January 7, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Ernie Piluso/Al Szasz d. Jack O’Reilly/Tony Ross (2-0)
Ted Bell d. Glen Detton (2-1)
Lee Grable d. Buck Davidson

January 14, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Tony Ross/Leo Wallick d. Ted Bell/George Dusette (2-1)
Lee Grable d. (DQ) Paavo Ketonen
Maurice LaChappelle drew Ted Bell

January 21, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Great Atlas d. Paavo Ketonen (2-1)
Lee Grable d. (COR) Tony Ross (2-1)
Arne Skaaland d. (DQ) Karl Gray
George Dusette drew Jack O’Reilly

January 28, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Gorgeous Gus d. George Dusette (must last 10 minutes with the bear)
Ted Bell d. Tony Ross (1-0)
Frank Stojack d. Maurice LaChappelle
Jack O’Reilly d. Billy Fox

February 4, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Al Szasz (Pacific Coast junior heavyweight champ) drew Great Atlas (1-1)
Frank Stojack drew Jack O’Reilly
Arne Skaaland d. (DQ) Paavo Ketonen

February 11, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Gorgeous Gus d. Tony Ross (must last 10 minutes with the bear)
Al Szasz (Pacific Coast junior heavyweight champ) d. Jack O’Reilly (Pacific Coast light
heavyweight champ)
Leo Wallick drew George Strickland
Rod Fenton drew Billy Fox

February 18, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
One night tag tournament for $300
George Dusette/Pierre LaBelle d. Rod Fenton/Great Atlas
Bob Cummings/Jack O’Reilly d. Arne Skaaland/George Strickland
George Dusette/Pierre LaBelle d. Bob Cummings/Jack O’Reilly (finals)

February 25, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Gorgeous Gus d. Jack Lipscomb/Tony Ross (must last 10 minutes with the bear)
George Dusette d. George Strickland (2-1)
Leo Wallick d. Billy Fox
Danno McDonald drew Pierre LaBelle

March 4, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
6-man, 1 bear battle royal
Rod Fenton drew Billy Fox
Jack O’Reilly drew George Dusette
Al Szasz d. (DQ) Chet Wallick (2-1)

Gorgeous Gus was eliminated first

March 11, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Ernie Piluso d. (DQ) Great Atlas (2-1)
Frank Stojack d. Billy Fox
Arne Skaaland drew Karl Gray
Jack Lipscomb d. Glen Detton

March 18, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
6-man, 1 bear battle royal
Frank Stojack d. Karl Gray
Jack O’Reilly d. Glen Detton
Arne Skaaland d. Billy Fox

Gorgeous Gus was the bear.

March 25, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Frank Stojack vs. Great Atlas
Ted Bell vs. Tony Ross
Danno McDonald vs. Rod Fenton
Paavo Ketonen vs. Johnny Pavich

March 27 paper not on Google News Archives and any archives through May 13

May 13, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Ernie Piluso d. Leo Wallick (2-0)
Bob Cummings d. Al Szasz
Karl Gray d. Johnny James
Gordon Hessel drew George Dusette

May 20, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Jack Lipscomb/Leo Wallick d. Paavo Ketonen/Ernie Piluso (2-1)
Jack Kiser d. Charlie Carr
Al Szasz d. Johnny James

May 27, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Leo Wallick d. Paavo Ketonen (1-0, Ketonen unable to continue)
Toska Sakata d. Karl Gray (2-0)
Bob Cummings d. Frank Stojack
Salvadore Flores drew Harry Elliott

Elliott subbed for Purple Phantom

June 3, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Jack O’Reilly drew Jack Kiser (1-1)
Toska Sakata d. Rod Fenton (2-0)
Eddie Williams d. Karl Gray

June 10, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Rod Fenton/Jack Lipscomb d. Toska Sakata/Eddie Williams (2-1)
Jack O’Reilly drew Paavo Ketonen (1-1)
Harry Elliott drew Salvadore Flores
June 17, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Paavo Ketonen/Toska Sakata d. Rod Fenton/Jack Lipscomb (2-1)
Jack O’Reilly d. John Pavich
Karl Gray drew Cal Roberts

June 24, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Gorgeous George d. Eddie Williams (2-1)
Toska Sakata d. (COR) Leo Wallick (2-1)
George Dusette drew Bill Melby
Paavo Ketonen drew Howard Cantonwine

Yes, George Wagner

July 1, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Toska Sakata d. (DQ) Leo Wallick (2-1, reversed decision)
Eddie Williams d. Rod Fenton
Jack Poppenheimer d. Dale Kiser

July 8, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Chief Gorilla d. Jack O’Reilly (2-1)
Rod Fenton drew Yaqui Kid (1-1)
Jack Poppenheimer d. Bob DeMarce

July 15, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Rod Fenton/Jack Lipscomb/Jack O’Reilly d. Chief Gorilla/Yaqui Joe/Yaqui Kid (2-1)
Bob Cummings d. Mat Murphy
George Drake drew Jack Poppenheimer

July 22, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Chief Gorilla d. Rod Fenton (2-1)
Danno McDonald drew Yaqui Kid (1-1)
Jack O’Reilly d. Mat Murphy

Paper reports that Yaqui Joe retired after the six man tag last week

July 29, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Leo Wallick d. Bob Cummings (Pacific Coast junior heavyweight champ) (2-1) NEW
CHAMP
Yaqui Kid d. Ace Abbott
Salvador Flores drew Gorilla Chief
Rod Fenton drew Toska Sakata

August 5, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
6-man battle royal (Melby, Lipscomb, Ace Abbott, Yaqui Kid, Yaqui Joe, ???)
Bill Melby d. Jack Lipscomb (1-1, referee’s decision)
Lee Grable d. Salvadore Flores

August 12, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Leo Wallick d. Bob Cummings (Pacific Coast junior heavyweight champ)  (1-1, Cummings
unable to continue after a piledriver) NEW CHAMP
Bill Melby d. Rod Fenton
Ruffy Silvers d. Jack Poppenheimer
Dale Kiser drew Salvador Flores

Silvers is Ruffy Silverstein, I think.

August 19, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Jack Lipscomb/Mel Peters d. George Dusette/Bill Melby
Ruffy Silvers d. Jack O’Reilly (2-0)
Bob Cummings d. Dale Kiser

Kiser subbed for Jack Poppenheimer

August 26, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
George Dusette d. Leo Wallick (1-0)
Bill Melby d. Mel Peters (2-1)
Jack Lipscomb drew Lee Grable

Lipscomb subbed for Bob Cummings

September 2, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
George Dusette/Bill Melby d. (DQ) Jack Lipscomb/Mel Peters (2-0)
Dale Haddock d. Harry Elliott (2-1)

Elliott subbed for Lee Grable; only two matches in preview

September 9, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Ivan Gorky d. Karl Gray (1-0, Gray unable to continue)
Bill Melby d. Jack Lipscomb
Dale Haddock drew Jack Poppenheimer

September 16, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Ivan Gorky d. Lee Grable (0-1, Grable gets the first fall by DQ but is unable to continue)
Bill Melby d. Dale Haddock (2-1)
Jack Lipscomb d. Jack Poppenheimer

September 23, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Herb Parks d. (DQ) Ivan Gorky (2-0)
Bill Melby drew Lee Grable
Ace Abbott drew Karl Gray

September 30, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
6-man battle royal
Herb Parks d. Mr. Sakata
George Craig d. Dale Haddock

Fifth and sixth men were Ivan Gorky and Karl Gray. Jack Lipscomb was supposed to be
the seventh man but did not appear.

October 7, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Herb Parks d. (DQ) Ivan Gorky (2-0)
Gust Johnson drew Maurice LaChappelle
Mr. Sakata d. Dale Haddock

October 14, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory) 1,200
George Dusette d. Ivan Gorky
Leo Wallick drew Joe Millich (1-1)
John Pavich d. Gust Johnson

October 21, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Leo Wallick vs. George Dusette
Bulldog Clements vs. George Craig
Gust Johnson vs. Frank Hurley

October 23 paper not on Google News Archives

October 28, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
7-man battle royal
Herb Parks drew Bill Melby
George Dusette d. Danny O’Rourke
George Dusette d. Frenchy Roy
Soldat Gorky d. Ivan Gorky

The Gorky-Gorky match was the final match of the battle royal. Ivan lay down for Soldat
and they shared the $500.

November 4, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory) 3,500
5-man battle royal
George Dusette d. Maurice LaChappelle
Soldat Gorky d. Mr. Sakata

Dusette won $500 for being the battle royal final winner. LaChappelle got $100 for
ousting Ivan Gorky from the battle royal. The battle royal also included Ivan Gorky.
Preview had this as a 7-man battle royal with almost every name different than those
appearing in the results. Not sure if anyone else was involved on November 4 or not.

November 11, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Soldat Gorky no contest George Dusette (1-1)
Gordon Hessel drew Ivan Gorky
George Craig d. Steve Nenoff

Gorky does a kneedrop on the throat of Dusette and kicks him in the ribs. Don Owen
assures fans that not only will Dusette live, he’ll return to face Gorky again.

November 18, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory) 3,500
Ivan Gorky/Soldat Gorky d. George Dusette/Gordon Hessel (2-1)
Jack Lipscomb drew Paavo Ketonen
Gust Johnson drew George Craig

November 25, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Jack Lipscomb d. Ivan Gorky (2-1)
Bill Melby d. Danny O’Rourke
Gust Johnson drew Cowboy Carlson
Andy Tremaine d. George Craig

December 2, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory) 2,000
Soldat Gorky d. Jack Lipscomb (2-1)
Glenn Knox d. Gust Johnson
Andy Tremaine drew Leo Wallick

December 9, 1950 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Sugy Hayamaka/Mr. Sakata vs. Ivan Gorky/Soldat Gorky
Jack Lipscomb vs. Buddy Knox
Danny O’Rourke vs. Dale Kiser

No papers on Google News Archives from December 8-31


Research by Becky Taylor
Eugene Wrestling Results - 1950