Detroit, Michigan: January 2, 1939
Wladislaw Talun beat Martin Levy ... Frankie Talaber drew with Billy Weidner ... Bull Montana
beat Great Balbo ... Buck Weaver beat Bill Brooks

Detroit, Michigan: January 9, 1939
Wladislaw Talun beat Fred Von Schacht (dq) ... Great Balbo beat Bull Montana (dq) ... Kimon
Kudo beat Buck O’Neil ... Buck Weaver beat Mike Kilonis

Detroit, Michigan: January 10, 1939
Kasaboski won a royal ... Larry Kasaboski beat Jack Moore in finale ... Steve Brody beat Mike
Kilonis (dq) ... Pierre LaBelle beat Al George

Detroit, Michigan: January 11, 1939
Hardy Kruskamp beat Chris Zaharias ... Nanjo Singh beat Cardiff Giant ... Len Hall beat Al Sparks
(dq) ... Pete Kosar drew with Alex Hedlund ... Dean Rockwell beat Hans Bauer

Detroit, Michigan: January 16, 1939
Great Mephisto drew with Bull Montana ... Kimon Kudo beat Pierre LaBelle ... Mister X beat Steve
Brody ... Bull Curry drew with Buck Weaver

Detroit, Michigan: January 17, 1939
Bull Curry beat Jack Moore ... Steve Brody beat Art Belcher ... Buck O’Neil drew with Al Vantres

Detroit, Michigan: January 18, 1939
Nanjo Singh beat Al Sparks ... Babe Zaharias drew with Ed Powers ... Jules Strongbow beat Joe
Pazandak ... Dean Rockwell beat Pete Kosar ... George Duros beat Frank Leahy

Detroit, Michigan: January 19, 1939
Frank Sexton drew with Bobby Bruns ... Leo Popalino beat Soldier Thomas ... Len Hughes beat
Dizzy Davis ... Pierre LaBelle drew with Buck O’Neil

Detroit, Michigan: January 23, 1939
Stanislaus Zbyszko drew with Fred Von Schacht ... Frankie Talaber beat Billy Weidner ... Mister X
beat Mike Kilonis ... Len Hughes beat Pat Flanagan ... (Att.-4,207-SRO)

Detroit, Michigan: January 25, 1939
Bronko Nagurski beat Hardy Kruskamp ... Nanjo Singh beat Ed Powers ... Chief Chewaki beat Al
Sparks ... Pete Kosar beat Hans Bauer ... Dean Rockwell drew with Tom Mahoney

Detroit, Michigan: January 26, 1939
Bobby Bruns beat Frank Sexton (dq) ... Roland Kirchmeyer beat George Kigorsky ... Tony
Popalino beat Mike Kilonis ... Art Belcher drew with Pat Flanagan       

Detroit, Michigan: January 30, 1939
Bull Montana beat Bull Curry ... Seelie Samara beat Mike Kilonis ... Great Balbo drew with Mister
X ... Kimon Kudo beat Jimmy Hefner

Detroit, Michigan: February 1, 1939
Orville Brown beat Frank Sexton ... Roland Kirchmeyer beat John Grandovitch ... Steve Budynas
beat Tony Popalino ... Art Belcher drew with Buck O’Neil      

Detroit, Michigan: February 6, 1939
Wladislaw Talun beat Fred Von Schacht ... Frankie Talaber beat Kimon Kudo ... Seelie Samara
beat Tony Popalino ... Leo Donaghue beat Len Hughes (dq)

Detroit, Michigan: February 7, 1939
Bull Curry beat Abe Greenberg ... Len Hughes drew with Steve Brody ... Johnny Silvi drew with
Buck O’Neil

Detroit, Michigan: February 8, 1939
(WTM) Jim Londos* beat Nanjo Singh ... Len Hall beat Jack McArthur ... Pete Kosar drew with
Dean Rockwell ... Ed Powers beat Hans Bauer ... Abe Stein beat Frank Leahy

Detroit, Michigan: February 13, 1939
Bull Montana beat Bull Curry (dq) ... Mister X drew with Great Mephisto ... Seelie Samara beat
Alex Kasaboski ... Abe Freidman drew with Jack Conley  

Detroit, Michigan: February 20, 1939
Fred Von Schacht beat Abe Greenberg and Rufus Jones ... Frankie Talaber beat Kimon Kudo ...
John Pesek beat Jack Zarnas ... Leo Wallick beat Great Balbo ... Walt Sirois drew with Lee
Meyers

Detroit, Michigan: February 23, 1939
Frankie Talaber beat Bull Curry ... Billy Weidner beat Farmer Nick ... Seelie Samara beat Al
Vantres ... Lee Meyers drew with Johnny Silvi    

Detroit, Michigan: February 27, 1939
Orville Brown beat Fred Von Schacht ... Jules Strongbow beat Tom Mahoney ... Leo Wallick beat
Len Hughes ... Hardy Kruskamp beat Cardiff Giant ... Ed Powers beat Jack McArthur

Detroit, Michigan: February 28, 1939
Bull Montana drew with Frankie Talaber ... Len Hughes beat Abe Greenberg ... Al Vantres beat
Johnny Silvi

Detroit, Michigan: March 6, 1939
Bull Montana beat Bull Curry ... Frankie Talaber drew with Billy Weidner ... Hardy Kruskamp beat
Jules Strongbow (dq) ... Seelie Samara beat Abe Friedman ... Jack Conley beat Lee Meyers

Detroit, Michigan: March 7, 1939
Frankie Talaber drew with Steve Brody ... Alex Kasaboski drew with Jack Conley ... Farmer Mack
beat Abe Freidman

Detroit, Michigan: March 8, 1939
Wladislaw Talun beat Wee Willie Davis ... Ed Don George beat Bob Wagner ... Pat Fraley beat
Dave Johnson ... Dean Rockwell drew with Pete Kosar ... Ted Cox beat Jack Donovan

Detroit, Michigan: March 9, 1939
Joe Savoldi beat Chief Little Wolf ... Hardy Kruskamp drew with Abe Greenberg ... Chief Chewaki
beat Ed Powers ... Walt Sirois beat Joe Pazandak

Detroit, Michigan: March 13, 1939
(WTM) Jim Londos* beat Jules Strongbow ... Sammy Stein beat Walt Sirois ... Leo Wallick beat
Abe Greenberg ... Jack Washburn beat Leo Newman ... Farmer Mack drew with Steve Brody

Detroit, Michigan: March 15, 1939
Wladislaw Talun beat Pat Fraley ... Danno O’Mahoney beat Jim Coffield ... Gino Garibaldi drew
with Andy Rascher ... Ted Cox beat Cliff Thiede ... Dean Rockwell beat Frank Leahy

Detroit, Michigan: March 20, 1939
Frankie Talaber and Orville Brown beat Fred Von Schacht and Leo Wallick ... Jules Strongbow
beat Ray Richards ... Kimon Kudo beat Jack Conley ... Len Hughes drew with Seelie Samara

Detroit, Michigan: March 23, 1939
Fred Von Schacht drew with Frank Sexton ... Seelie Samara beat Abe Greenberg (dq) ... Rufus
Jones drew with Jack Powell ... Farmer Mack beat Lee Meyers  

Detroit, Michigan: March 27, 1939
Fred Von Schacht beat Jules Strongbow ... Sammy Stein beat Leo Newman ... Kimon Kudo drew
with Chuck Powell ... Len Hughes drew with Steve Brody

Detroit, Michigan: April 3, 1939
Fred Von Schacht and Bull Montana beat Frankie Talaber and Orville Brown ... Sammy Stein
beat Bill Zim ... Wladislaw Talun beat Leo Newman ... Leo Wallick beat Kiman Kudo

Detroit, Michigan: April 10, 1939
Orville Brown and Frankie Talaber beat Fred Von Schacht and Bull Montana ... Sammy Stein
beat Rudy Kay ... Leo Wallick beat Farmer Mack ... Zabojca beat Bad Boy Brown   

Detroit, Michigan: April 17, 1939
Sammy Stein beat Fred Von Schacht ... Prince Alikin drew with Al Williams ... Zabojca beat Jules
Strongbow ... Chuck Powell drew with Rufus Jones

Detroit, Michigan: April 18, 1939
Bull Montana beat Al Williams ... Chuck Powell drew with Al Krusher ... Lee Meyers beat Farmer
Mack

Detroit, Michigan: April 20, 1939
(Tournament) Chief Saunooke beat Jules Strongbow (in final) ... Saunooke beat Bad Boy Brown
... Saunooke beat Leo Newman ... Also in tournament were Ken Hollis, Michele Leone, Cardiff
Giant and Bill Zim

Detroit, Michigan: April 24, 1939
Leo Wallick beat Frankie Talaber ... Lord Lansdowne beat Rufus Jones ... Black Panther beat
Jack Claybourne ... Ken Hollis beat Lee Meyers      

Detroit, Michigan: April 27, 1939
(Tournament) Orville Brown beat Sun Jennings (in final) ... Brown beat John Grandovitch ...
Brown beat Alonzo Woods

Detroit, Michigan: May 1, 1939
Sammy Stein drew with Joe Savoldi ... Dory Detton drew with Bull Montana ... Laverne Baxter
beat Cardiff Giant ... Alonzo Woods drew with Al Williams

Detroit, Michigan: May 2, 1939
Leo Wallick beat Alex Kasaboski ... Rufus Jones drew with Chuck Powell ... Abe Greenberg drew
with Seelie Samara

Detroit, Michigan: May 8, 1939
(Ladies) Clara Mortenson beat Jean Czarena ... Leo Wallick beat Bull Montana ... Abe
Greenberg drew with Dory Detton ... Buck Weaver beat Al Krusher (dq) ... Black Panther beat
Len Hughes

Detroit, Michigan: May 11, 1939
Lord Lansdowne beat Rufus Jones ... Fred Von Schacht beat Jules Strongbow ... Al Krusher beat
Len Hughes ... Al Martino drew with Chuck Powell    

Detroit, Michigan: May 15, 1939
Lord Lansdowne and Alex Kasaboski beat Chuck Powell and Rufus Jones ... Dory Detton beat
Abe Greenberg ... Black Panther beat Al Krusher (dq) ... Kimon Kudo beat Len Hughes

Detroit, Michigan: May 29, 1939
Great Mephisto beat Leo Wallick ... Ivan Rasputin beat Alex Kasaboski ... Golden Terror (220
lbs) beat ? ... Leo Donaghue beat Bad Boy Brown

*Research of the Detroit Free Press

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, June 5, 1939
(Arena Gardens) … The Great Mephisto b. Frankie Talaber (18:25) (piledriver) … The Hooded  
Terror b. Walter Podolak (2-0) … Dory Detton b. Al Krusher (DQ) (18:20) … Chin Lee b. Chuck
Powell (15:37) … (promoter:  Eddie Lewis)
Note:  Talaber was said to be a “former claimant of the light heavyweight title.”

Detroit, Michigan:  Tuesday, June 6, 1939
(Fairview Gardens) … George Dusette b. Chuck Powell (1-0) (Powell was unable to continue) …
Abe Greenberg and Frankie Talaber b. Alex Kasaboski and Angelo Leone (2-0) (team match) …
Bad Boy Brown and Harry Caddell drew

Detroit, Michigan:  Thursday, June 8, 1939
(Naval Armory) … The Great Mephisto b. Rufus Jones (1-0) … George Dusette b. Seelie Samara
… Abe Greenberg and Chin Lee drew … Walter Stratton b. Alex Kasaboski … (referee for the
main event:  Jess Willard)
Note:  Mephisto was a claimant to the light heavyweight tite.  Willard was making his Detroit debut
as a wrestling referee.

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, June 12, 1939
(Arena Gardens) … Ivan Rasputin b. George Dusette (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Kimon Kudo b.
Buck Weaver (12:34) … Rufus Jones and Chin Lee drew … Chuck Powell b. The Mighty Maniach
… (promoter:  Eddie Lewis)

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, June 19, 1939
(Arena Gardens) … Al Krusher b. Rufus Jones (mud wrestling match) … Dory Detton and Kimon
Kudo drew … Bill Brooks and Walter Stratton drew … George Dusette b. Abe Greenberg …
(promoter:  Eddie Lewis) …  (referee:  Verne Clark)
Notes:  Mud wrestling was called a “3,000 year old Hindu sport.” The Greenberg-Dusette match
was to determine the top challenger for the light heavyweight championship.  Jones was an
African-American from Georgia.  During the mud match, an overhead light bulb above the right
exploded, sending glass all over the ring.  The wrestlers kept grappling despite the added
danger.

Detroit, Michigan:  Tuesday, June 20, 1939
(Mack Park) … Ivan Rasputin b. Seelie Samara (2/3) (Samara fell from the ring during the third
fall and was unable to continue) … Kimon Kudo and Chin Lee drew (45:00) … Walter Stratton b.
The Mighty Maniaci

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, June 26, 1939
(Arena Gardens Bowl) … The Great Mephisto and George Dusette drew (90:00) (1-1) … Ivan
Rasputin and Frederich von Schacht drew … Kimon Kudo b. Walter Stratton … Bill Brooks and
Leo Donohue drew … (promoter:  Eddie Lewis)

Detroit, Michigan:  Tuesday, June 27, 1939
(Mack Park) … Kimon Kudo b. Chin Lee (2/3) … Frederich von Schacht b. Abe Greenberg (DQ)
… Bill Brooks b. Chuck Powell (11:28)

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, July 3, 1939
(Arena Gardens Bowl) … Kimon Kudo b. Dory Detton (22:24) (jyrakuti hold) … George Dusette
b. Al Krusher (27:37) (full nelson) … Ivan Rasputin b. Frederich von Schacht (12:52) … Chin Lee
b. Bill Brooks (16:53) … (promoter:  Eddie Lewis) …  (4,000 fans)
Notes:  Show to honor the late Adam Weissmuller.  “The holiday show is held every Monday
before the Fourth of July in memory of the late Adam Weissmuller, founder of the Gardens,”
according to the newspaper report.  All four matches were said to be main event caliber.  
Wladylaw Talun was originally booked to face Dick Mainor on this show.

Detroit, Michigan:  Tuesday, July 4, 1939
(Mack Park) … George Dusette vs. Chin Lee (2/3) … Bill Brooks vs. Chuck Powell … Pasha Bey
vs. Johnny Silvy … Art Perkins vs. Jack Smith
Note:  Show was rained out.

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, July 10, 1939
(Arena Gardens) … Nanjo Singh b. Ivan Rasputin (mud wrestling match) (9:00) … The Great
Mephisto b. Kimon Kudo (piledriver) … Tiger Tasker b. Chuck Powell … Bryum Bey and Rufus
Jones drew … (promoter:  Eddie Lewis)

Detroit, Michigan: July 11, 1939
Ivan Rasputin and Seelie Samara beat Chin Lee and Abe Greenberg ... Walter Stratton beat
Tiger Tasker (dq) ... Art Perkins drew with Jack Smith

Detroit, Michigan: July 17, 1939
(WLTM*) George Dusette beat Great Mephisto (won LH title) ... Kimon Kudo beat Whitey
Wahlberg ... Tiger Tasker beat Bob Blake ... Walter Stratton drew with Al Krusher ... NOTE:  
Detroit seems to have their own version of the light heavyweight title, which is different than the
Columbus version at times.

Detroit, Michigan: July 18, 1939
Abe Greenberg beat Chin Lee ... Stan Buresch beat Bob Blake ... Frank Maniacci drew with
Harold Chaundley

Detroit, Michigan: July 24, 1939
George Dusette and Ivan Rasputin beat Nanjo Singh and Fred Von Schacht ... Walter Stratton
beat Tiger Tasker (dq) ... Ed Don Virag beat Rufus Jones ... Walter Sirois beat Frank Maniacci ...
(standing room only)

Detroit, Michigan: July 25, 1939
Nanjo Singh beat Abe Greenberg ... Al Krusher beat Chin Lee ... Seelie Samara beat Walter
Sirois (dq)

Detroit, Michigan: July 31, 1939
Tiger Tasker beat Ivan Rasputin ... Kimon Kudo beat Chin Lee ... Ed Don Virag beat Abe
Greenberg ... Walter Achiu beat Bill Brooks

Detroit, Michigan: August 1, 1939
George Dusette drew with Stan Buresch ... Walter Sirois beat Rufus Jones ... Walter Stratton
drew with Bill Brooks

Detroit, Michigan: August 7, 1939
Kimon Kudo beat Great Mephisto (dq) ... Al Krusher beat Lord Lansdowne ... Ed Don Virag beat
Seelie Samara ... Jack McDonald beat Frankie Hart

Detroit, Michigan: August 14, 1939
Frankie Talaber and Orville Brown beat Joe Savoldi and Tiger Tasker ... Ed Don Virag beat Al
Krusher ... Bill Brooks beat Tony Bommerito ... Jack McDonald beat Seelie Samara ... (SRO)

Detroit, Michigan: August 15, 1939
Stan Buresch drew with Frankie Talaber ... Walter Stratton beat Bill Brooks ... Tony Bommerito
drew with Chin Lee ... Art Perkins beat Frank Oneski

Detroit, Michigan: August 21, 1939
Tiger Tasker beat Great Mephisto ... Jack McDonald beat Rufus Jones ... Chin Lee drew with
Jimmy Hefner ... Kimon Kudo drew with Black Panther

Detroit, Michigan: August 28, 1939
Kimon Kudo and Matty Matsura beat Chin Lee and Walter Achiu ... Lord Lansdowne beat Walter
Stratton ... Ed Don Virag beat Alex Kasaboski ... Felix Slovikowski beat Seelie Samara

*Nick Londes was promoting boxing at the Naval Armory in Detroit.

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, September 4, 1939
(Arena Gardens) … Frankie Talaber b. “Sockeye” McDonald … The Great Mephisto and Tiger
Tasker drew … Billy Weidner b. The Black Panther … Tetsuro Higami b. Bill Brooks …
(promoter:  Eddie Lewis)
Notes:  Higami, spelled “Hygami” in the Detroit News, was “one of the Arena Gardens’ best
drawing cards” in the “days of Adam Weissmuller.” He had been on the Pacific Coast.

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, September 11, 1939
(Arena Gardens) … Rufus Jones won a “blindfold battle royal” over Seelie Samara, Jack
Claybourne, and Black Panther … George Dusette and Frankie Talaber drew … Eddie Virag b.
Rudy Kay … Tetsuro Higami b. Tony Bommerito
Notes:  Dusette and Talaber were wrestling “in the new junior heavyweight class.” The division
was for wrestlers from 175 to 200 pounds, and the “MWA belt [was] at stake.”

Detroit, Michigan:  Tuesday, September 12, 1939
(Fairview Gardens) … George Dusette b. Stan Buresh … Art Perkins and Walter Stratton drew
… Jack Smith b. Bairam Bey … Charles Jordanoff and George Martin drew … (promoters:  Jim
Hart, Walter Sharp)
Note:  Dusette was said to be defending his “light heavyweight wrestling title” against Buresh.

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, September 18, 1939
(Arena Gardens) … Eddie Virag b. George Dusette … Kimon Kudo b. Rufus Jones … Tetsuro
Higami b. Frankie Hart … Black Panther b. Jimmy Goodrich
Notes:  According to Burt Ray’s records, Virag captured a light heavyweight championship from
Dusette, which Dusette had been claiming.  Reports in the Detroit News stated that Virag won the
“junior heavyweight” championship.  Virag was reportedly undefeated in his last seven local
matches.

Detroit, Michigan:  Tuesday, September 19, 1939
(Fairview Gardens) … Kimon Kudo and Bull Montana drew … Jack Smith b. Jimmy Goodrich …
Rufus Jones b. Frankie Hart

*Fairview Gardens promoters Jim Hart and Walter Sharp planned to start a series of weekly
boxing events at their venue beginning on Friday.

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, September 25, 1939
(Arena Gardens) … Tiger Tasker b. Kimon Kudo (DQ) … The Great Mephisto and Tetsuro
Higami drew … Bull Montana b. Dave Reynolds … Zenko Zarnoff b. Byrum Bey
Note:  The Detroit News listed the wrestler as “Zenko Zarnoff,” while Burt Ray has him as “Vanka
Zarnoff.”

Detroit, Michigan:  Tuesday, September 26, 1939
(Fairview Gardens) … Frankie Talaber b. Rufus Jones … Jimmy Goodrich b. Bairam Bey …
Stanley Buresh and Zenko Zarnoff drew

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, October 2, 1939
(Arena Gardens) … MWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Eddie Virag and George Dusette
drew … Bull Montana and Zenko Zarnoff drew … Tuffy Cleet b. Jack Claybourne … Buzz Jones
b. Walter Stratton
Notes:  Virag was defending his “Mid-Western Wrestling Association’s junior heavyweight belt.”
He was the “light-heavyweight weight lifting champion of Hungary at the age of 17.  Dusette was a
circus strong man.” The paper stated that Virag and Dusette met “two weeks ago” with “Virag
winning.”

Detroit, Michigan:  Tuesday, October 3, 1939
(Fairview Gardens) … Tiger Tasker b. Stan Buresh … Al Krusher b. Zenko Zarnoff … Dave
Reynolds b. Jimmy Goodrich

Detroit, Michigan:  Thursday, October 5, 1939
(Naval Armory) … Everette Marshall b. Fred Von Schacht … Jim McMillen b. Young Joe Stecher
… Wladislaw Talun b. Bull Komar … Jack Ganson b. Dutch Heffner … (promoter:  Nick Londes)
Notes:  Season opener for wrestling at the Armory.  Londes announced that he planned to stage
boxing and wrestling shows on alternate Thursday evenings.  Von Schacht was billed as “Baron
Van Schact.” Bull Komar was listed as “Joe Comar.”

Detroit, Michigan:  Friday, October 6, 1939
(Eagles Club) … Dean Rockwell vs. Johnny Tipa … Bill Beard vs. Chuck Neilan
Notes:  Beard was the “Western YMCA mat coach,” and Neilan was of the Detroit Police
Department.  These wrestlers may have been amateurs.

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, October 9, 1939
(Arena Gardens) … Tiger Tasker b. Bull Montana … Zenko Zarnoff b. Alex Kasaboski … Tuffy
Cleet b. Bobby Blake … Frankie Hart and Buzz Jones drew

Detroit, Michigan:  Tuesday, October 10, 1939
(Fairview Gardens) … Zenko Zarnoff b. Al Krusher … Rufus Jones b. Dave Reynolds … Buzz
Jones b. Frank “Mighty” Maniaci (Maniacci)

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, October 16, 1939
(Arena Gardens) … Bull Curry and Frankie Talaber b. Tuffy Cleet and The Great Mephisto (team
match) … Leo Wallick and Zenko Zarnoff drew … Stanley Buresh b. Harold Chaundley
(Chaundley was a substitute for Jim Heffner) … Jimmy Goodrich and Joseph Morrell drew
Notes:  Morrell was a Hungarian wrestler and making his local debut.  Goodrich was from Flint,
Michigan.

*A small article in the Monday, October 16, 1939 edition of the Detroit News stated “Tom Packs,
St. Louis professional wrestling promoter, has been promoting bouts in the Mound City for 18
years.”

Detroit, Michigan:  Tuesday, October 17, 1939
(Fairview Garden) … Zenko Zarnoff b. Tiger Tasker … Stan Buresh and Jack Claybourne drew
… Jimmy Goodrich b. Dale Wayne

Detroit, Michigan:  Thursday, October 19, 1939
(Naval Armory) … Jim McMillen and Lou Thesz drew … Babe Zaharias b. Rudy Kay … Fred Von
Schacht b. Jack Conley … Frank Sexton and Young Joe Stecher drew … (promoter:  Nick
Londes)
Note:  The winner of the McMillen-Thesz match was going to wrestle Bronko Nagurski in two
weeks.  Von Schacht was again called “Baron Von Schact.”

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, October 23, 1939
(Arena Gardens) … Leo Wallick b. Eddie Virag to capture the World Junior Heavyweight Title …
Tetsuro Higami b. Bull Montana … Charles Layden and Walter Miller drew … Stanley Buresh and
Whitey Walberg drew
Notes:  The Detroit News didn’t indicate this as a title change, but Burt Ray’s records stated that
Wallick won Virag’s light heavyweight title.  Virag had been recently billed as the junior
heavyweight champion in Detroit.

Detroit, Michigan:  Tuesday, October 24, 1939
(Fairview Gardens) … Bull Curry and Zeno Zarnoff drew … Jack Claybourne b. Jimmy Goodrich
… Frankie Hart b. Buzz Jones (DQ)

Detroit, Michigan:  Monday, October 30, 1939
(Arena Gardens) … Tiger Tasker b. Bull Curry (DQ) … Harold Chaundry (Chaundly) b. George
Connell … Al Krusher b. Jack Claybourne … Kimon Kudo and Zenko Zarnoff drew

Detroit, Michigan:  Tuesday, October 31, 1939
(Fairview Gardens) … Bull Montana b. Stanley Buresh … Rufus Jones and Al Krusher drew
(Jones’s original opponent was scheduled to be Tony Faletti) … Jack “Baby Face” Nelson b.
Farmer Mack

Detroit, Michigan: November 6, 1939
Ali Baba beat Bull Montana ... Vanka Zarnoff beat Kimon Kudo ... Bengal Engblom beat Buzz
Jones ... Johnny Silvi drew with Harold Chaundley

Detroit, Michigan: November 7, 1939
Tuffy Cleet and Tony Faletti beat Jack Claybourne and Rufus Jones ... Ed Don Virag beat Leo
Jenson ... Frankie Hart beat Johnny Dallas (dq)

Detroit, Michigan: November 13, 1939
Bull Curry beat Tiger Tasker ... Vanka Zarnoff beat Tuffy Cleet ... Gil Knutson beat Rufus Jones
... Tony Faletti drew with Leo Jenson ... (SRO)

Detroit, Michigan: November 14, 1939
Vanka Zarnoff beat Bull Montana ... Bengal Engblom drew with Tony Faletti ... Johnny Dallas beat
Dave Reynolds

Detroit, Michigan: November 16, 1939
Joe Savoldi beat Fred Von Schacht ... Wladislaw Talun beat Chief Chewaki ... Pete Baltran drew
with Len Macaluso ... Pete Koser beat Carl Papke

Detroit, Michigan: November 20, 1939
Leo Wallick beat Vanka Zarnoff ... Bull Curry drew with Gil Knutson ... Whitey Wahlberg drew with
Alex Kasaboski ... Bengal Engblom beat Tony Faletti

Detroit, Michigan: November 23, 1939
Joe Savoldi beat Danno O’Mahoney ... Pete Baltran beat Chief Chewaki (dq) ... Dutch Hefner
beat Chief Saunooke ... Fred Von Schacht beat Len Macaluso

Detroit, Michigan: November 27, 1939
Ali Baba beat Tiger Tasker ... Bull Curry beat Gil Knutson ... Al Krusher beat Harold Chaundley ...
Bull Montana beat Leo Jenson

Detroit, Michigan: November 28, 1939
Frankie Talaber beat Bull Curry ... Bull Montana drew with Whitey Wahlberg ... Jack Claybourne
beat Jimmy Goodrich

Detroit, Michigan: December 4, 1939
Leo Wallick drew with Vanka Zarnoff ... Lord Lansdowne beat Tetsuro Higami ... Wladislaw Talun
beat Olaf Swenson ... Art O’Mahoney beat Andy Rascher

Detroit, Michigan: December 5, 1939
Frankie Talaber drew with Tiger Tasker ... Len Hughes beat Jack Claybourne ... Bengal Engblom
drew with Al Krusher

Detroit, Michigan: December 7, 1939
(Handicap match) Fred Von Schacht beat Len Macaluso, but Joe Savoldi beat Von Schacht ...
Ruffy Silverstein beat Pete Koser (sub) ... Pete Baltran drew with Dean Rockwell ... Pete Koser
beat Ben Stein

Detroit, Michigan: December 11, 1939
Bull Montana beat Bull Curry ... George Dusette beat Vanka Zarnoff ... Felix Slovikowski beat
Fred Carone

Detroit, Michigan: December 14, 1939
Ed Don George beat Wild Bill Longson ... Dean Rockwell beat Ivan Rasputin ... Also on card were
Pete Koser, Bull Komar and Jack Zarnas

Detroit, Michigan: December 18, 1939
Frankie Talaber drew with Tiger Tasker ... Ali Baba beat Billy Weidner ... Bengal Engblom drew
with Johnny Dallas ... Wladislaw Talun beat Angelo Cistoldi

Detroit, Michigan: December 25, 1939
Bull Curry beat Bull Montana ... Leo Wallick beat George Dusette (dq) ... Orville Brown beat
Danno O’Mahoney ... Felix Slovikowski drew with Fred Von Schacht ... Frankie Talaber beat Jack
Claybourne ... Len Hughes beat Jack LaRue

Detroit, Michigan: December 26, 1939
Tiger Tasker beat Vanka Zarnoff ... Rufus Jones beat Steve Brody ... Bengal Engblom beat
Johnny Dallas


Research by Tim Hornbaker, Burt Ray
January 9, 2011
Detroit Wrestling Results - 1939