Denver, Colorado:  Wednesday, January 3, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Everette Marshall b. George Zaharias to capture a full claim to the
Colorado State Heavyweight Title (1-0) (two hours) (Marshall won the only fall in 1:35:00)
… Johnny Atkins b. Billy Evans (27:00) (dropkick) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner) …
(referee:  Joe Severini) … (2,000 fans) … (gate:  $2,032)
Notes:  Prior to the match between Marshall and Zaharias, the two wrestlers were
threatened with suspension by the Coloraedo State Commission if they didn’t adhere to
the rules and regulations.  Zaharias was reportedly making his Denver wrestling debut
here.  Marshall beat Billy Evans at La Junta on Monday, and stayed at his father’s ranch.  
The winner of the bout would be recognized as the Colorado Heavyweight Champion.  
Marshall had previously claimed the title, but Zaharias said the championship was as much
his as it was Marshall’s.  The Denver Post stated that “Everette has been patterning his
style after Ed (Strangler) Lewis, who as champion was always the villain of the piece.” The
paper indicated that Marshall was once a “gentlemanly grappler,” but he was no longer
such.  Zaharias claimed he lost 15 pounds in the bout and Marshall ten, which the latter
claimed was customary for any bout lasting more than an hour.  The gate was reportedly
the largest in two years and “hundreds” of fans from other parts of Colorado, particularly
Southern Colorado, attended the program.  Atkins was said to have introduced “Joe
Savoldi’s dropkick for the first time to a local crowd.”

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, March 19, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Everette Marshall b. Dr. Karl Sarpolis (34:00) (airplane spin) … Fred
Peterson b. Johnny Atkins (28:00) .. Jack Jackson and Jim Prout drew (20:00) …
(promoter:  Jack Kanner) … (referee:  Dan Darnell) … (3,000 fans) … (gate:  $2,149.80)
Notes:  Sarpolis was called the “famous Cleveland chiropractor.” He was reportedly a
“noted radio singer and is also said to play the violin in creditable fashion.” The Denver
Post stated that “Sarpolis’ wrestling career started while he was a student at University of
Chicago.  While there he won the light-heavyweight championship of the Big Ten.  Turning
professional in 1926 after leading an orchestra in musical comedy, the doctor immediately
became a sensation.” He was said to have wins over both Zbyszkos, John Freberg, Joe
Malcewicz, and drew the largest crowd with Jim Londos to see a bout in San Francisco.  
Billy Sandow was claiming the world heavyweight champion on behalf of Marshall, basing
the claim “on the fact Marshall ran Jim Browning out of the ring at Kansas City recently.”
Fred Peterson was the Missouri champion.  P.R. “Reddy” Gallagher of the Denver Post
wrote that Marshall “looks more like a champion with every appearance.” Sandow made a
speech from the ring, declaring that “Marshall was the closest approach to Frank Gotch he
had ever seen.”

Pueblo, Colorado:  Friday, March 23, 1934
( ) … Everette Marshall b. Herschel Eakins (2-0)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, March 26, 1934
(City Auditorium) … Everette Marshall b. Fred Peterson (1:04:00) … Otto Utt b. Jack
Knocke … Johnny Atkins b. Samuel Relfanyder … (promoter:  Jack Kanner) … (“not so
good” house)
Notes:  Utt was a “Pueblo strong man,” and Relfanyder was from Rocky Ford.  Both were
making their Denver debut.  Kanner wanted to pit Marshall against a known wrestler and
wanted to schedule his next show in mid-April.



Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 8, 2007
Denver Wrestling Results - 1934