Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 1, 1945 (Mammoth Garden) … Killer Karl Davis b. Abe “King Kong” Kashey (2/3) (Kashey won the first fall in 19-minutes, Davis won the second in 9:19 and third in 6:03) … Frankie Taylor b. Jules Strongbow (2/3) … Hans Schnabel b. Jack Conley (7:14) … Abie Coleman and Jack Kennedy drew … (promoter: George Zaharias) Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 8, 1945 (Mammoth Garden) … Tom Zaharias b. Killer Karl Davis (2/3) (Davis won the first fall in 9: 07, Zaharias won the second in 6:23 and third in 10:54) … Frankie Taylor b. Hans Schnabel (2/3) … Jack Kennedy b. Jules Strongbow … Johnny Atkins and Danny Loos drew … (3,100 fans) … (promoter: George Zaharias) Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 15, 1945 (Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Jack Kennedy b. Jules Strongbow (2-0) (19:07, 8:40) … Tom Zaharias b. Frankie Taylor (2/3) (Taylor won the first fall in 15:10, Zaharias won the second in 12:26 and third in 9:03) … Les Grimes b. Danny Loos (17:01) … Jimmy El Pulpo b. George Williamson (17:42) … (3,300 fans) … (promoter: George Zaharias) Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 22, 1945 (Mammoth Garden) … The Zaharias Brothers (Babe and Tom Zaharias) b. Mike “Red” Ryan and Frankie Taylor (2/3) (Zaharias Brothers won the first in 12:31, Ryan and Taylor won the second in 4:33, Zaharias Brothers won the third in 12:02) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Jack Kennedy and Ernie Dusek drew (60:00) (1-1) (Dusek won the first fall in 30:09, Kennedy won the second 11:23) … Danny Loos b. Les Grimes (18: 00) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (4,000 fans) Denver, Colorado: Monday, October 29, 1945 (Mammoth Garden) … The Zaharias Brothers (Babe and Tom Zaharias) b. The Dusek Brothers (Ernie and ? Dusek) (2/3) (Zaharias Brothers won the first fall in 11:47, Duseks won the second in 3:50, Zaharias Brothers won the third by DQ in 11:45) (Ernie Dusek punched the referee) … Lord Albert Mills b. Frankie Taylor (2/3) (Mills won the first fall in 12:21, Taylor won the second, Mills won the third in 8:12) … Ed Virag b. Mike “Red” Ryan (9:54) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (referee: Pat McKee) … (4,000 fans) Denver, Colorado: Monday, November 5, 1945 (Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Jack Kennedy b. Everette Marshall (2/3) (Kennedy won the first fall in 7:34, Marshall won the second in 12:03, Kennedy won the third by DQ in 5:26) … Ed Virag and Tom Zaharias drew (1-1) (Zaharias won the first fall in 19:34, Virag won the second in 7:59) … Lord Albert Mills and Babe Zaharias drew (30:00) … Mike “Red” Ryan b. King Kong Clayton (14:12) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (referee: Dan Darnell) Denver, Colorado: Monday, November 12, 1945 (Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Jack Kennedy b. Tom Zaharias (2/3) (Zaharias won the first fall in 29:39, Kennedy won the second in 8:27, Kennedy won by decision in 60-minutes) … First Lieutenant Chris Zaharias b. Lord Albert Mills (2/3) (Mills won the first fall in 7:18, Zaharias won the second in 5:21, Zaharias won the third by DQ in 6:25) … Alberto Campos and Oki Shikina drew (30:00) … Stanley Kerfoot b. Mike “Red” Ryan (11:17) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (3,800 fans) Note: 1st LT Chris Zaharias was on terminal leave from the United States Army. Denver, Colorado: Monday, November 19, 1945 (Mammoth Garden) … The Zaharias Brothers (Chris and Tom Zaharias) b. Jack Kennedy and Lord Albert Mills (2/3) (Kennedy and Mills won the first in 13:15, Zaharias Brothers won the second in 6:41, Zaharias Brothers won the third in 9:21) … Oki Shikina b. Jimmy El Pulpo (2/3) (Shikina won the first fall in 21:20, Pulpo won the second in 32-seconds, Shikina won the third in 3:10) … Alberto Campos b. Stanley Kerfoot (16:20) … Mike “Red” Ryan b. George Williamson (9:03) … (promoter: George Zaharias) Denver, Colorado: Monday, November 26, 1945 (Mammoth Garden) … Lord Albert Mills b. Jack Kennedy to capture the Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Mills won the first fall in 14:15, Kennedy won the second in 6:25, Mills won the third in 15:06) … Oki Shikina b. Tom Zaharias (2/3) (Mixed Judo style-catch- as-catch-can style match) (2/3) (Zaharias won the first fall in 17:47, Shikina won in a Judo style match in 5:40 in the second, Shikina won by decision after 60-minutes) … Chris Zaharias b. Alberto Campos … Charley Harbin b. Jimmy El Pulpo (11:16) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (referee: Jack Bloom) Denver, Colorado: Monday, December 3, 1945 (Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Lord Albert Mills b. Oki Shikina (2-0) (Mills won the first fall in 22:10, Mills won by disqualification when his opponent used an illegal Judo hold) … Jack Kennedy b. Babe Zaharias (2/3) (Zaharias won the first fall in 22:10, Kennedy won the second in 9:09, Kennedy won by decision) … Alberto Campos and Jimmy El Pulpo b. Charley Harben and Mike “Red” Ryan (12:17) … George Craig and Chris Zaharias drew … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (referee: Dan Darnell) Denver, Colorado: Monday, December 10, 1945 (Mammoth Garden) … June Byers b. Rose Evans (11:40) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Lord Albert Mills b. Babe Zaharias (2-0) (Mills won the first fall by disqualification in 6:31, Mills won the second) … Chris Zaharias b. Goerge Craig (2/3) (Zaharias won the first fall in 12:10, Craig won the second fall in 5:05, Zaharias won the third in 7:03) … Jack Kennedy and Tom Zaharias drew (20:00) … Jimmy El Pulpo b. Alberto Campos (12:29) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (4,000 fans) (hundreds turned away) Denver, Colorado: Monday, December 17, 1945 (Mammoth Garden) … Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Champion Lord Albert Mills b. Jack Kennedy (dec., 60:00) (1-1) … Mae Weston b. June Byers (16:10) … George Craig b. Chris Zaharias (2/3) … Babe Zaharias b. Jim El Pulpo (14:33) … Tom Bradley b. Albert Campos (12:43) … (promoter: George Zaharias) Research by Tim Hornbaker August 11, 2007 |
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