Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, January 17, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Browning b. Joe Savoldi (2/3) (Browning won the first fall in 17:36, Savoldi won the second in 6:51, Browning won the third fall in 5:31 when the referee disqualified Savoldi for using an illegal dropkick) … Nick Lutze b. Bonnie Muir (dec., 30:00) (billed as a “junior title tourney elimination affair”) … Pat Fraley and Dr. Fred Meyer drew (20:00) … Ivan Managoff and Mike Mazurki drew (20:00) … Jack Ganson and Cy Williams drew (15:00) (according to the Los Angeles Times, the grapplers “couldn’t decide who was to play the part of he villain, so they both enacted that role”) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (referee: Don McDonald) … (8,500 fans) *The next day, the California State Athletic Commission withheld Joe Savoldi’s purse for his controversial actions in his match with Jim Browning. The chairman, Dr. Harry A. Martin ordered a rematch to be held on Wednesday, January 24 at the Olympic. Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, February 28, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Browning b. Paul Jones (2/3) (Browning won the first fall in 19:47, Jones won the second fall in 9:30, Browning won the third fall in 9:15 with an “airplane turnover scissors”) … Dr. Fred Meyer and Abie Kaplan drew (30:00) … Leo Numa b. Cy Williams (13:47) … Pat Fraley and Mike Mazurki drew (20:00) … George Cochrane b. Pete Belcastro (10:49) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (7,000 fans) Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, March 28, 1934 ( ) … Dr. Fred Meyer b. Dick Daviscourt Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, April 11, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Browning b. Leo Numa (2/3) (Browning won the first fall in 42:47, Numa won the second in 6:54, Browning won the third) … Dick Daviscourt b. Everett Kibbons (13:55) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. Mike Mazurki (17:01) … Vic Christy b. Joe Varga (10:47) … Harold Jacobs b. Chuck Stringari (50 seconds) (Jacobs weighed 312 pounds) … (promoter: Lou Daro) Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, April 18, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Browning b. Dick Daviscourt (2/3) (Daviscourt won the first fall in 1:11, Browning won the second in 17:47, Browning won the third fall in 6:02) … Leo Numa b. Jack Zarnos (countout) (20:15) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. “Cowboy” Jack Ray (14:00) (the Los Angeles Times reported that Lewis was “the ‘old man of the mountain,’ with most of the mountain centering around his mid-section”) … Vic Christy and Paul Jones drew (15:00) … “Count” George Zaranoff b. Mike Mazurki (15:00) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (referees: Don McDonald, Mickey McMasters) Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, April 25, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Browning b. Dick Daviscourt (2-0) … Leo Numa and “Count” George Zaranoff drew (60:00) (1-1) … Jack Zarnos b. Jack Manuel (6:32) (Manuel was a substitute for Everett Kibbons) … Paul Jones b. Cy Williams (12:08) (Williams suffered a broken nose in the match) … Hank Oswald b. Jack Ganson (DQ) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (referees: Col. Ted Hopkins, Mickey McMasters) Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, July 18, 1934 ( ) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Sammy Stein when the latter was unable to continue (2/3) Los Angeles, California: August 8, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … Jim Browning b. Ray Steele (2/3) … Man Mountain Dean b. Pat O’Shocker (4:05) … Howard Cantonwine and Vic Christy drew (20:00) … Sammy Stein b. Hal Rumberg (15:56) … Paul Boesch b. Hank Oswald (15:10) … Bill Hollihan b. Pat McCleary (6:45) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (referee: McMasters) … (in attendance: Enzo Fieremonte, Adela Rogers Hyland, Lupe Velez, Johnny Weissmuller) … (8,000 fans) Los Angeles, California: August 22, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Jim Browning (2/3) (Londos won the first fall in 31:32, Browning won the second in 21:15, Londos took the third in 15:11) … Everette Marshall b. Vic Christy (17:59) … Howard Cantonwine and Sammy Stein drew (20:00) … Paul Boesch b. Steve Znosky (4:48) … Pat O’Shocker b. Dinosaur Johnson (10:11) … Bill Hollihan b. Tex Wright (5:52) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (9,500 fans) Los Angeles, California: August 29, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos vs. Sammy Stein … Nick Lutze and Joe Savoldi drew (30:00) (Lutze was a substitute for Joe Malcewicz) … Paul Boesch b. Pat Fraley (9:53) … Leo Numa b. Louie Bacigalupi (4:04) … Jack Ganson and Pat O’Shocker drew (30:00) … Howard Cantonwine b. Bill Hollihan (10:13) … (promoter: Lou Daro) Note: Londos and Stein were still wrestling as of press time for the Los Angeles Times on August 30. Los Angeles, California: September 5, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … Howard Cantonwine b. Leo Numa (2/3) … Paul Boesch b. Rudy Skarda (26:09) (Skarda was a substitute for Nick Lutze, who had an infected hand) … Pat O’Shocker b. Bonnie Muir (11:25) … Billy Hoolihan b. Hank Oswald (11:26) … Harry Jacobs b. Pat McCleary (4:25) … Abie Goldberg b. Mike Strelich (12:42) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (7,000 fans) Los Angeles, California: September 12, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … Man Mountain Dean b. Howard Cantonwine (2-0) … Nick Lutze b. Paul Boesch (49:16) … Joe Savoldi b. Mike Mazurki (9:38) … Pat O’Shocker b. Jack Ganson (10:43) … Ray Steele b. Abie Goldberg (4:22) (Goldberg was a substitute for Rudy Skarda) … Leo Numa b. Jack Donovan (11:53) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (referee: Don McDonald) … (announcer: Charlie Keppen) … (capacity crowd) Los Angeles, California: September 19, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … Man Mountain Dean b. George Zaharias (8:42) (Zaharias was unable to continue) … Howard Cantonwine and Nick Lutze drew (20:00) … Ray Steele b. Ivan Managoff (16:30) … Jugat Singh b. Cy Williams (10:25) … Dick Daviscourt and Abie Goldberg drew (20:00) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (11,500 fans) (capacity) Los Angeles, California: September 26, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … Man Mountain Dean b. Joe Savoldi (2/3) (Dean won the first fall in 5:35, Savoldi took the second in 1:10 and Dean won the third in 55 seconds) … Nick Lutze b. Howard Cantonwine (27:41) … Paul Boesch and Ray Steele drew (20:00) … Pat O’Shocker and Sammy Stein drew (20:00) … Jugat Singh b. Tex Wright (6:48) … Dick Daviscourt b. Abie Goldberg (14:25) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (11,500 fans) (capacity) Note: 10,000 fans were reportedly turned away. Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, October 10, 1934 (Wrigley Field) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Man Mountain Dean (2- 0) (Londos won the first fall in 21:20, Londos won by countout in 1:22) … Joe Savoldi and George Zaharias drew (30:00) … Paul Boesch b. Frank Von Mohr (6:23) (Von Mohr was a substitute for Ernie Dusek) … Sammy Stein b. Casey Columbo (13:46) … Jugat Singh b. Dick Daviscourt (13:56) … Matros Kirilenko b. Abie Goldberg (6:34) … Jack Ganson and Pat O’Shocker drew (15:00) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (referee: Don McDonald) … (38,756 fans*, record) … (23,765 fans**, state record) … (gate: $41,000) Notes: *According to Lou Daro, **According to the California Boxing Commission Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, October 17, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … Joe Savoldi b. Nick Lutze (2/3) … Ray Steele b. Pat O’Shocker (15:35) … Howard Cantonwine b. Jagat Singh (11:55) … Sammy Stein b. Paul Boesch (11:17) … Joe Malcewicz b. Harry Jacobs (6:52) … Matros Kirilenko b. Leo Papiano (8: 17) … (promoter: Lou Daro) Los Angeles, California: October 31, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos and Ray Steele were still wrestling at Los Angeles Times press time … Howard Cantonwine b. Jagat Singh (2/3) … Nick Lutze b. Rudy Skarda (20:43) … Joe Malcewicz b. Al Baffert (15:04) … Dick Daviscourt and Matros Kirilenko drew … Bronko Valdez b. Mike Strelich (10:45) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (referee: Dick Rutherford) Los Angeles, California: November 7, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … Howard Cantonwine b. George Zaharias (2/3) … Man Mountain Dean b. Dick Daviscourt (5:35) … Hans Steinke b. Jack Ganson (7:35) … Nick Lutze b. Al Baffert (18:12) … Joe Malcewicz and Sammy Stein drew (20:00) … The Terrible Turk (Yousiff) b. Bronko Valdez (6:30) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (referee: Don McDonald) Los Angeles, California: November 14, 1934 (Olympic Auditorium) … Man Mountain Dean b. Howard Cantonwine (4:56) … Nick Lutze and George Zaharias drew (60:00) (1-1) … Ray Steele and Hans Steinke drew (20:00) … The Masked Scorpion b. Mike Strelich (11:45) (Strelich was a substitute for Al Baffert) … Dick Daviscourt b. George Manich (8:15) … Sammy Stein b. Amed Yousiff (DQ) (6: 30) … (promoter: Lou Daro) Los Angeles, California: December 12, 1934 ( ) … Chief Little Wolf b. Nick Lutze (2-0) (Wolf earned a match with World Champion Jim Londos) … George Zaharias b. Pat O’Shocker … Howard Cantonwine and Sammy Stein drew … Hans Steinke b. Frank Speers by decision … The Masked Scorpion b. Al Baffert … Bob Krauser and Cliff Olson drew Research by Tim Hornbaker December 11, 2007 |
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