located at 1785 North Clark Street.

Kansas City MO: April 27, 1909
(Convention Hall, att. 5,500) ... (World Title) Frank Gotch* beat Dr. B.F. Roller (2-0) ...
NOTE: Gotch prevails in 37:55 and 18:29

Memphis, TN: April 29, 1909
(Auditorium) ... (Handicap) Frank Gotch beat Charles Hackenschmidt (3-0) (Gotch took all
three falls in less than 21 minutes.)

Toledo, OH: April 30, 1909
Max Luttbeg beat John Shufelt (2-0)

Bloomington, IL: April 30, 1909
Hassam Ali beat Carl Bush (2-0) ... NOTE: Bush claimed that the Turk was Yussiff
Mahmout, and that he was the victim of deception.

Des Moines, IA: May 3, 1900
(Att.-5,000) Frank Gotch beat Jess Reimer (2-0) (18:45 & 15:00) (referee-B. F. Roller)

Kansas City, MO: May 7, 1909
Ernest Siegfried beat Joe Rogers (2-0) (managed by Jack Curley as of April 20)

Chicago, IL: May 12, 1909
(Chicago A.C.) ... Ernest Siegfried vs Mysterious Conductor ... Henry Irslinger vs Charles
Postl

St. Louis MO: May 16, 1909
Charles Olson beat Thad Link (2-0) ... NOTE: Time of the falls was 21:20 and 21:30

Chicago, IL: May 22, 1909
(Lincoln Turner Hall) ... Ernest Siegfried beat Jack McCormick (2-0) ... Gus Anderson drew
Carl Lindberg (60:00) ... Young Putkennen beat Al Swanson (1-0, cnc)

Omaha, NB: May 24, 1909
(Auditorium) ... Frank Gotch beat Charles Olsen (2-0) (21:40 & 15:00)

Chicago IL: May 25, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... Ernest Siegfried beat Charles Olson (2-0) ... Dr. B. F. Roller F.T.T.
Charles Cutler (twice in 30:00, only once) ... Leo Pardello beat Jim Galvin (2-0) ... NOTE:
Siegfried won in 27:10 by a foul and 10.35)

Sioux City IA: May 26, 1909
(Opera House) ... (Handicap) Frank Gotch beat Oscar Wasem (2-0) & Al Kubiak (1-0)
(three falls in 40:00)

Sioux Falls, SD: May 28, 1909
(Handicap) Frank Gotch beat Dan McDonald, Joe Ackron and Prof. Miller

Bloomington, IL: June 2, 1909
Dr. B. F. Roller beat Charles Challender (as Mysterious Conductor) (2-0)

Cleveland, OH: June 2, 1909
(world welterweight champion) Otto Sutter* beat John Billeter (3:15:00, dec.)

Des Moines IA: June 12, 1909 (14?)
(Stock Pavilion, Fairgrounds) ... (World Title) Frank Gotch* beat Tom Jenkins (2-0) ...
NOTE: This was the fifth bout, or rubber match, of a longstanding series that stood two
wins apiece before tonight ... Jenkins is now the wrestling instructor at West Point

Indianapolis, IN: June 15, 1909
Charles Olson beat Emil Brugglio (2-0) ... Charles (Kid) Cutler beat Hassan Ali Yussiff II

Calumet, MI: June 17, 1909
Ed Adamson vs Pearl T. Beeman (for middleweight title)

Bloomington, IL: June 9, 1909
Charles Challendar (as Mysterious Conductor) beat Yussiff Hussane (as Hussane Yussiff)
(cnc)

Sterling, IL: July 9, 1909
George Sibert (St. Louis) beat William Munson (South Dakota’s championship wrestler) (2-
0)

Chicago, IL: August 2, 1909
(Forrest Park) ... Charles Cutler vs Mysterious Conductor (15:00) ... plus boxing

Chicago IL: August 14, 1909
Frank Gotch wires the promoters of the Malachy Hogan testimonial, scheduled Friday,
Aug. 20, at the White Sox baseball park, that he could not come and wrestle as was
originally planned ... This inability to attend the event for the longtime baseball umpire (and
occasional wrestling referee) is due to the fact that Gotch's sister intends to be married
that same day ... There still is a chance that Jack McCormick and Capt. Henry Visser, the
big Boer, could be matched in between the two scheduled baseball games ... Gotch does
subscribe as an individual to the fund, which reaches $4,000.

Chicago, IL: August 27, 1909
(Peterson’s Pavillon) ... Mysterious Conductor vs Jack Parker (of Troy, N.Y.)

Buffalo NY: August 29, 1909
A cablegram dated Moscow and signed by Stanislaus Zbyszko, the Polish wrestler who is
coming to the U.S. next month, denies that Doc Message of Chicago will be handling his
affairs ... Zbyszko states that he will be under the sole direction of John H. (Jack) Herman
of this city, with whom he signed a contract last fall

Toledo OH: September 13, 1909
Tom Coburn of Chicago, the 180-pound wrestler, is matched with Al Ackerman at St. Marys
... Coburn agrees to throw Ackerman twice within an hour or forfeit the gate receipts.

Chicago IL: September 17, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... (Handicap) Giovanni Raicevich beat Harry Fields (5:10) & George
Stafford (:50) & Joe Rickard (2:10)

New York City NY: September 21, 1909
Arriving aboard the steamer Caronia is Stanislaus Zbyszko who, it is said, "has defeated
every wrestler he has met in Europe, including Ivan Padoubney, the Russian, who
defeated Hackenschmidt in two straight falls, each of which was secured in less than ten
minutes." ... Zbyszko is said to have won over 200 matches in the past six years .. In 1905,
beat Lurich, the German champion; Cyclops, the Frenchman; Beck Olsen, the Swede;
Cosntant le Marin, the Austrian, and Madrali, the Turk ... In 1906, beat Joseph Lambert in
London, as well as Ivan Padoubney, the Russian ... At Munich, his victims were Zaiken,
Abes and John Phol ... Same year, Vienna, he beat Gambert, La Rose and Eberle ... At
Berlin, spring 1909, beat Omar Bunaire, Jacob Kock, Alex Aberg and Kare Hassan

Chicago, IL: October 1, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... Charley Cutler vs Emilio Ruggero (Italian giant)

Chicago, IL: October 4, 1909
(Riverview Rink) ... Giovanni Raicevich beat Emil Klank (2-0) ... Jack Olson beat Bruno
Meinkel and John Kilonis ... Joe Richard beat Dutch Meier (2-0)

Buffalo NY: October 7, 1909
Stanislaus Zbyszko scheduled to make U.S. debut.

Chicago, IL: October 11, 1909
(Riverview Rink) ... Heinrich Weber vs Jack Leon

Seattle, WA: October 9, 1909
Joe Carroll, alias Ole Marsh, the wrestler, indicted in Nebraska and Iowa for alleged use of
the mails to defraud in connection with the Mabray gang of wrestling and foot racing
promoters, was released on $3,500 bail today.

Chicago IL: October 15, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... Fred Beell vs Charles Cutler

Chicago, IL: October 18, 1909
(Riverview Rink) ... Fred Beell vs Tom Winklehofer ... Nick Protopapas vs Mike Reagan

Kansas City MO: October 19, 1909
Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Carl Alberg (2-0)

Chicago, IL: October 21, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... Giovanni Raichvich beat Tom Jones (the street car conductor) (2-0) ...
Pat Connolly beat Jack Farmer (2-0)

Chicago IL: October 22, 1909
(Coliseum) ... (Handicap) Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Emilio Ruggero (2:32) & Jourdan D'Uzes
(1:54) & Charles Cutler (34:10, cnc) (to pin all in 60:00) ... Charles Postl beat
Biggenheimer (8:30) ... Fred Beell beat M.J. (Mike) Dwyer (2-0) ... Pat Connolly beat John
Voss (2-0) ... NOTE: Frank Gotch is at ringside -- "He is a tough, powerful and rough
wrestler, but his tricks were burned up years ago. Will I beat him? Well, just wait and see
me do it." ... Zbyszko said fortunate that he and Cutler rolled out of the ring when they did,
Cutler knocking himself silly when he struck his head on the floor and officials refusing to
let him continue (lineup had Postl facing Emil Brugglio)

Chicago IL: October 22, 1909
Word circulates that Antoine Pierre is coming back with a wrestler named Maxout Murat,
discovered in Asiatic Turkey, in the hopes that he can lick Frank Gotch ... In a letter from
London, Pierre says he sails today on the Mauretania, with Murat and Yussiff Mahmout,
who is anxious for another crack at the world champion.

Chicago IL: October 23, 1909
(Illinois A.C.) ... Giovanni Raicevich beat Charles Reber (2-0) ... M.J. (Mike) Dwyer beat
John Voss (of Rock Island IL) (2-0) ... Fred Beell beat John Berg (2-0) ... Charles Postl
beat Frank Smith (aka Feodor Schmidt)

Chicago IL: October 23, 1909
(Chicago A.A.) ... Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Gus Uzzler (7:57) ... Pat Conley (aka Pat
Connolly, "the Galway Tiger") beat Mysterious Conductor (2-0) ... Charles Cutler beat Fred
Erler (14:55) ... Jack Olson beat Kalla Pasha (2-0) ... NOTE: Pasha is described as "a
roughhouse wrestler of the Pardello type, who bears a remarkable resemblance to Joe
Rickard"

Chicago, IL: October 26, 1909
(Monroe Athletic Club) ... A. L. Zimmerman (former hw amateur champion) beat Henry S.
Miller (2-0) ... Jack Leon beat Jourdan de Ruen (2-0) ... Young Jordan beat Al Ackerman
(2-0) ... William Clemmons beat Billy Jones ... (referee-Nick Protopapas)

Richmond, IN: October 27, 1909
Dr. B. F. Roller beat Medino (Chicago Italian) (2-0)

Chicago, IL: November 1, 1909
(Riverview Rink) ... (Handicap) Frank Gotch beat Hilding Ardahl (8:48) and Dan McLeod (9:
29) ... B. F. Roller beat Tom Winklehofer (2-0) ... Charles Postl beat Magnus Paulson (2-0)

Chicago, IL: November 2, 1909
(Coliseum Annex) ... (Handicap) Nick Protopapas beat Dan McBride (0:45), Omer
Christianson (1:30) and Charles Hagberg (5:40) ... Jack Leon beat Frank (Gus) Erler (2-0)
... Young Jordan beat Jack Young (2-0) ... Young Billiter drew with John Kaionias ... Young
Mitchell (sub for Chief Montour) beat Harry Fields (dq) ... (referee-Barney Lichtenstein)

Rockford, IL: November 4, 1909
Frank Erler beat Paul Deroney (2-0)

Chicago, IL: November 5, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... (Handicap) Giovanni Raicevich beat John Arzith, Gus Uzzler and Emil
Brugglio (in 12 minutes total) ... Americus beat Dan McBride (2-0)

Chicago, IL: November 5, 1909
(Roosevelt Hall) ... Jack Leon beat Mike Conley (2-0) ... Charles Postl beat Peter Pappas
(2-0) ... Kid Parker beat Dutch Williams ... John Killovas F.T.T. Danny Goodwin (twice in 30:
00, no falls) ... NOTE: The site was formerly called Brand’s Hall.

Chicago, IL: November 6, 1909
(Chicago Athletic Association) ... (Handicap) Frank Gotch beat Frank Prindle (2-0, twice in
30:00) ... Emil Klank beat Kalla Pasha (2-0) ... Jack Olson drew Magnus Paulson (45:00) ...
Mysterious Conductor beat Joe Richeimer ... Ralph Quilley beat Fred Geber (2-0)

Chicago, IL: November 8, 1909
(New Monroe A.C.) ... Nick Protopapas vs Mike Conley ... Carl Zimmerman vs Earl Metz ...
Jack Leon vs Henry Dallow ... Young Jordan vs Art Poster ... (referee-Frank Gotch)

Chicago IL: November 9, 1909
(att. 10,000) ... (World Title) Frank Gotch* beat Giovanni Raicevich (2-0) ... Referee: Dick
Fleming ... Gus Schoenlein (as Americus) beat Charles Postl (2-0) ... Jack Olson (of
Brooklyn NY) beat Dick Sorensen (2-0) ... Dan McLeod beat Joe Wallace (2-0) ... NOTE:
Gotch made quick work of his "Italian champion" foe, scoring in 10:28 and 5:28 ... McLeod,
who was 49 years old at the time, handled Wallace with falls in 8:02 and 6:00

Milwaukee WI: November 9, 1909
Heinrich Weber (aka Henry Weber) beat Carl Alberg (2-0) ... Nick Protapapas beat Tom
Connolly (2-0)

Richmond, IN: November 12, 1909
Charles Olson beat Alfred Madino (Chicago) ... Frank Prindle beat Walter Evans (Nashville)

Kansas City MO: November 15, 1909
(Convention Hall) ... (World Title) Frank Gotch* beat Dr. B.F. Roller (2-0) ... NOTE: The
first fall was taken in 46:20, with a half Nelson and crotch hold, and the second in 27:39
with a punishing toe hold.

Chicago IL: November 19, 1909
(Dexter Park Pavilion, att. 4,100) ... (Handicap) Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Tom Winkelhoefer
(sub for Leo Pardello) (19:35) & John Eberly (sub for Carl Saft) (10:24) & Leon Dumont (1:
20) (to pin all in 60:00; accomplished in 31:19) ... Young Billiter beat Mike O'Grady (2-0) ..
Jess Westergaard beat Paul Alvarez (2-0) ... William Demetral (sub for Nick Protopapas)
beat Mike Conley (2-0) ... Henry Ordemann vs Tom Winklehoefer (Ordemann no show,
bout scrubbed) ... Dan McLeod (sub for Fred Beell) drew Charles Postl (30:00) ...
Mustapha Memenhoff beat Albert Beneto Madino (2-0) ... NOTE: The opening show of the
National Athletic Club of America was marred by many substitutions ... "The best match of
the night was that between Dan McLeod and Charley Postl. Although outweighed, Postl put
up an even struggle in which speed was a feature and the contest was called a draw at the
expiration of thirty minutes. Both men squirmed out of holds galore and brilliant bridging
brought the crowd to its feet. Time and again grips which it seemed would be impossible to
break were secured by each man, but speed and cleverness enabled both to escape
defeat." -- Chicago Tribune, Nov. 20, 1909 ... At one point, Charles Olson was listed as a
possible foe for Henry Ordemann

Chicago IL: November 19, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... (Handicap) Yussiff Mahmout beat William Demetral (13:04 of 15-
minute duration) ... Jack Leon (later Ivan Linow) beat John Dorey (2-0)

Chicago IL: November 23, 1909
(New Northern Bath Gym) ... Charles Postl beat Max Miller (of Hamburg GERMANY) (2-0)
... Charles Collins beat Jack Mills ... (Handicap) Walter Baker FTT R. Henkle (15:00) ...
Referee: Dick Fleming

Buffalo NY: November 25, 1909
(att. 10,000) ... (Handicap) Frank Gotch FTT Stanislaus Zbyszko (twice in 60:00; no falls
taken) ... NOTE: Afterward, Zbyszko allows, "I can beat this man in a straight match." ... His
manager, Jack Herman, says, "I will post $2,500 in Chicago the day after tomorrow for a
match with Gotch for $10,000 a side." ... Zbyszko weighed 236, Gotch 203

Chicago IL: November 25, 1909
(White City) ... Giovanni Raicevich vs Charles Cutler ... William Demetral vs Leo Pardello ...
Mustapha Memadorff vs Tom Winkelhoefer ... Paul vs Ortwell

Dubuque IA: November 25, 1909
(Dubuque A.C.) ... (Handicap) Charles Callender (as Mysterious Conductor) FTT Jack
Olson (of Brooklyn NY) (twice in 60:00; no falls taken) ... NOTE: The two agreed to a finish
match within two weeks.

Chicago IL: November 26, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... (Handicap) Yussiff Mahmout FTT Leo Pardello (15:00) ... Farmer
Fenby beat Jack King (2-0) ... NOTE: Originally, Mustapha Memadoff ("the other Turk")
was scheduled to face Pardello

Chicago IL: November 29, 1909
(Riverside Rink, att. 4,500) ... Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Leo Pardello (2-0) ... Heinrich
Weber (aka Henry Weber) beat Paul Alvarez (2-0) ... Ernest Kartye drew Jack Olson (60:
00, 0-0) ... William Demetral beat Tom Turner (2-0) ... Young Jordan beat Joe Sabine ...
NOTE: Zbyszko won two easy falls, despite some rough stuff from Pardello, in just under
12 minutes

Minneapolis, MN: December 2, 1909
Henry Ordemann beat Yankee Rogers (2-0)

Chicago, IL: December 3, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... Yussiff Mahmout vs Charley Cutler

Kansas City MO: December 3, 1909
(Convention Hall) ... Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Raoul de Rouen (2-0) ... Referee: Dave
Porteous ... NOTE: Zibby was given the first fall on a foul and won the second with a cross
body hold in 30:35 as De Rouen "resorted to almost every unfair tactic known to the game.
He gouged the patient Polander in the eyes, twisted his nose, pinched his body, and
slugged him. When the foul was called De Rouen hammered the mat with his fists and
threatened Porteous." -- Chicago Tribune, Dec. 4, 1909

Chicago IL: December 4, 1909
(Illinois A.C.) ... Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Paul Alvarez (2-0) ... William Demetral beat Pat
Connolly (2-0) ... Henrich Weber beat Gus Svenk (of Wisconsin) (2-0) ... Young Jordan
beat George Blakely (of Michigan) (2-0) ... NOTE: Alvarez lost falls in nine minutes and five
minutes and "never had a chance"

Chicago, IL: December 4, 1909
(Chicago A.A.) ... Yussiff Mahmout F.T.T. Leo Pardello (twice in 30:00, only once in 16:45)
... Charley (Kid) Cutler beat Paul Martinson (2-0) (sub for Gus Uzzler) ... Mysterious
Conductor beat Kalla Pasha (2-0) ... Jack Olson beat Joe Rusek (2-0)

Quincy IL: December 6, 1909
(Handicap) Stanislaus Zbyszko FTT George Turner (of Kellogg IA) (twice in 45:00; took
him 50 minutes to get both pinfalls)

Chicago IL: December 7, 1909
(Northern A.C.) ... Charles Postl beat Pat Galvin (2-0) (sub for Gus Easler) ... Walter Baker
beat Joe Walsh (2-0) ... C. Vincent beat Jack Bush (2-0) ... John Behr beat Louis Wagner

Toledo, OH: December 7, 1909
Yussiff Mahmout beat Leo Pardello (2-0) (16:00 & 14:00)

Chicago, IL: December 8, 1909
(White City Casino) ... Charley Cutler vs Jim Galvin

Chicago IL: December 11, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... (Handicap) Gus Schoenlein (as Americus) beat Harry Fields (2:00) &
Herman Miller (1:00) and John Dorey (3:00) ... Charles Postl beat George Stafford (2-0) ...
(referee-Dick Fleming)

Chicago IL: December 14, 1909
(Coliseum) ... Yussiff Mahmout beat Gus Schoenlein (as Americus) (2-0) ... Ernest Kartye
beat Frank Lynch (sub for Jack Olson) (2-0) ... William Demetral beat Charles Postl (1-1,
cnc) ... Jim Esson beat Jim Galvin (1-0) ... Charles Callender (as Mysterious Conductor)
drew Hassan Sakir (25:00) ... Referee: Dick Fleming ... NOTE: Mahmout surprised
Schoenlein by pinning him in 2:34 and then in 33:25 ... "That fall finished a show which was
one of the best that has been held in Chicago this winter. There was interesting work in
every match ..." -- Chicago Tribune, Dec. 15, 1909 ... Postl claimed to have broken a rib
and forfeited the third fall to Demetral ... Lynch is described as Schoenlein's wrestling
"partner" ... Physicians would not let Jack Olson go on.

Hammond IN: December 14, 1909
(Hammond Athletic Assoc. Gym) ... Stanislaus Zbyszko beat Raoul de Boulanger (2-0) ...
Heinrich Weber beat Mike Connelly (2-0) ... Tom Winkelhoefer beat George Siegfried (2-0)
... Young Jordan beat Roughhouse Nichols (2-0) ... NOTE: The Pole prevailed in 5:05 and
6:18, respectively

Chicago IL: December 18, 1909
(Chicago A.A.) ... Jim Esson beat Mysterious Conductor (2-0) ... Jim Galvin beat Karl Victor
(2-0) ... Leo Pardello beat Jim Galvin (sub for Kalla Pasha) (1-0, cnc) ... (Handicap)
Charles Cutler (sub for Jim Galvin) FTT Leo Pardello (15:00) ... Adolph Ernst (later Ad
Santel) drew Paul Martinson (60:00, 0-0) ... Referee: Dick Fleming

Kansas City MO: December 21, 1909
(Convention Hall) ... (Handicap) Stanislaus Zbyszko FTT Dr. B.F. Roller (twice in 60:00; no
falls secured) ... NOTE: Roller weighed 196, Zbyszko 235 and, by the terms of the affair,
Roller took all of the purse

Sterling, IL: December 24, 1909
Charles Challander (as Mysterious Conductor) beat Manley Pecos (Iowa) (2-0)

Chicago IL: December 24, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... Charles Cutler beat Paul Alvarez (2-0) ... Walter Willoughby beat Mike
Conley (2-0)

Chicago, IL: December 31, 1909
(Empire Theater) ... Yussiff Mahmout beat Jim Galvin (2-0) ... Walter Willoughby beat John
(Jack) Kilonis (2-0) ... (referee-Charley Cutler)

Research by J Michael Kenyon

Chicago Wrestling Results - 1909