Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, January 4, 1939 (Mammoth Garden) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall b. Hans Schnabel by DQ (2/3) (Schnabel was accompanied by his brother Fritz) … Lou Thesz b. Jim Coffield (22:05) … Lee Wykoff b. Rodolfo Gonzales (14:00) … Fritz Schnabel b. Jerry Meeker (12:00) … Bob Ford b. Art Manning (4:45) … (promoter: Joe Mohana) … (referee: Jack Bloom) … (3,000 fans) Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, January 18, 1939 (Mammoth Garden) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall and Hans Schnabel drew (90:00) (1-1) … Lou Thesz and Lee Wykoff drew (45:00) (no falls) … Ivan Managoff b. Les Grimes (16:55) … Jack Rogers b. Leo Alexander (20:05) … (promoter: Joe Mohana) … (referee: Jack Bloom) … (4,000 fans) Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, February 1, 1939 (Mammoth Garden) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Everette Marshall b. Hans Schnabel (2/3) … Lee Wykoff b. Jack Rogers (20:20) … Chief Saunooke b. Fritz Schnabel (1:45) … Joe Campbell and Ray Eckert drew … (promoter: Joe Mohana) … (referee: Jack Bloom) … (3,500 fans) Notes: Saunooke was said to be 6’6” and 280 pounds. Denver, Colorado: Friday, February 17, 1939 (Mammoth Garden) … Jim Morgan b. Hans Schnabel (2/3) (Morgan won the third fall by countout) … Lee Wykoff b. Young Gotch (16:20) … The Mysterious Bat b. Les Grimes (8: 40) … Fritz Schnabel b. Jack Rogers (9:10) … (promoter: Joe Mohana) Notes: Jim “Blacksmith” Morgan was said to have defeated Chief Little Wolf, Sandor Szabo, Vincent Lopez, and the Dusek Brothers. Denver, Colorado: Tuesday, March 7, 1939 (City Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Hans Schnabel (2- 0) … Lee Wykoff b. Steve Kayak (18:30) … Roy Dunn b. Joe Corbett (22:55) … George Rigosky b. Fritz Schnabel (14:55) … (promoter: Joe Mohana) … (referee: Jack Bloom) … (2,500 fans) Denver, Colorado: Wednesday, March 22, 1939 (Mammoth Garden) … Wally Dusek b. Steve Savage (2/3) … Roy Dunn b. Fred Carone (DQ) … Joe Corbett and George Rigosky drew (30:00) … Freddie Peltzer b. Leo Alexander (11:20) … (referee: Dan Darnell) Notes: Wally Dusek was reported to be one of the famous Dusek brothers. He had beaten “such grapplers as Henry (sic) DeGlane, Geore (sic) Szabo, Nick Kolonis and others in his varied career which has taken him to London, Berlin, Vienna, Milan, Brussels and South Africa for big matches.” Denver, Colorado: Monday, April 3, 1939 (City Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz and Everette Marshall drew (90:00) (1-1) … Jim McMillen b. Wally Dusek (14:25) … Steve Savage b. King Kong (9:30) … Fred Carone (Caronne) b. George Rigosky (15:05) … (4,600 fans) Notes: A lengthy piece on Thesz was written in the Friday, March 31, 1939 edition of the Denver Post. He explained that he “found out how to whip him [Everette Marshall] when I won the title in St. Louis last month. They tell me Marshall never has lost a match in his home state, but history will be made come Monday night.” His St. Louis bout with Marshall was called “one of the wildest and most exciting staged in any ring.” The paper said “Thesz, at 24, has reached the stage of his career where the experts are comparing him with Strangler Lewis, Stanislaus Szybsko (sic), Jimmy Londos and the other mat greats of the last two decades. He’s a tall Adonis with one of the finest physiques the game ever has known.” Denver, Colorado: Monday, December 18, 1939 (Mammoth Garden) … Roy Dunn b. Everette Marshall (2/3) (Marshall won the first fall, Dunn won the second by disqualification, Dunn won the third fall) … Cliff Gustafson b. Jim Coffield (20:05) … Chris Zaharias b. Roland (Ronnie) Etchison (13:55) … Al Getz and Lee Wykoff drew (30:00) … (promoter: Joe Mohana) … (referee: Jack Bloom) Notes: Gustafson was said to still be undefeated as a professional. Research by Tim Hornbaker August 19, 2007 |
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