Eugene OR: January 2, 1961 (Monday)
(Cow Palace) … Billy White Wolf beat Kurt Von Poppenheim (2-1) … Nick Kozak beat Shag
Thomas (2-0, dq) … Frenchy Roberre drew Jack Kiser

Eugene OR: January 7, 1961 (Saturday)
(Cow Palace) … Billy White Wolf beat Wild Bill Savage (2-1, cor) … Silento Rodriguez beat
Tito Kopa (dq) … Nick Kozak drew Kurt Von Poppenheim … Luigi Macera beat Bobby Nichols
(sub for Shag Thomas)

Eugene OR: January 14, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Wild Bill Savage & Tito Kopa beat Billy White Wolf & Nick Kozak (2-1) …
Mike DiBiase beat Luigi Macera (1-0, utc) … Kurt Von Poppenheim drew Silento Rodriguez …
NOTE: Mike DiBiase makes his Eugene debut by, reportedly, breaking Macera's nose.

Eugene OR: January 21, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Billy White Wolf beat Tito Kopa (2-1) … Mike DiBiase beat Luigi Macera …
Silento Rodriguez drew Jack Kiser

Eugene OR: January 28, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Billy White Wolf & Nick Kozak beat Wild Bill Savage & Tito Kopa (2-1) …
Silento Rodriguez beat Mike DiBiase (dq) … Luigi Macera drew Kurt Von Poppenheim (1-1)
… Referee: Elton Owen

Eugene OR: February 4, 1961 (Saturday)
(Fairgrounds Cow Palace) ... Lou Thesz beat Billy White Wolf (2-1) ... Mike DiBiase beat
Shag Thomas ... Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Bobby Nichols ... Luigi Macera beat Silento
Rodriguez ... Referee: Harry Elliott  … Promoter: Don Owen

Eugene OR: February 11, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Wild Bill Savage (2-0, dq)  … Mike
DiBiase beat Lorenzo Parente … Luigi Macera beat Bobby Nichols … Referee: Harry Elliott
… NOTE: The Northwest title of Schiff/Freeman is not at stake … "Savage, bombarded with
paper cups by fans, used the cups to gouge Freeman's eyes and the commission ordered
the disqualification. Savage returned wearing his mask and blasted Freeman out of the ring
with head butts and refused to allow the champ to return – and was disqualified again." –
Eugene OR Register-Guard, Feb. 13, 1961 … Promoter Don Owen rearranged his card after
Silento Rodriguez, injured elsewhere, was unable to appear … The deaf-and-dumb matman
reportedly will be out for an indefinite period.

Eugene OR: February 18, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Wild Bill Savage (2-1) … Kenny Ackles
beat Mike DiBiase (2-1, dq) … Lorenzo Parente beat Bob Cummings … Referee: Elton Owen
… NOTE: Mike DiBiase contributed a key "assist" in the main event to help preserve
Schiff/Freeman's "Northwest heavyweight  title" reign.

Eugene OR: February 25, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Luigi Macera beat Mike DiBiase (2-0, dq) … Referee: Elton Owen …
(Midgets) Little Beaver & Red Taylor beat Sky Low Low & Tom Thumb … Bill Savage & Tito
Kopa drew Lorenzo Parente & Kenny Ackles … Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Pancho Valdez

Eugene OR: March 4, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Wild Bill Savage drew Mike DiBiase (1-1, dcor) … Billy White Wolf beat
Pancho Valdez (2-0) … Lorenzo Parente vs Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan) … Kenny Ackles
drew Bobby Nichols … Referee: Elton Owen

Eugene OR: March 11, 1961
(Cow Palace) … (NWA Title) Pat O'Connor* beat Wild Bill Savage (2-1) … Mike DiBiase beat
Kenny Ackles (1-1, utc) … Bobby Nichols beat George (Rough-House) Coleman (dq) …
Referee: Luigi Macera

Eugene OR: March 18, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Wild Bill Savage beat Mike DiBiase (2-1) … Billy White Wolf beat Tito Kopa
… Lorenzo Parente drew Johnny (Rubberman) Walker … Referee: Jack Kiser

Eugene OR: March 25, 1961
(Fairgrounds) … (Handicap) Mike DiBiase FTT Billy White Wolf (30:00) & Tito Kopa … Soldat
Gorky & Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Luigi Macera & Lorenzo Parente … NOTE: When Bill
Savage was reportedly hospitalized with a throat injury, White Wolf and Kopa stepped
forward to fill the main-event spot – winding up in a handicap bout – and Kopa didn't even
have to wrestle, as White Wolf stood off DiBiase for the full half-hour … Kenny Ackles was a
no-show as well, prompting promoter Don Owen to fill his card with the tag-team match.

Eugene OR: April 1, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Ed Francis vs Mike DiBiase … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) vs George
Coleman … Tito Kopa vs Bobby Nichols

[Register-Guard not available via Google for month of April 1961]

Eugene OR: May 6, 1961
(Fairgrounds) … Luther Lindsay beat Mike DiBiase (2-1) … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman)
beat Kurt Von Poppenheim … Kenny Ackles beat Wild Bill Savage (dq)

Eugene OR: May 13, 1961 (Saturday)
(Fairgrounds "Cow Palace") … Luther Lindsay beat Mike DiBiase (2-1) … Herb Schiff (as
Herb Freeman) drew Bill Savage (45:00, 1-1) … Soldat Gorky beat Johnny (Rubberman)
Walker … Referee: Elton Owen

Eugene OR: May 20, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Mike DiBiase (2-0, dq) … (Midgets)
Little Beaver & Tiny Tim beat Sky Low Low & Pee Wee James … Luther Lindsay drew Wild
Bill Savage (dcor) … Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Lorenzo Parente … NOTE: Von
Poppenheim employed his patented "German Crossbow" backbreaker to score the victory.

Eugene OR: May 27, 1961
(Cow Palace) … (Indian Death Match) Billy White Wolf beat Mike DiBiase … Luther Lindsay
beat Wild Bill Savage … Kurt Von Poppenheim drew Johnny (Rubberman) Walker … Soldat
Gorky beat Kenny Ackles

Eugene OR: June 3, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Billy White Wolf beat Mike DiBiase (2-1, dq) … Referee: Herb Schiff (as Herb
Freeman)  … Bing Kai Lee beat Tito Kopa (2-1) … Lorenzo Parente drew Pat Dugan

Eugene OR: June 10, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Billy White Wolf beat Tony Borne (2-1, dq) … Referee: Elton Owen …
Luther Lindsay & Bing Kai Lee beat Wild Bill Savage & Tito Kopa (2-1) … Lorenzo Parente
drew Kurt Von Poppenheim … Johnny (Rubberman) Walker beat Pat Dugan … NOTE: White
Wolf reportedly suffered two broken ribs and may be out of action for an undetermined
period … Borne was disqualified for landing a "cannonball" – launched from the ring apron --
on the Indian grappler, who was prostrate on the concrete arena floor … "Borne announced
he was returning to Texas because of the decision." – Eugene OR Register-Guard, Jan. 12,
1961

Eugene OR: June 17, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Luther Lindsay & Bing Kai Lee beat Tito Kopa (sub for Soldat Gorky) & Kurt
Von Poppenheim (2-1) … Leo Garibaldi drew Tony Barbetta  (1-1) … Shag Thomas vs
Lorenzo Parente

Eugene OR: June 24, 1961
(Fairgrounds) ... (Battle Royal Finale) Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan) beat Tito Kopa (2-1) ...
Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Tony Barbetta ... Shag Thomas beat Bing Kai Lee ...
Also eliminated in Royal: Leo Garibaldi, Johnny (Rubberman) Walker & Luther Lindsay

Eugene OR: July 1, 1961
(Fairgrounds) ... Luther Lindsay beat Don Manoukian (sub for Shag Thomas) (2-1, dq) ...
Gene LeBell (as The Executioner) beat Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan) (1-1, utc) ... Bing Kai
Lee drew Jack Kiser

Eugene OR: July 8, 1961
(Fairgrounds) ... (Northwest Tag Title*) Shag Thomas & Don Manoukian beat Luther Lindsay
& Bing Kai Lee (2-1) ... Gene LeBell (as The Executioner) beat Leo Garibaldi (1-1, utc) ...
Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Tony Barbetta

Eugene OR: July 15, 1961
(Fairgrounds) ... Luther Lindsay beat Shag Thomas (2-1, dq) ... Don Manoukian drew Herb
Schiff (as Herb Freeman) ... Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Jack Kiser ... Referees: Harry Elliott,
Jack Kiser

Eugene OR: July 22, 1961
(Fairgrounds) ... (Battle Royal) won by Luther Lindsay over Gorgeous George w/Cheri, Shag
Thomas, Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman), Soldat Gorky, Don Manoukian, Leo Garibaldi, Tito
Montez (as Eddie Sullivan), Gene LeBell (as The Executioner) & Bing Kai Lee ... Herb Schiff
(as Herb Freeman) beat Soldat Gorky ... Don Manoukian vs Leo Garibaldi ... Tito Montez (as
Eddie Sullivan) vs Gene LeBell (as The Executioner) ... Luther Lindsay drew Bing Kai Lee

Eugene OR: July 29, 1961
(Fairgrounds) ... Shag Thomas & Don Manoukian beat Luther Lindsay & Herb Schiff (as Herb
Freeman) (2-1) ... Johnny (Rubberman) Walker beat Tony Barbetta ... Leo Garibaldi beat
George (Roughhouse) Coleman ... Referee: Harry Elliott

Eugene OR: August 5, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Gene LeBell (as The Executioner) beat Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) (2-1)
… Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan) beat Kurt Von Poppenheim … Leo Garibaldi drew Johnny
(Rubberman) Walker

Eugene OR: August 12, 1961
(Fairgrounds) ... (Northwest Tag Title*) Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) & Luther Lindsay beat
Shag Thomas & Don Manoukian (2-0, dq) ... Gene LeBell (as The Executioner) beat Tito
Montez (as Eddie Sullivan) ... Leo Garibaldi drew Bing Kai Lee ... Kurt Von Poppenheim beat
Johnny (Rubberman) Walker ... NOTE: Manoukian and Thomas were defending the
Northwest tag team title … Since it was Lane County Fair season, the next three Saturday
nights were dark.

Eugene OR: September 9, 1961
(Fairgrounds) … Nicoli Volkoff beat Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan) (2-1) … Herb Schiff (as
Herb Freeman) beat Soldat Gorky (2-1) … Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Pepi Cortez

Eugene OR: September 16, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Luther Lindsay & Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan) beat Nicoli Volkoff & Soldat
Gorky … Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson) beat Johnny Reid (of Georgia) … Nicoli
Volkoff (sub for Gene LeBell as The Executioner) beat Frank Morgan

Eugene OR: September 23, 1961
(Fairgrounds) ... Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) drew Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson)
(60:00, 1-1) ... Gene LeBell (as The Executioner) beat Jack Kiser (2-1) ... Shag Thomas beat
Frank Morgan

Eugene OR: September 30, 1961
(Cow Palace) … (Battle Royal) won by Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson) over Billy White
Wolf, Kurt Von Poppenheim, Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman), Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan),
Nicoli Volkoff, Gene LeBell (as The Executioner) & Johnny Reid  … Billy White Wolf vs Kurt
Von Poppenheim … Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson) vs Tito Montez (as Eddie Sullivan)
… Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) vs Pepi Cortez … Gene LeBell (as The Executioner) vs
Johnny Reid

Eugene OR: October 7, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Billy White Wolf beat Gene LeBell (as The Executioner) (2-1, cor) … Nicoli
Volkoff drew Rocky Colombo … Shag Thomas beat Jack Kiser

Eugene OR: October 14, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Billy White Wolf beat Gene LeBell (as The Executioner) (2-1, dq) … Rocky
Colombo beat Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson) (2-1) … Nicoli Volkoff beat Johnny Reid
(sub for Pepi Cortez) … Referee: Elton Owen

Eugene OR: October 21, 1961
(Cow Palace) … (Indian Death Match) Billy White Wolf beat Gene LeBell (as The
Executioner) … Nicoli Volkoff drew Wild Bill Savage (sub for Herb Schiff as Herb Freeman) …
Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Pepi Cortez

Eugene OR: October 28, 1961
(Fairgrounds "Cow Palace") … Billy White Wolf beat Nicoli Volkoff (2-1, dq)
… Rocky Colombo & Seymour Koenig (as Seymour Freeman) beat Wild Bill Savage & Gene
LeBell (as The Executioner) … Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson) beat Johnny Reid

Eugene OR: November 4, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Nicoli Volkoff beat Billy White Wolf (2-1) … Referee: Frenchy Roberre …
Seymour Koenig (as Seymour Freeman) beat Wild Bill Savage … Rocky Colombo beat Haru
Sasaki … Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson) beat Pepi Cortez … Referee: Elton Owen …
NOTE: Volkoff was defending his "Northwest heavyweight championship" … At the end, the
fans loudly disapproved of referee Roberre's eyesight

Eugene OR: November 11, 1961
(Cow Palace) … (Mixed, Midgets) Billy White Wolf & Little Beaver & Bouncing Bernie Burke
beat Wild Bill Savage & Fuzzy Cupid (as Fuzzy Smith) & Tom Thumb … Rocky Colombo beat
Haru Sasaki … Nicoli Volkoff beat Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) (45:00, 1-0)

Eugene OR: November 18, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Seymour Koenig (as Seymour Freeman) & Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman)
beat Nicoli Volkoff & Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson) (2-1) … Rocky Colombo beat
Frenchy Roberre … Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson) beat Bobby Nichols … NOTE: The
"Freeman brothers" defended their "Northwest tag title"

Eugene OR: November 25, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Rocky Colombo beat Nicoli Volkoff (2-1) … Fritz Von Goering beat Johnny
Reid (sub for Herb Schiff as Herb Freeman) … Wild Bill Savage drew Chief Billy White Wolf …
Luigi Macera beat Tito Kopa (sub for Haru Sasaki) … NOTE: Volkoff's Northwest title was not
up … Macera is said to have returned "from a year in Australia."

Eugene OR: December 2, 1961 (Saturday)
(Fairgrounds) … (Battle Royal Finale) Curtis Iaukea (as Prince Kuhio) beat Seymour Koenig
(as Seymour Freeman) (1-0, utc) … Fritz Von Goering drew (sub for Herb Schiff as Herb
Freeman) … Rocky Colombo beat Wild Bill Savage (dq) … Also eliminated: Billy White Wolf,
Haru Sasaki … Referee: Elton Owen

Eugene OR: December 9, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Curtis Iaukea (as Prince Kuhio) & Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson) &
Haru Sasaki drew Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) & Seymour Koenig (as Seymour Freeman)
& Rocky Colombo (1-1, nc) … Referee: Jack Kiser … Rocky Colombo drew Nelson Royal (as
Baby Face Nelson) … Haru Sasaki beat Jack Kiser … Referee: Elton Owen

Eugene OR: December 16, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Curtis Iaukea (as Prince Kuhio) & Nelson Royal beat Herb Schiff (as Herb
Freeman) & Seymour Koenig (as Seymour Freeman) (2-1) … Seymour Koenig (as Seymour
Freeman)  beat Haru Sasaki … Wild Bill Savage drew Rocky Colombo … NOTE:
Koenig/Freeman was rendered hors du combat for the final fall … Billy White Wolf was
scrubbed from the card with a case of flu.

Eugene OR: December 23, 1961
(Cow Palace) … (Battle Royal) featuring Curtis Iaukea (as Prince Kuhio), Billy White Wolf,
Rocky Colombo, Luigi Macera, Bill Savage, Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman), Fritz Von Goering
&  Haru Sasaki … Billy White Wolf vs Haru Sasaki … Fritz Von Goering vs Luigi Macera …
Rocky Colombo vs Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson)

Eugene OR: December 30, 1961
(Cow Palace) … Billy White Wolf drew Fritz Von Goering (1-1, nc) … Referee: Herb Schiff (as
Herb Freeman) … Wild Bill Savage vs Seymour Koenig (as Seymour Freeman)  … Herb
Schiff (as Herb Freeman) vs Nicoli Volkoff … Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson) vs Bobby
Nichols … NOTE: White Wolf was defending his "Northwest" heavyweight title





Research by J Michael Kenyon
Eugene Wrestling Results - 1961
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