
Eugene OR: January 2, 1960 (Armory) … Fritz Brauner & Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Red Donovan & Doug Donovan (2-1) … Tony Borne beat Joe Scarpa … George Drake drew Eric Pedersen … Jerry Kozak beat Bill Wright Eugene OR: January 9, 1960 (Armory) … Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Tony Borne (2-1, dq) … Jerry Kozak drew Red Donovan … Ed Francis beat Eric Pedersen … George Drake beat Joe Scarpa … Referee: Elton Owen … NOTE: Wrestling is to shut down for a couple of weeks while Armory is refurbished. Eugene OR: January 30, 1960 (Fairgrounds) … (NWA Title) Pat O'Connor* booked … Shag Thomas is on this show. Eugene OR: March 5, 1960 (Saturday) (Fairgrounds Cow Palace) ... Tony Borne & Shag Thomas drew Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan) & Ed Francis (60:00, 1-1) ... Maurice La Pointe drew Haru Sasaki ... Luigi Macera beat Joe Konno … Lorenzo Parente beat Red Donovan (sub for Jerry Kozak) … Promoter: Don Owen ... NOTE: Pro wrestling returns to Eugene and these were "the first matches of the year." ... Promoter Owen moves wrestling into the Fairgrounds' Cow Palace for the first time Eugene OR: March 12, 1960 (Cow Palace) … (Battle Royal) won by Haru Sasaki over Ed Francis, Duke Keomuka, Luigi Macera, Wild Bill Savage, Kurt Von Poppenheim & Maurice LaPointe … Ed Francis beat Haru Sasaki … Duke Keomuka beat Jerry Kozak … Luigi Macera drew Kurt Von Poppenheim … Maurice LaPointe drew Wild Bill Savage … Referee: Elton Owen … NOTE: Kozak lost to Keomuka's "claw" hold and was unable to return for the battle royal. Eugene OR: March 19, 1960 (Cow Palace) … Ed Francis & Luigi Macera beat Haru Sasaki & Duke Keomuka (2-1, dq) … Wild Bill Savage beat Maurice LaPointe … Lorenzo Parente beat Jack Kiser … Referee: Elton Owen Eugene OR: March 26, 1960 (Cow Palace) … Duke Keomuka beat Ed Francis (2-1) … Wild Bill Savaage drew Luigi Macera … Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan) beat Haru Sasaki … NOTE: Tito Montez is described as "the Irishman from New Mexico" in the Eugene OR Register-Guard of 28, 1960 Eugene OR: April 2, 1960 (Saturday) (Fairgrounds) … Ed Francis beat Duke Keomuka (2-1) … Shag Thomas beat Maurice LaPointe … Jerry Kozak beat Jerry Aitken (as Arne Aitkins) … NOTE: Francis defends his "Northwest heavyweight title" Eugene OR: April 9, 1960 (Fairgrounds) … Ed Francis beat Duke Keomuka (2-1, dq) … Referee: Harry Elliott … Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Lorenzo Parente … Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan) drew Haru Sasaki … NOTE: The local "commission" – well aware that the main event was stipulated as a "no disqualification match – nevertheless ruled a match-ending foul when Keomuka judo chopped the throat of the arbiter, Harry Elliott Eugene OR: April 16, 1960 (Cow Palace Arena) … Tony Borne vs Duke Keomuka … Luigi Macera vs Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan) … Jerry Kozak vs Haru Sasaki Eugene OR: April 23, 1960 (Fairgrounds) …Shag Thomas & Tony Borne beat Haru Sasaki & Duke Keomuka …Ramon Torres beat Kurt Von Poppenheim …Bill Savage beat Lorenzo Parente (sub for Ed Francis) … Jerry Kozak drew Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan) …Referee: Luigi Macera Eugene OR: April 30, 1960 (Fairgrounds Cow Palace) …Wild Bill Savage beat Tony Borne (2-1) …Ramon Torres beat Jerry Kozak …Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Maurice LaPointe …NOTE: "When Savage returned from a campaign in Hawaii he discovered that Borne had taken on a new partner, Shag Thomas. That not only caused a split in the partnership, but opened an all-out feud." -- Eugene OR Register-Guard, Apr. 26, 1960 Eugene OR: May 7, 1960 (Fairgrounds) ... Ed Francis beat Shag Thomas … Ramon Torres beat Haru Sasaki … Bill Savage beat Maurice LaPointe … Jerry Kozak drew Luigi Macera Eugene OR: May 14, 1960 (Fairgrounds) ... Ed Francis beat Shag Thomas (2-1, dq) ... Referee: Jerry Kozak ... (Midgets) Brown Panther & Pancho Lopez beat Fuzzy Cupid & Sky Low Low ... Billy White Wolf beat Haru Sasaki ... Ramon Torres beat Danny Ferraza Eugene OR: May 21, 1960 (Fairgrounds) …Shag Thomas beat Ed Francis … Ramon Torres beat Bill Savage (dq) … Billy White Wolf beat Eddie Sullivan Eugene OR: May 28, 1960 (Cow Palace) … (Battle Royal) won by Gene (Big Daddy) Lipscomb … Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Joe Swiderski … Soldat Gorky beat Luigi Macera … Billy White Wolf beat Haru Sasaki … Also eliminated in battle royal was Gentleman Ed Francis Eugene OR: June 4, 1960 (Fairgrounds "Cow Palace") ... Ed Francis beat Shag Thomas (2-1) ... Referee: Elton Owen ... Soldat Gorky beat Ramon Torres (1-1, utc) ... Luigi Macera drew Billy White Wolf ... Referee: Elton Owen … NOTE: Francis defended his Northwest heavyweight title. Eugene OR: June 11, 1960 (Saturday) (Cow Palace) … Wild Bill Savage beat Chief Billy White Wolf (2-1) … Ed Francis beat Henry Lenz … Tito Carreon beat Shag Thomas (dq) Eugene OR: June 18, 1960 (Saturday) (Fairgrounds) ... Billy White Wolf drew Wild Bill Savage (1-1, dcor) ... Soldat Gorky beat Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan, sub for Tito Carreon) ... Shag Thomas drew Ramon Torres (30: 00, 1-1) Eugene OR: June 25, 1960 (Fairgrounds) ... Billy White Wolf beat Bill Savage … Ramon Torres beat Kurt Von Poppenheim … Luigi Macera beat Shag Thomas Eugene OR: July 2, 1960 (Fairgrounds) ... Soldat Gorky vs Ramon Torres ... Shag Thomas vs Ed Francis ... Kurt Von Poppenheim vs Tito Carreon ... (Battle Royal) won by Billy White Wolf over Shag Thomas, Wild Bill Savage, Haru Sasaki & Al Carlson, et al Eugene OR: July 9, 1960 (Fairgrounds "Cow Palace") … Wild Bill Savage beat Shag Thomas (2-1) … Billy White Wolf vs Ed Francis … Soldat Gorky beat Ramon Torres … Tito Carreon drew Luigi Macera … Referee: Harry Elliott Eugene OR: July 16, 1960 (Cow Palace) … Shag Thomas beat Wild Bill Savage (2-1) … Billy White Wolf vs Kurt Von Poppenheim … Soldat Gorky vs Luigi Macera … Ramon Torres vs Haru Sasaki Eugene OR: July 23, 1960 (Fairgrounds) ... Shag Thomas drew Soldat Gorky (1-1, nc) ... Duke Keomuka beat Ken Larimore ... Ramon Torres beat Kurt Von Poppenheim (dq) ... Wild Bill Savage beat Tito Carreon Eugene OR: July 30, 1960 (Saturday) (Fairgrounds) ... Shag Thomas beat Soldat Gorky (2-1, cor) ... Luigi Macera beat Wild Bill Savage (dq) ... Billy White Wolf & Ramon Torres drew Duke Keomuka & Haru Sasaki ... (Battle Royal) won by Billy White Wolf from Kurt Von Poppenheim, Duke Keomuka, Haru Sasaki, Ed Francis, Luigi Macera, Ken Larimore & Wild Bill Savage Eugene OR: August 6, 1960 (Fairgrounds) ... (NWA Title) Pat O'Connor* beat Shag Thomas (2-1) ... Billy White Wolf beat Wild Bill Savage (dq) ... Kurt Von Poppenheim & Soldat Gorky beat Luigi Macera & Ramon Torres ... Ed Francis vs Duke Keomuka ... Ken Larimore beat Haru Sasaki (dq) ... Referee: Harry Elliott ... NOTE: The card was reportedly witnessed by "a capacity crowd." Eugene OR: August 13, 1960 (Cow Palace) … Kurt Von Poppenheim & Soldat Gorky beat Duke Keomuka & Haru Sasaki (2- 1) … Ed Francis drew Billy White Wolf (45:00, 1-1) … Ken Larimore beat Frenchy Roberre Eugene OR: August 20, 1960 (Saturday) (Fairgrounds) … (Battle Royal) won by Billy White Wolf over Duke Keomuka, Kurt Von Poppenheim, Alberto Torres, Haru Sasaki, Wild Bill Savage, Soldat Gorky, Luigi Macera & Ken Larimore … Billy White Wolf beat Kurt Von Poppenheim (dq) … Alberto Torres beat Haru Sasaki … Wild Bill Savage beat Ken Larimore … Soldat Gorky beat Luigi Macera … NOTE: This was an open-air show, one of the options available for promoter Don Owens in the Lane County Fairgrounds setting; from week to week, with the spare newspaper reports of these shows, it's difficult to tell which seating configuration was used … Having noted that, be it known that due to other fairground commitments (aka county fair) wrestling goes dark until September 10. Eugene OR: September 10, 1960 (Fairgrounds Cow Palace) ... Soldat Gorky & Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Billy White Wolf & Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) (2-1) ... Shag Thomas beat Ken Larimore ... Alberto Torres (as Tori Torres) drew Tarzan Tyler (as Tarzan Tourville) Eugene OR: September 17, 1960 (Fairgrounds) ... Billy White Wolf & Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) & Nick Kozak beat Soldat Gorky & Kurt Von Poppenheim & Tarzan Tyler (as Tarzan Tourville) (2-1) ... Jimmy (Bad Boy) Hines drew Alberto Torres ... Donald Lortie (as Pierre DeGlane) beat Shag Thomas (dq) ... Referee: Elton Owen Eugene OR: September 24, 1960 (Cow Palace) … Kurt Von Poppenheim vs Nick Kozak … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) vs Jimmy (Bad Boy) Hines … Alberto Torres vs Frenchy Roberre Eugene OR: October 1, 1960 (Fairgrounds) ... (Battle Royal) won by Shag Thomas … Nick Kozak beat Nicoli Volkoff … Tony Borne beat Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) … Nelson Royal beat Soldat Gorky (dq) … Bad Boy Hines eliminated in royal Eugene OR: October 8, 1960 (Fairgrounds) ... Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) & Nick Kozak beat Bad Boy Hines & Kurt Von Poppenheim … Soldat Gorky beat Shag Thomas (dq) … Tony Borne beat Nelson Royal … Donald Lortie (as Pierre DeGlane) drew Alberto Torres Eugene OR: October 15, 1960 (Fairgrounds) ... Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Kurt Von Poppenheim … Nick Kozak drew Shag Thomas … Nelson Royal beat George Coleman Eugene OR: October 22, 1960 (Cow Palace) … Soldat Gorky & Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Tony Borne & Shag Thomas (2- 1) … Nick Kozak drew Nelson Royal … Billy White Wolf beat Donald Lortie (as Pierre DeGlane) … Alberto Torres beat Bad Boy Hines (dq) … Referee: Elton Owen Eugene OR: October 29, 1960 (Fairgrounds) … Soldat Gorky & Kurt Von Poppenheim drew Nick Kozak & Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) (60:00, 1-1) … Alberto Torres beat Jimmy (Bad Boy) Hines (2-1) … Don Lortie (as Pierre DeGlane) beat Frenchy Roberre Eugene OR: November 5, 1960 (Fairgrounds) … Tony Borne beat Soldat Gorky (2-1) … Referee: Harry Elliott … Alberto Torres beat Kurt Von Poppenheim (2-1, dq) … Nelson Royal drew Don Lortie (as Pierre DeGlane) Eugene OR: November 12, 1960 (Fairgrounds) … Soldat Gorky vs Tony Borne … Nick Kozak vs Jimmy (Bad Boy) Hines … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) vs Alberto Torres Eugene OR: November 19, 1960 (Saturday) (Fairgrounds) ... Nick Kozak beat Soldat Gorky (2-0, dq) ... Referee: Jack Kiser ... Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Shag Thomas ... Jack Kiser drew Jimmy (Bad Boy) Hines Eugene OR: November 26, 1960 (Fairgrounds) ... Nick Kozak beat Soldat Gorky (3-2)... Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Shag Thomas (dq) ... Tony Borne beat Alberto Torres ... Donald Lortie (as Pierre DeGlane) beat Terry O'Connell (of Los Angeles CA) ... Referee: Harry Elliott ... NOTE: Borne, scheduled to team with Shag Thomas, refused to wrestle with him -- a prelude to their gargantuan, December feud. Eugene OR: December 3, 1960 (Fairgrounds) … (NWA Title) Pat O’Connor* beat Tony Borne … Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Donald Lortie (as Pierre DeGlane) … Nick Kozak drew Shag Thomas … Billy White Wolf beat Bad Boy Hines … Nelson Royal drew Alberto Torres Eugene OR: December 10, 1960 (Cow Palace) … Shag Thomas drew Tony Borne (1-1, dcor) … Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Alberto Torres … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) drew Luigi Macera (sub for Nick Kozak) … Billy White Wolf beat Nelson Royal … NOTE: Borne broke a chair over the head of Thomas, who in turn chased the "Pendleton Orator" down some 40 feet outside the exit door where they both wound up wrestling in the mud. Eugene OR: December 17, 1960 (Cow Palace) … Tony Borne beat Shag Thomas (2-1) … Billy White Wolf beat Nelson Royal … Nick Kozak beat Tito Kopa (dq) … Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Luigi Macera … NOTE: The Eugene "commission" warns both main eventers they will not be paid if they leave the ring Eugene OR: December 26, 1960 (Monday) (Cow Palace) … Billy White Wolf beat Tony Borne … Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Bobby Nichols … Luigi Macera beat George (Roughhouse) Coleman … NOTE: White Wolf, aka Adnan Al Kaisy, was serving as "assistant coach" of the Portland State wrestling team. Research by J Michael Kenyon |
| Eugene Wrestling Results - 1960 |
