Eugene OR: January 6, 1962
(Cow Palace) … (Northwest Title*) Fritz Von Goering beat Billy White Wolf (2-1) … Referee:
Jack Kiser … Rocky Colombo beat Soldat Gorky (2-0, dq) … Luigi Macera drew Danno
McDonald … NOTE: Von Goering had claimed he won the title the previous week; this time,
he made sure.

Eugene OR: January 13, 1962
(Cow Palace) … (Indian Death Match) Billy White Wolf beat Fritz Von Goering ... Curtis
Iaukea (as Prince Kuhio III) & Haru Sasaki beat Luigi Macera & Rocky Colombo (2-1) ... Shag
Thomas beat Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson) ... Danno McDonald drew Seymour
Koenig (as Seymour Freeman) ... Referee: Elton Owen ... NOTE: "The fans were delighted
when Shag Thomas downed Baby Face Nelson with a tackle and press at the opening bell.
Nelson claimed he had not removed his tuxedo (his new wrestling uniform) when the bell
sounded. A post-match fistic flurry was stopped by referee Elton Owen." -- Eugene OR
Register-Guard, Jan. 15, 1962

Eugene OR: January 20, 1962
(Cow Palace) … (German Death Match) Chief Billy White Wolf vs Fritz Von Goering … Kurt
Von Poppenheim vs Rocky Colombo … Luigi Macera vs Nelson Royal (as Baby Face Nelson)
… Jack Kiser vs Danno McDonald … Referee: Harry Elliott … … NOTE: A snowstorm forced
cancellation of the show.

Eugene OR: January 27, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Shag Thomas beat Fritz Von Goering (sub for Curtis Iaukea as Prince
Kuhio) (2-1, dq) … Rocky Colombo drew Wild Bill Savage … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman)
beat Frenchy Roberre … NOTE: Iaukea/Kuhio reportedly was a flu victim.

Eugene OR: February 3, 1962
(Cow Palace) … (German Death Match) Chief Billy White Wolf beat Fritz Von Goering …
Rocky Colombo beat Kurt Von Poppenheim (dq) … Referee: Luigi Macera … Bill Savage
beat Danno McDonald … Luigi Macera drew Frenchy Roberre

Eugene OR: February 10, 1962
(Cow Palace) … (Northwest Title*) Chief Billy White Wolf beat Fritz Von Goering (2-1, dq) …
Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Frenchy Roberre … Wild Bill Savage beat Luigi Macera
… Dick Garza beat Tito Kopa

Eugene OR: February 17, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Fritz Von Goering & Kurt Von Poppenheim beat Rocky Colombo & Chief Billy
White Wolf (2-1) … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Wild Bill Savage (2-1) … Haru
Sasaki beat Seymour Koenig (as Seymour Freeman, sub for Dick Garza) … Referee: Elton
Owen

Eugene OR: February 24, 1962
(Cow Palace) … (Cage Match) Billy White Wolf beat Fritz Von Goering (2-1) … Rocky
Colombo beat Wild Bill Savage (2-1, dq) … Luigi Macera drew Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman)
… Tito Kopa beat Seymour Koenig (as Seymour Freeman)

Eugene OR: March 3, 1962
(Fairgrounds) ... Prince Kuhio beat Shag Thomas (2-1, dq) ... Referee: Luigi Macera ... Dick
Garza beat Wild Bill Savage (2-0, dq) ... Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) drew Luigi Macera (1-
1)

Eugene OR: March 10, 1962 (Saturday)
(Cow Palace) ... Shag Thomas beat Curtis Iaukea (as Prince Kuhio) (2-1, dq) ... Referee:
Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) ... Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Tito Kopa (2-1) ...
Danno McDonald drew Dick Garzas (later Mighty Igor)

Eugene OR: March 17,1962
(Cow Palace) … Wild Bill Savage beat Fritz Von Goering (2-1, dq) … Mr. Moto beat Herb
Schiff (as Herb Freeman)  … Danno McDonald beat George (Roughhouse) Coleman …
NOTE: Savage donned his controversial mask and head-butted Von Goering into submission
… Savage then demanded Von Goering make his Northwest title available in a rematch

Eugene OR: March 24, 1962
(Fairgrounds) …  Wild Bill Savage beat Fritz Von Goering (2-1, dq) … Mr. Moto beat Danno
McDonald … Dean Higuchi beat George (Rough House) Coleman … Referee: Rocky
Colombo … NOTE: The local "commission" held up Von Goering's title, claiming he purposely
got himself disqualified in the third fall in an attempt to save the crown via the "no DQ" rule.

Eugene OR: March 31, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Fritz Von Goering beat Wild Bill Savage (2-1) … Dean Higuchi beat Curtis
Iaukea (as Prince Kuhio) (dq) … Mr. Moto beat Dick Garza … Rocky Colombo beat Haru
Sasaki … Referee: Elton Owen … NOTE: Von Goering defended his title without controversy.

Eugene OR: April 7, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Fritz Von Goering drew Mr. Moto (1-1, dcor) … Billy White Wolf beat Dean
Higuchi (sub for Masked Mangler) (2-1) … NOTE: Dick Garza may have no-showed this card.

Eugene OR: April 14, 1962
(Cow Palace) … (Battle Royal) won by Billy White Wolf over Fritz Von Goering, Kurt Von
Poppenheim, Mr. Moto, Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman), Haru Sasaki & Frenchy Roberre (sub
for Danno McDonald) … Billy White Wolf beat Haru Sasaki … Mr. Moto beat Frenchy Roberre
… Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Fritz Von Goering (dq) …Referee: Elton Owen

Eugene OR: April 21, 1962
(Fairgrounds) … Mr. Moto beat Fritz Von Goering (2-1, dq) … Kurt Von Poppenheim beat
Frenchy Roberre … Dick Garza beat Haru Sasaki … NOTE: Von Goering still was Northwest
heavyweight titleholder here.

Eugene OR: April 28, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Luther Lindsay & Billy White Wolf beat Mr. Moto & Haru Sasaki (2-1) … Dick
Garza beat Tito Kopa … Wild Bill Savage beat Logger Larsen (of Williams Lake BC) …
NOTE: The tag team substituted for a Fritz Von Goering "Northwest" title defense against Mr.
Moto when Von Goering no-showed … Dick Garza was added to the show re-arranged by
promoter Don Owen.

Eugene OR: May 5, 1962
(Fairgrounds) ... Billy White Wolf & Luther Lindsay beat Fritz Von Goering & Kurt Von
Poppenheim (2-1) ... Referee: Shag Thomas ... Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Maurice
Vachon (2-0, dq) ... Shag Thomas beat Danny O'Rourke

Eugene OR: May 12, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Luther Lindsay & Shag Thomas & Billy White Wolf beat Maurice (Mad Dog)
Vachon & Fritz Von Goering & Kurt Von Poppenheim (2-1, dq) … Rocky Colombo drew Wild
Bill Savage … Dick Garza beat Mr. Moto (dq) … Referee: Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman)

Eugene OR: May 19, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Luther Lindsay & Shag Thomas & Billy White Wolf beat Maurice (Mad Dog)
Vachon & Fritz Von Goering & Kurt Von Poppenheim (2-1) … Referee: Rocky Colombo …
Wild Bill Savage (sub for Tito Kopa) beat Dick Garza … Mr. Moto drew Rocky Colombo …
Referee: Harry Elliott

Eugene OR: May 26, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Billy White Wolf drew Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon (1-1, dcor) … Referee:
Dick Garza … Luther Lindsay beat Mr. Moto … Wild Bill Savage drew Fritz Von Goering … Al
Pago Pago beat Tito Kopa

Eugene OR: June 5, 1962 (Tuesday)
(Cow Palace) … Billy White Wolf beat Wild Bill Savage …  (Midgets) Brown Panther & Pancho
Lopez beat Fuzzy Cupid (as Fuzzy Smith) & Irish Jackie … Dory Dixon beat Tito Kopa … Herb
Schiff (as Herb Freeman) drew Al Pago Pago

Eugene OR: June 9, 1962 (Saturday)
(Cow Palace) … (Indian Death Match) Billy White Wolf beat Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon …
Dory Dixon beat George Coleman (sub for Kurt Von Poppenheim) … Herb Schiff (as Herb
Freeman) beat Tito Kopa … Al Pago Pago beat Danny O'Rourke (dq)

Eugene OR: June 16, 1962
(Fairgrounds) … Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon beat Rocky Colombo (2-1) … Dory Dixon beat
Wild Bill Savage … Dick Garza drew Al Pago Pago … Shag Thomas beat Tito Kopa

Eugene OR: June 23, 1962
(Cow Palace) … (Battle Royal) won by Dory Dixon over Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon, Billy
White Wolf, Pepi Gomez, Kurt Von Poppenheim, Al Pago Pago, Luther Lindsay … Maurice
(Mad Dog) Vachon vs Billy White Wolf … Dory Dixon vs Kurt Von Poppenheim …  Luther
Lindsay vs Pepi Gomez … Referee: Elton Owen … NOTE: Billy White Wolf and/or Kurt Von
Poppenheim may have missed this show; George (Rough House) Coleman was eliminated
early in the battle royal … The Register-Guard printed no results for the scheduled
preliminaries.

Eugene OR: June 30, 1962
(Fairgrounds Arena) … Dory Dixon beat Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon (2-1, dq) … Referee:
Shag Thomas … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Al Pago Pago … Shag Thomas beat
George (Rough House) Coleman

Eugene OR: July 7, 1962 (Saturday)
(Fairgrounds "Cow Palace") … Shag Thomas beat Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon (2-1, dq) …
Billy White Wolf beat Tito Kopa … Al Pago Pago vs Danny O'Rourke … NOTE: "All-Star
Wrestling" aired Saturday afternoons, 3:30 to 4:30, over KPTV, Channel 12

Eugene OR: July 14, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon beat Shag Thomas (2-1, cor) … Referee: Elton
Owen … Luther Lindsay drew Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) … Fritz Von Goering beat Pepi
Gomez … Al Pago Pago beat Kurt Von Poppenheim (dq)

Eugene OR: July 21, 1962
(Fairgrounds) … (Cage Match) Shag Thomas beat Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon … Herb Schiff
(as Herb Freeman) drew Pepi Gomez … Al Pago Pago beat George (Rough House) Coleman
… NOTE: The "cage" consisted of chicken wire wrapped around the ring.

Eugene OR: July 28, 1962
(Cow Palace) … (Battle Royal) won by Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon from Curtis Iaukea (as
Prince Kuhio), Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman), Shag Thomas, Luther Lindsay, Billy White
Wolf & Fritz Von Goering … Billy White Wolf beat Fritz Von Goering (dq) …  Luther Lindsay
drew Dean Higuchi (sub for Al Pago Pago) … Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon beat Pepi Gomez

Eugene OR: August 4, 1962
(Fairgrounds) … Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon beat Billy White Wolf … Shag Thomas drew
Dean Higuchi … Pat Patterson beat Pepi Gomez

Eugene OR: August 11, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Pat O'Connor beat Fritz Von Goering (2-1) … Luther Lindsay & Shag
Thomas beat Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon & Pat Patterson … Dean Higuchi drew Herb Schiff
(as Herb Freeman) … Al Pago Pago beat Kurt Von Poppenheim (dq) … Promoter: Don Owen
… NOTE: The next two weeks are dark due to the annual Lane County Fair.

Eugene OR: September 1, 1962
(Fairgrounds) … Luther Lindsay & Shag Thomas beat Fritz Von Goering & Kurt Von
Poppenheim … Al Pago Pago drew Pepi Gomez … Ted Evans beat Pat Patterson … Maurice
(Mad Dog) Vachon drew Dean Higuchi

Eugene OR: September 8, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon beat Dean Higuchi (later Dean Ho) (2-1) … Ted
Evans beat Kurt Von Poppenheim … Shag Thomas beat Al Pago Pago

Eugene OR: September 15, 1962 (Saturday)
(Fairgrounds Cow Palace) ... Shag Thomas & Luther Lindsay drew Fritz Von Goering &
Maurice Vachon (1-1, nc) ... Referee: Elton Owen ... Nick Kozak beat Pat Patterson ... Ted
Evans drew Al Pago Pago ... Dean Higuchi beat Kurt Von Poppenheim (dq)

Eugene OR: September 22, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon vs Shag Thomas … Dean Higuchi vs Pat
Patterson … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) vs Ted Evans

Eugene OR: September 29, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Shag Thomas & Luther Lindsay & Al Pago vs Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon &
Fritz Von Goering & Pat Patterson … Nick Kozak vs Pat O'Brien … Dean Higuchi vs Ted
Evans

Eugene OR: October 6, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Fritz Von Goering beat Nick Kozak (1-1, utc) … Dean Higuchi drew Wild Bill
Savage (0-0) … Ted Evans beat Pepi Gomez … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Kurt
Von Poppenheim

Eugene OR: October 13, 1962
(Cow Palace, att. 350) … (Battle Royal) won by The Scorpion over Ted Evans, Fritz Von
Goering, Dean Higuchi, George (Rough House) Coleman & Shag Thomas … Ted Evans beat
Fritz Von Goering (dq) … Shag Thomas drew The Scorpion … Dean Higuchi beat George
(Rough House) Coleman … NOTE: The Scorpion's identity has been difficult to establish; he
was not either Ciclon Negro or Joe McCarthy … Best guess is that he was the oldtimer, Jack
O'Reilly.

Eugene OR: October 20, 1962
(Fairgrounds) ... Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon beat Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) (2-1, dq) ...
Referee: Shag Thomas ... Nick Kozak beat Pat O'Brien ... Shag Thomas drew Dean Higuchi

Eugene OR: October 27, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon beat Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) (2-1, dq) …
Referee: Jack Kiser … Nick Kozak beat Kurt Von Poppenheim … Haru Sasaki beat Dean
Higuchi

Eugene OR: November 3, 1962 (Saturday)
(Fairgrounds) … Haru Sasaki & Fritz Von Goering vs Nick Kozak & Herb Schiff (as Herb
Freeman) … (Midgets) Little Beaver &Tiny Tim vs Sky Low Low & Fuzzy Cupid (as Fuzzy
Smith) … The Scorpion vs Ted Evans … Shag Thomas vs Pat Patterson … Al Pago Pago vs
Pat O'Brien … NOTE: Promoter Don Owen billed this card as a "14-star show"; consequently,
he raised admission prices by 25 cents … The "Northwest tag title" was at stake in the main
event.

Eugene OR: November 10, 1962
(Cow Palace) … (Texas Death Match) Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Maurice (Mad
Dog) Vachon … Referee: Al Pago Pago … Luther Lindsay beat Kurt Von Poppenheim …
Fritz Von Goering beat Al Pago Pago

Eugene OR: November 17, 1962
(Fairgrounds) … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) beat Fritz Von Goering (2-1, dq) … Maurice
(Mad Dog) Vachon beat Kurt Von Poppenheim … Luther Lindsay beat Ted Evans

Eugene OR: November 24, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon vs Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) … Luther
Lindsay vs Fritz Von Goering … Al Pago Pago vs Jack Kiser

Eugene OR: December 1, 1962
(Fairgrounds) … Luther Lindsay beat Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon (2-1, dq) … Fritz Von
Goering beat Shag Thomas … Ricky Hunter beat Haru Sasaki

Eugene OR: December 8, 1962
(Cow Palace) … (Battle Royal) featuring Fritz Von Goering, Ricky Hunter, Herb Schiff (as
Herb Freeman), Kurt Von Poppenheim, Sonny Pasqua, Shag Thomas & Jack O'Reilly … Fritz
Von Goering vs Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) … Kurt Von Poppenheim vs Ricky Hunter …
Sonny Pasqua vs The Scorpion

Eugene OR: December 15, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Luther Lindsay & Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) vs Fritz Von Goering & Kurt
Von Poppenheim … NOTE: Nick Kozak & Rocky Colombo also were booked to appear.

Eugene OR: December 22, 1962 (Saturday)
(Cow Palace) … Maurice (Mad Dog) Vachon vs Ted Evans … Nick Kozak vs The Scorpion …
Rocky Colombo vs Pat O'Brien … Ricky Hunter vs Haru Sasaki … NOTE: Women and
children with canned goods to donate were admitted free of charge.

Eugene OR: December 29, 1962
(Cow Palace) … Wild Bill Savage vs Rocky Colombo … Herb Schiff (as Herb Freeman) vs
Sonny Pasqua … Kurt Von Poppenheim vs Al Pago Pago





Research by J Michael Kenyon
Eugene Wrestling Results - 1962
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