Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, January 2, 1941
(Gem Theater) … King Kong and Jim Parker drew (60:00) … Lou Newman b. Walter Sirois
(DQ) (1:50) … Jack Connelly b. Leo Karlinko (15:35) … Jerry Malone b. Jorge Bacrolina
(7:58) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner) … (referee:  Dan Darnell)
Note:  Bacrolina was said to be from El Paso.

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, January 9, 1941
(Gem Theater) … King Kong b. Lou Newman (2/3) … Jim Parker b. Otto Oster (6:50) …
Les Grimes b. Jim Parker (DQ) (11:25) … Ivan Jones b. Jerry Malone (10:08) …
(promoter:  Jack Kanner) … (referee:  Jack Bloom)
Note:  Parker was from Chattanooga and continued to work as a heel locally.

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, January 16, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Roy Dunn b. Jim Parker (2-0) … King Kong b. Walter Sirois (2/3) (third
fall by DQ) … Mayes McLain and Lou Newman drew (30:00) .. Les Grimes b Jerry Malone
(8:30) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, January 23, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Everette Marshall b. Jack Connelly (38:00) … Lou Newman b. Walter
Sirois (DQ) … King Kong b. Jim Parker (27:35) … Les Grimes and Mayes McLain drew
(20:00) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, January 30, 1941
(Gem Theater) … King Kong b. Seelie Samara (2/3) … Walter Sirois b. Les Grimes (25:
23) … Mayes McLain b. Jim Parker (DQ) (22:00) … Lou Newman b. “Diamond” Jim Brady
(8:21) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner)
Notes:  Kong and Samara were called the “two foremost Negro grapplers in the country.”
Sirois, who had been disqualified so many time in previous contests, was actually given
the nickname “Disqualified” by the Rocky Mountain News.

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, February 6, 1941
(Gem Theater) … King Kong b. Jim Parker (2/3) … Walter Sirois b. Hard Boiled Riley (16:
20) … Lou Newman b. Otto Oster (16:12) … Les Grimes and Mayes McLain drew …
(promoter:  Jack Kanner)
Notes:  Kong reportedly extended his winning streak to “13 straight.” Riley was a
newcomer from Salt Lake City.

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, February 13, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Jack Connelly b. King Kong (2/3) … Jim Parker b. Walter Sirois (2/3) …
Lou Newman b. Les Grimes (16:30) … Hard Boiled Riley b. Jerry Malone (10:08) …
(promoter:  Jack Kanner) … (referee:  Jack Bloom)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, February 20, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Roy Dunn b. King Kong (1-0) (90:00) … Jack Connelly and Seelie
Samara drew (60:00) (1-1) … Jim Parker b. Hard Boiled Riley (6:20) … Lou Newman b. Ed
“Strangler” White (DQ) (12:49) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner) … (referee:  Jack Bloom)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, February 27, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Gene Bowman b Ed “Strangler” White (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Lou
Newman b. Jim Parker (2/3) … Otto Schnabel b. Hard Boiled Riley (15:00) … Mayes
McLain b. Dobie Osborn (12:00) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner) … (referee:  Jack Bloom)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, March 6, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Hans Schnabel b. Jack Connelly (1-0) (1:03:00) … Ed “Strangler” White
b. Walter Sirois (DQ) (12:26) … Gene Bowman b. Otto Schnabel (11:50) … King Kong
and Seelie Samara drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner) … (referee:  Dan Darnell)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, March 13, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Hans Schnabel b. Seelie Samara (35:00) … Gene Bowman b Walter
Sirois (DQ) (23:00) … Lou Newman and Ed “Strangler” White drew (20:00) … Bob Meeley
(Neeley) b. Dobie Osborn (6:45) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner) … (referee:  Dan Darnell)
Notes:  Schnabel reportedly had a recent victory over Everette Marshall at La Junta.  
Bowman was from Texas and Meeley was a “newcomer from Lowry Field.”

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, March 20, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Roy Dunn b. Gene Bowman (2/3) … Lou Newman b. Ed “Strangler”
White (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Seelie Samara and Walter Sirois drew (30:00) … Bob
Neeley b. Hard Boiled Riley (7:47) (Riley was unable to continue due to an arm injury) …
(promoter:  Jack Kanner)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, March 27, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Hans Schnabel b. Ed “Strangler” White (2-0) … Seelie Samara b.
Walter Sirois (2/3) … Gene Bowman and Lou Newman drew (30:00) … King Kong b. Otto
Schnabel (14:26) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner) … (500 fans)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, April 3, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Walter Sirois b. King Kong (2/3) … Hans Schnabel b. Mayes McLain (22:
58) and Gene Bowman (33:20) (Schnabel said he could beat two opponents in an hour)
… Lou Newman and Seelie Samara drew (30:00) … Ed “Strangler” White b. Otto
Schnabel (13:27) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, April 10, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Babe Zaharias b. Seelie Samara (2/3) (after the loss, Samara attacked
the referee) … Gene Bowman b. Lou Newman (2/3) … Jack Connelly b. Otto Schnabel
(12:51) … Mayes McLain and Ed “Strangler” White drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Jack
Kanner) … (referee:  Dan Darnell)
Notes:  A report in the Rocky Mountain News said that the first preliminary match was
McLain vs. “Ed (Strangler) Lewis,” which seems to be an error.  “Strangler” White was in
the territory and Lewis would have been higher up on the bill.

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, April 17, 1941
(City Auditorium) … Everette Marshall b. Hans Schnabel (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Jack
Connelly (Conley) b. Babe Zaharias (DQ) … Gene Bowman b. Ed “Strangler” White (24:
10) … Mayes McLain b. Snuffy Schmidt (9:40) … Bob Neeley and Otto Oster drew (20:00)
… (promoter:  Jack Kanner) … (referee:  Dan Darnell)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, April 24, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Babe Zaharias b. Hans Schnabel (2-0) (Otto Schnabel, who was
attempting to smash Babe, hit Hans instead, leading to the finish of the second fall) …
King Kong b. Ed “Strangler” White (DQ) … Walter Sirois b. Seelie Samara (29:00) …
Mayes McLain and Otto Schnabel drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, May 1, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Babe Zaharias b. King Kong (2/3) … Gene Bowman b. Walter Sirois
(DQ) (after the match, Sirois fought with the referee) … Ed “Strangler” White b. Snuffy
Smith (Schmidt) (5:52) … Bob Neeley b. Roy Reynolds (12:36) … (promoter:  Jack
Kanner) … (referee:  Dan Darnell)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, May 8, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Chief Little Wolf b. Babe Zaharias (2/3) (third fall by DQ) (Zaharias
punched the referee on two occasions) … Roy Dunn b. Gene Bowman (9:56) … Jack
Conley and Walter Sirois drew (30:00) … King Kong and Ed “Strangler” White drew (20:
00) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner) … (referee:  Jack Bloom)

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, May 15, 1941
(Gem Theater) … Roy Dunn b. Babe Zaharias (2-0) (after the first fall, Zaharias tossed
Dunn into the orchestra pit) … Jack Conley b. Walter Sirois (34:00) … Gene Bowman b.
Ed “Strangler” White … King Kong and Frank Schroll drew … (promoter:  Jack Kanner)
Note:  The Rocky Mountain News called Roy Dunn, “Ed Dunn.”

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, May 22, 1941
(Gem Theater) … John Pesek b. Jack Conley (26:00) … Walter Sirois b. King Kong (43:
00) … Gene Bowman b. Frankie Schroll (24:00) … Ed “Strangler” White b. Otto Oster (25:
23) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner)
Note:  The Rocky Mountain News said that John Pesek was “invincible,” and that he
“dominated the bout” with Conley.

Denver, Colorado:  Thursday, May 29, 1941
(Gem Theater) … John Pesek b. Walter Sirois (33:00) (Sirois was unable to continue) …
Gene Bowman b. Bob Ford (37:00) … Frankie Schroll b. Ed “Strangler” White (27:00) …
Jack Conley and King Kong drew … (promoter:  Jack Kanner)

*Promoter Jack Kanner was moving his operations to the Mammoth Garden with
alternating boxing and wrestling shows on Monday nights.

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, June 9, 1941
(Mammoth Garden) … Maurice Tillet b. Abe Kashey … Everette Marshall b. Jim Wright
(DQ) … George Macricostas b. Ed “Strangler” White … Jack Conley b. Walter Sirois …
(promoter:  Jack Kanner) … (referee:  Jack Bloom) … (2,500 fans)
Notes:  Maurice Tillet was making his Rocky Mountain debut.  George Macricostas was
said to be 25 years old and 5’9”, weighing 218 pounds.  The Rocky Mountain News stated
that, in 1933, “he won an international tournament in Italy in which 12 nations competed.  
At 20 years of age, he was the amateur mat champion of the Balkans, Greece and
Turkey.” Jim Wright was called a Canadian.

Denver, Colorado:  Friday, June 21, 1941
(Casino) … Boxing and Wrestling Show … Jack Conley vs. King Kong
Note:  The facility was at 2637 Welton Street.

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, June 23, 1941
(Mammoth Garden) … Everette Marshall b. Jim Wright (2/3) … The Masked Marvel b.
Walter Sirois (8:43) … Gene Bowman and Don McIntyre drew (30:00) … “John Joseph”
Conley b. King Kong (19:15) … (promoter:  Jack Kanner)
Note:  McIntyre was said to be from Otterville, Missouri.

*The Tuesday, June 24, 1941 edition of the Rocky Mountain News stated that Jack
Dempsey was returning to Denver on July 21 to referee on a wrestling or boxing show.  
Dempsey was also going to referee matches in Grand Junction, La Junta, Pueblo, and
Colorado Springs.


Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 9, 2007
Denver Wrestling Results - 1941