Denver, Colorado:  Monday, January 7, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Carlos Mendoza and Pancho Morales b. Elephant Boy and
Gorgeous George Grant (2/3) (after the match, Nature Boy attacked Elephant Boy) …
Red Tigress b. Candy Carroll … The Golden Eagle b. Nature Boy … (promoter:  Ted
Cox) … (matchmaker:  Jack Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, January 14, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Catherine Simpson and Slave Girl Moolah wrestled to a no contest
(1-1) … The Golden Eagle and Pancho Morales wrestled Gorgeous George Grant and
Nature Boy to a no contest (1-1) … Danny Loos b. Nick Studen … (promoter:  Ted Cox)
… (matchmaker:  Jack Pfefer)
Notes:  Slave Girl Moolah was billed as the “Little Wildcat,” and Catherine Simpson was
called “The Great.”

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, January 21, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Slave Girl Moolah b. Catherine Simpson (2/3) (third fall by
countout) … Carlos Mendoza and Pancho Morales b. Gorgeous George Grant and
“Young” Buddy Rogers … Danny Loos b. Clark Gable (Gable was reportedly injured) …
(promoter:  Ted Cox) … (matchmaker:  Jack Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, January 28, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … The Lady Angel b. Slave Girl Moolah (2-0) … Pancho Morales b.
Bunny Rogers (2/3) … Gorgeous George Grant and Nature Boy wrestled to a no contest
… Carlos Mendoza and Nick Studen drew (30:00) … (promoter:  Ted Cox) …
(matchmaker:  Jack Pfefer) … (capacity crowd)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, February 4, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … The Lady Angel b. Red Tigress (2-0) … Slave Girl Moolah b.
Daisy Mae to capture the Women’s World Junior Heavyweight Title (2/3) … The Elephant
Boy b. Pancho Morales … Carlos Mendoza b. Gorgeous George Grant (DQ) … Nature
Boy b. Bunny Rogers … (promoter:  Ted Cox) … (matchmaker:  Jack Pfefer)
Notes:  The Mae-Moolah match was for the Women’s World Junior Heavyweight Title,
which Mae was holding.  Lady Angel was called the “World’s Ugliest Girl Wrestler.”

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, February 11, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … The Lady Angel and Daisy Mae b. Slave Girl Moolah and
Catherine “The Great” Simpson … The Elephant Boy b. Nature Boy … Lord Dizzy
Pinkerton b. Gorgeous George Grant (DQ) … (promoter:  Ted Cox) … (matchmaker:  
Jack Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, February 18, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … The Lady Angel and Slave Girl Moolah wrestled to a no contest (1-
1) (both were injured) … Lord Dizzy Pinkerton and Carlos Mendoza wrestled Elephant
Boy and Gorgeous George Grant to a no contest (1-1) (Grant used a chair on his
partner) … Nature Boy b. Nick Studen (2/3) … (promoter:  Ted Cox) … (matchmaker:  
Jack Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, February 25, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Gorgeous George Grant and Carlos Mendoza drew (1-1) .. Slave
Girl Moolah b. Lady Angel and Daisy Mae (Moolah’s partner Wilma Gordon was sick and
unable to compete) … Nature Boy b. Clark Gable (2/3) … (promoter:  Ted Cox) …
(matchmaker:  Jack Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, March 3, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Elephant Boy failed to throw both Gorgeous George Grant and
Carlos Mendoza (60:00) (Boy beat Grant in 32 minutes, but failed to beat Mendoza) …
Lord Dizzy Pinkerton b. The Mad Baron (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Danny Loos b. Nature
Boy (2/3) … (promoter:  Ted Cox) … (matchmaker:  Jack Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, March 10, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Juanita Coffman b. Mitzi DeMarco (2/3) … Elephant Boy and The
Mad Baron b. Lord Dizzy Pinkerton and (?) (2/3) … Dr. Dropkick Rogers and Nature Boy
drew … (promoter:  Ted Cox) … (matchmaker:  Jack Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, March 17, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Juanita Coffman vs. Mitzi DeMarco … Elephant Boy and Nature
Boy vs. Dr. Dropkick Rogers and Lord Dizzy Pinkerton … (promoter:  Ted Cox) …
(matchmaker:  Jack Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, March 24, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Elephant Boy b. Gorgeous George Grant (2/3) … Slave Girl
Moolah b. Juanita Coffman (2/3) … Carlos Mendoza b. Nature Boy … (promoter:  Ted
Cox) … (matchmaker:  Jack Pfefer)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, March 31, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Slave Girl Moolah b. Margie Mahoney (2-0) … Gorgeous George
Grant and Caesar Sando b. Black Prince and Tony Faletti (DQ) … Carlos Mendoza and
Nature Boy drew (60:00) (1-1) … (promoter:  Ted Cox) … (matchmaker:  Jack Pfefer)

*Jack Pfefer left Denver, leaving Cox to find his own talent – using talent from booker
Mike London.

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, Apirl 7, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Danny Loos and Caesar Sando wrestled “Crazy” Jimmy Blood and
Black Prince to a draw (1-1) (60:00) … Nick Studen b. Tony Feletti (2/3) … Mike Pierce
and Johnny Cobb drew (30:00) … (promoter:  Ted Cox) … (capacity crowd)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, April 14, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Tony Falletti b. Nick Studen (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Babs Wingo
b. Mary Horton (2/3) … Jimmy Blood and Caesar Sando drew … The Black Prince and
Johnny Cobb wrestled to a no contest … Clark Gable and Vern Pugh drew … (promoter:  
Ted Cox)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, April 21, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Jimmy Blood and Tony Falleti b. Johnny Cobb and Caesar Sando
(2/3) … Babs Wingo b. Elvira Snodgrass (2/3) (winner to face Mildred Burke next week)
… Nick Studen failed to beat both The Black Prince and Clark Gable (Studen beat Clark
in 13:12, but wrestled to a double countout with Prince in 4:19) … (promoter:  Ted Cox)

Denver, Colorado:  Monday, April 28, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Women’s World Champion Mildred Burke b. Babs Wingo (2-0) …
Nick Studen b. Caesar Sando (2/3) … Jimmy Blood b. Johnny Cobb (15:19) … Black
Prince and Tony Falletti drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Ted Cox)

*No Cards Held in Denver between May 1 and May 13, 1952.
*No full searches were completed between May 13, 1952 and October 5, 1952.  Ted Cox
may have held several shows in that time-span, before wrestling was closed for the
summer.

*The Sunday, October 5, 1952 edition of the Denver Post reported that wrestling was
returning for the 1952-’53 wrestling season at Mammoth Garden.  Promoter Ted Cox was
bringing big time grappling back to the city, having formed a talent sharing agreement
with Fred Kohler of Chicago.  Wrestling shows would be held on Wednesday nights
instead of Mondays.

Denver, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 8, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Danny Plechas
(2-0) … Juan Garcia and Bill Melby drew (30:00) … Apacha Craig b. Art Bull (DQ) (25:37)
… Jim Henry and Joe Millich drew (20:00) … Clark Gable and Nick Studen drew (15:00)
… (promoter:  Ted Cox)

Denver, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 15, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Verne Gagne b. Chris Zaharias (2-0) (Gagne used a sleeperhold
to take the second fall) … Art Bull b. Roberto Cruz (25:07) … Carl Engstrom and Joe
Millich drew (30:00) … Apache Craig b. Pepi Pasquale (DQ) (17:35) … (promoter:  Ted
Cox)
Notes:  Bull was billed as being from Dubuque, Iowa and Craig was from Oklahoma City.

Denver, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 22, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Gypsy Joe b. Juan Garcia (2/3) … Art Bull b. Carl Engstrom (19:
55) … Roberto Cruz and Pepi Pasquale drew … Apache Craig b. Bob Aldrich (5:50) …
(promoter:  Ted Cox) … (corporation:  Rocky Mountain Sports Enterprises, Inc.)

Denver, Colorado:  Wednesday, October 29, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Verne Gagne b. Art Bull (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … Carl
Engstrom b. Matt Kosternich (12:15) … Apache Craig b. Pepi Pasquale (DQ) (14:40) …
Joe Millich b. “Wild” Bill Bowman (10:25) … (promoter:  Ted Cox)

Denver, Colorado:  Wednesday, November 5, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Verne Gagne b. The Golden Terror (2-0) … Carl Engstrom and
Juan Garcia b. Art Bull and Pepi Pasquale (2-0) … Matt Kosternich b. Apache Craig (16:
41) … (promoter:  Ted Cox)

Denver, Colorado:  Tuesday, November 11, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Joe Dusek b. Carl Engstrom (25:30) (Engstrom was unable to
continue) … Art Bull b. Matt Kosternich (2-0) … Juan Garcia b. Pepi Pasquale (DQ) …
Apache Craig and Joe Millich drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Ted Cox)

Denver, Colorado:  Tuesday, November 18, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Joe Dusek b. Art Bull (2-0) … Jack Claybourne b. Pepi Pasquale
(2-0) … Carl Engstrom and Joe Millich drew … Juan Garcia b. Matt Kosternich …
(promoter:  Ted Cox) … (“sparse” crowd)

Denver, Colorado:  Tuesday, November 25, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Joe Dusek b. Pat O’Connor (2/3) … Jack Claybourne b. Apache
Craig (2-0) … Joe Dusek b. Juan Garcia (7:12) … (promoter:  Ted Cox)
Note:  Due to bad weather, three wrestlers were unable to arrive for the show.

Denver, Colorado:  Tuesday, December 2, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Pat O’Connor b. Joe Dusek (2/3) … Jack Claybourne and Jim
Henry wrestled to a double countout (23:00) … George Logoski b. Joe Millich … Art Bull
and Juan Garcia drew … (promoter:  Ted Cox)

Denver, Colorado:  Tuesday, December 9, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … Jack Claybourne, Juan Garcia and Joe Millich b. Art Bull, Apache
Craig and George Logoski (2/3) … Bill Bowman and Clark Gable drew … Art Bull and Joe
Millich drew … Jack Claybourne b. George Logoski … (promoter:  Ted Cox)

Lakewood, Colorado:  Thursday, December 18, 1952
(Lakewood Roller Bowl) … Joe Millich b. Danny Loos (2/3) … Jack Claybourne b. George
Logoski (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Gene Bowman b. “Orchid” Clark Gable
Note:  Next show in Lakewood on January 8, 1953.

Denver, Colorado:  Tuesday, December 23, 1952
(Mammoth Garden) … The Mighty Atlas b. The Canadian Angel (2/3) (third fall in 35
seconds) … Terry Majors b. Mary Carlton (2-0) (Majors earned a title match against
Mildred Burke) … Jim Henry b. Gene Bowman (countout) … Juan Garcia b. Jim Sullivan
… (promoter:  Ted Cox)


Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 10, 2007
Denver Wrestling Results - 1952