January 2, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
6-man battle royal
Danny O’Rourke drew Chet Wallick
Toi Yamato d. Jack O’Reilly
David Jons d. (DQ) Don Kindred (2-0)

Slated to be a 7-man battle royal, but Henry Lenz failed to appear

January 9, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
David Jons d. (DQ) Toi Yamato (2-1)
George Dusette drew Kurt Von Poppenheim (1-1)
Ivan Kameroff d. Bronko Lubich

January 16, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
George Dusette/David Jons d. (DQ) Kurt Von Poppenheim/Toi Yamato (2-1)
Eric Pedersen drew Gino Nicolini (1-1)
Jack Rush drew Bronko Lubich

Pedersen subbed for Henry Lenz. Rush referred to as “Cueball Rush.”

January 23, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
George Dusette d. (DQ) Toi Yamato (2-1)
Soldat Gorky d. Chet Wallick
Kurt Von Poppenheim DCOR Ivan Gorky
Gino Nicolini drew Pepper Gomez

January 30, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Ivan Gorky/Soldat Gorky d. George Dusette/Gino Nicolini (2-1)
Mighty Atlas d. Jack Rush (1-0, Rush unable to continue after first fall)
Ivan Kameroff d. Danno McDonald

February 6, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
George Dusette d. Great Atlas (2-1)
Ivan Kameroff d. George Drake
Bronko Lubich drew Chet Wallick
Gino Nicolini d. Jack Rush

February 13, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Ivan Gorky/Soldat Gorky d. (DQ) Kurt Von Poppenheim/Toi Yamato (2-1)
John Paul Henning d. Danno McDonald
Chet Wallick drew Danny O’Rourke

February 20, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
7-man battle royal
Gino Nicolini d. Kurt Von Poppenheim (1-1, referee’s decision)
Toi Yamato d. Danny O’Rourke (1-0)
Carl Engstrom drew Bronko Lubich

Chet Wallick was the seventh man

February 27, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Kurt Von Poppenheim d. Gino Nicolini (1-0)
Eric Pedersen d. George Drake (1-0, Drake unable to continue)
John Paul Henning d. Mel Peters
Bronko Lubich drew Roy Wolf

March 6, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Eric Pedersen d. John Paul Henning (2-1)
Dale Kiser d. (DQ) Mel Peters (2-1)
Pepper Gomez d. Bronko Lubich

March 13, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
John Paul Henning d. (DQ) Eric Pedersen (2-0)
Pepper Gomez d. Don Kindred (1-0)
Juan Hernandez drew Bronko Lubich
Buck Weaver d. Chet Wallick

March 20, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Eric Pedersen/Kurt Von Poppenheim d. George Dusette/John Paul Henning (2-1)
Luther Lindsay d. Juan Hernandez
Bronko Lubich drew Roy Wolf

March 27, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
George Dusette/Luther Lindsay (northwest tag champs) d. Eric Pedersen/Kurt Von
Poppenheim (2-1)
Bill Fletcher drew Tommy Martindale (1-1)
Juan Hernandez d. (DQ) Don Kindred

April 3, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Luther Lindsay d. (DQ) Eric Pedersen (2-1)
John Paul Henning drew Boris Kameroff (1-1)
George Dusette d. (DQ) Don Kindred
Tommy Martindale d. Roy Wolf

April 10, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
George Dusette d. Don Kindred (2-0)
Boris Kameroff d. Luther Lindsay (1-0)
Con Bruno d. Chet Wallick
Juan Hernandez d. Roy Wolf

April 17, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
George Dusette d. Con Bruno (1-0)
Sky Low Low/Tiger Jackson d. Pee Wee James/Tuffy McCra
Bill Fletcher d. Lou Klein
Tommy Martindale d. Don Kindred

April 24, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
George Dusette/Luther Lindsay (northwest tag champs) d. Con Bruno/Tony Ross (2-1)
Juan Hernandez d. (DQ) Mel Peters
Dale Kiser vs. Gene Detton

Ross subbed for Kurt Von Poppenheim. Detton-Kiser was listed in the preview, but then
again Hernandez was slated to face Bill Fletcher.

May 1, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Pepper Gomez won a 6-man battle royal
Luther Lindsay d. Mel Peters
Karl Gray drew Con Bruno

Tony Ross was the sixth man. The card was originally slated to have a 6-man tag match
but George Dusette and Kurt Von Poppenheim were injured.

May 8, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Pepper Gomez d. Tony Ross (2-1)
Karl Gray d. Gene Detton
Dale Kiser d. (DQ) Mel Peters (2-1)

Detton subbed for Kurt Von Poppenheim.

May 15, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Boris Kameroff d. Pepper Gomez (2-1)
George Dusette d. Karl Gray (2-1)
Kurt Von Poppenheim d. Mel Peters

Von Poppenheim subbed for Gene Detton

May 22, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Boris Kameroff d. George Dusette (2-1)
Tommy Martindale (Pacific Coast junior heavyweight champ) drew Jack Kiser (1-1, non-
title)
Dale Kiser d. (DQ) Karl Gray (2-1)

No cards for two weeks

May 29, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
No card

June 5, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
No card

June 12, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
7-man battle royal
Pepper Gomez d. (DQ) Kurt Von Poppenheim (2-1)
Boris Kameroff drew Eric Pedersen
Tony Ross d. Gene Detton

Seventh man was Jack Kiser

June 19, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Kurt Von Poppenheim (Pacific Coast junior heavyweight champ) d. Luigi Macera (2-1)
Danny O’Rourke d. Duke Schneider (1-0)
Tony Ross d. Torchy Smith

June 26, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Luigi Macera won a 6-man battle royal
Pepper Gomez d. George Drake (1-0)
Dale Kiser d. Tony Lucas
Luigi Macera drew Danny O’Rourke

Eric Pedersen was slated to be on the card but was injured

July 3, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
No card found

July 10, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Eric Pedersen d. Luther Lindsay (2-0)
Pepper Gomez d. (DQ) Boris Kameroff (2-1)
George Drake d. Paavo Katonen (referee’s decision)

July 17, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Luther Lindsay d. (DQ) Eric Pedersen (2-1)
Lord Jan Blears d. George Drake
Ricki Starr drew Henry Lenz (1-1)

July 24, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Kurt Von Poppenheim d. Scotty Williams (2-1)
Dale Kiser drew Mel Peters (1-1)
Paavo Ketonen d. Glen Fox

July 28, 1954 – Don Owen says there will be no wrestling in Eugene for the next six
weeks. He cites multiple injuries to wrestlers, including Boris Kameroff and Eric Pedersen,
as causing a shortage of talent. Wrestling will continue in Portland, Salem, Roseburg,
and Vancouver. If an “unusual array” of talent pops up in the area, he will resume the
cards at an earlier date.

September 30, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory) Thursday
Luigi Macera d. Boris Kameroff (1-1, Kameroff unable to continue for third fall)
Angelo Poffo drew Steve Gob
Jim LaRock d. (DQ) Henry Lenz

Don Owen moves Eugene cards to Thursdays.

October 7, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Ivan Kameroff d. Luigi Macera (1-1, referee Elton Owen refuses to let Macera continue
with a cut)
Steve Gob d. (DQ) Boris Kameroff
Luis Martinez d. Angelo Poffo
Dick Torio drew Jim LaRock

October 14, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
Luigi Macera d. Boris Kameroff (2-1)
Luis Martinez d. (DQ) Ivan Kameroff
Dick Torio drew Angelo Poffo (1-1)

October 21, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
6-man battle royal
Steve Gob d. (DQ) Angelo Poffo (2-1)
Ivan Kameroff drew Dick Torio
Luis Martinez d. Henry Lenz

Poffo and Gob were not in the battle royal; the other two participants were Boris Kameroff
and Luigi Macera

October 28, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory)
No card held because of the charity football tilt in Tacoma on October 31.

No November Eugene papers are available on Newspaper Archive. Also, no papers are
available for December 1 through 12. At some point, Eugene cards were switched back
to Saturday.

December 11, 1954 Eugene, OR (Armory) Saturday
Dick Torio d. Kurt Von Poppenheim (2-1)
Steve Gob d. Jack Lipscomb (1-0)
Danny O’Rourke d. (DQ) Don Kindred

No cards until January 8


Research by Becky Taylor
Eugene Wrestling Results - 1954