January 5, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Paul Orth d. (DQ) Bob Kenoston (2-1)
Dickie Gerber d. George Hartay
George Rosella d. Gil Lautzenheiser

January 12, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Gil LaCross d. Bob Kenoston (boxing, 6th round)
Dan Cady d. Black Panther (2-1)
Farmer Gant drew Smiley Kaiser

January 19, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Paul Orth d. Gil LaCross (0-1, LaCross injured in second fall)
Dan Cady d. Prince Nahaklis (2-1)
Frosty Haver d. Sailor Bob

January 26, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Dan Cady d. Paul Orth (2-0)
Dickie Gerber d. Henry Hill (2-1)

Hill subbed for George Hartay

February 2, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Gil LaCross d. Dan Cady (2-1)
Dickie Gerber d. George Hartay (2-1)
Frosty Haver d. Chick Wheatley

February 9, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Bob Kenoston d. (COR) Black Panther (2-1)
Honey Boy Hackney d. Dan Cady (2-0)
Buzz Reynolds drew Dickie Gerber (1-1)

Panther said to be unconscious on the floor for 12 minutes and to have suffered a
dislocated vertebra.

February 16, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Paul Orth d. Bob Kenoston (2-1, referee stays outside the ring)
Honey Boy Hackney d. Gil LaCross (2-1)
Smiley Kaiser d. Eric Von Shaffer

February 23, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Honey Boy Hackney d. Paul Orth (2-1)
Gil LaCross drew Prince Nahaklis (1-1)
Doug Marcell drew Dan Cady (1-0)

“With no second fall recorded, the match goes into the books as a draw.” – Lima News,
02/24/37

March 2, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Bobby Chick (NWAssociation junior heavyweight champ) d. (COR) Honey Boy Hackney
(2-1)
Prince Nahaklis d. Gil LaCross (2-1)
Frosty Haver drew Farmer Gant

Bobby Chick is better known as Dude Chick

March 9, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Bob Kenoston d. Prince Nahaklis (2-1)
Black Panther d. Marshall Carter (2-1)
Farmer Gant drew Young Blakley

March 16, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Black Panther d. (DQ) Bob Kenoston (2-1)
Honey Boy Hackney d. (DQ) Les Wolfe (2-0)
Dan Cady d. Prince Nahaklis (2-0)

March 23, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Les Wolfe d. Bob Kenoston (2-1)
Black Panther d. Dan Cady (2-1)
Frosty Haver d. Sailor Bob Keller (2-1)

March 30, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Bobby Chick (NWAssociation junior heavyweight champ) d. Honey Boy Hackney (2-1)
Black Panther d. (DQ) Les Wolfe (2-1)
Farmer Gant d. Chick Wheatley

April 6, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Leroy McGuirk d. (DQ) Les Wolfe (2-1, original third fall nullified on Dusty finish of sorts)
Tiger Moore d. Cecil McGill (2-1)
Sailor Bob drew Speed Martin (1-1)

April 14, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall) Wednesday
Leroy McGuirk d. Bob Kenoston (2-1)
Tiger Moore d. Black Panther (2-0)
Dan Cady d. Jack Carson (2-1)

Panther was subbing for Gil LaCross who was injured Monday in Marion.

April 20, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Leroy McGuirk d. Les Wolfe (2-0)
Tiger Moore d. Honey Boy Hackney (2-1)
Gil Lautzenheiser d. Ben Longsworth

April 27, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
5-man battle royal
Johnny Larue d. Black Panther (2-0)
Lee Riddle d. Dan Cady (2-1)

Fifth man was Les Wolfe

May 4, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Bill Venable d. (DQ) Al Wescott (2-1)
Cecil McGill d. Lee Riddle (2-0)
Johnny Larue d. Martino Angelo (2-1)

May 11, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Hugh Nichols (world light heavyweight champ) d. Jimmy “Tiger” Moore (2-0, non-title)
Johnny Larue d. Cecil McGill (1-1, McGill unable to continue for third fall)
Farmer Gant drew Frosty Haver

May 18, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Johnny Larue d. Les Wolfe (2-1)
Stacy Hall drew Buck Weaver (1-1)
Frosty Haver d. Sailor Keller

No result for Haver-Keller

May 25, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Bob Kenoston d. Johnny Larue (2-0)
Buck Weaver d. Buck Estes (2-0)
Gil Lautzenheiser drew Farmer Gant

Buck Estes = Balk Estes?

June 1, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Honey Boy Hackey d. Vic Jarvoe (2-0)
Buck Weaver d. (DQ) Sailor Olsen (2-0)
Lefty Pacer d. Tiger Moore (2-1)

June 8, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Honey Boy Hackey d. Bill Venable (2-0)
Cecil McGill drew Lefty Pacer (1-1)
Teddy Waters d. Bunny Martin (2-0, Martin quits in the second fall)

June 15, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
6-man battle royal
Ken Hollis d. Cecil McGill (2-0)
Honey Boy Hackey d. (DQ) Lefty Pacer (2-1)
Teddy Waters d. Tiger Moore

June 22, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Honey Boy Hackney vs. Ken Hollis
Teddy Waters vs. Lefty Pacer
Gil Lautzenheiser vs. Farmer Gant

The Jimmy Braddock-Joe Louis fight was broadcasted. Matches were to be stopped while
the fight was taking place. Sports page missing from June 23 paper

June 29, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Bob Kenoston d. Honey Boy Hackney (2-1)
Teddy Waters d. Les Wolfe (2-0)

July 6, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Bob Kenoston d. Teddy Waters (2-0)
Young Sampson drew Count Von Bomberg (1-1)
Gil Lautzenheiser drew Eric Von Shaffer

July 13, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Buck Weaver d. (DQ) Count Von Bomberg (2-1)
Ned Taylor d. Bob Kenoston (2-1)
4-man battle royal won by Frosty Haver

Other three battle royal entries were Don Daley, Farmer Gant, and Kid Thomas

July 20, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Ned Taylor d. Bob Kenoston (2-1)
Cecil McGill d. (DQ) Sailor Olson (2-0)
Farmer Gant drew Eric Von Shaffer

July 27, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Cecil McGill d. Vic Jarvoe (2-1)
Silent Rattan drew Prince Nahaklis (1-1)
Gil Lautzenheiser d. Chet Wheatley

August 3, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Cecil McGill d. Martin Levy
Silent Rattan d. Prince Nahaklis (2-1)
Vic Jarvoe d. Frosty Haver

August 10, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Silent Rattan d. Buck Weaver (2-1)
Charley Carr d. Count Von Bomberg (2-0)
Frosty Haver d. Kid Thomas

August 17, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Silent Rattan d. Young Sampson (2-0)
Ned Taylor d. (DQ) Charley Carr (2-1)
Frosty Haver d. Eric Von Shaffer

August 24, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
The Ghost d. Cecil McGill (2-0)
Count Von Bomberg d. Silent Rattan (1-1, Rattan unable to continue for third fall)
Farmer Gant d. Kid Thomas

August 31, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Silent Rattan d. Count Von Bomberg (2-1)
Ali Pasha d. Ned Taylor (2-0)
Smiley Keyser d. Farmer Gant

September 7, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Ali Pasha d. Gil LaCross (2-1)
Ned Taylor drew Silent Rattan (1-1)
Kid Thomas d. Smiley Keyser

Taylor subbed for Charley Carr

September 14, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Ali Pasha d. Steve Nenoff (2-1)
Bunny Martin d. Ned Taylor (2-1)
Gil Lautzenheiser drew Kid Thomas

September 21, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Gil LaCross d. Buck Weaver (2-0)
The Ghost d. Bunny Martin (2-1)
Frank Taylor d. (DQ) Fritz Krueger

September 28, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Ali Pasha d. Gil LaCross (2-1)
The Ghost d. Charley Carr (2-1)
Buddy Knox d. Fritz Krueger

October 5, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Ali Pasha d. The Ghost (2-1)
Buddy Knox d. Dan Cady (2-1)
Gil Lautzenheiser d. Kid Thomas

Pasha unmasks the Ghost as Lon Chaney during the first fall

No card next week

October 12, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
No card. The Lima News has a cooking school scheduled in the building.

October 19, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Buddy Knox d. (DQ) Carl Von Lehman (2-1)
5-man battle royal
Eric Von Shaffer d. Chick Wheatley
Farmer Gant d. Tommy Thomas

Von Lehman subbed for Bunny Martin. He and Knox were not part of the battle royal,
whose fifth man was Gil Lautzenheiser.

This card was a benefit for the family of the late Forest “Frosty” Haver, who had been
wrestling here.

October 26, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
6-man battle royal
Alex Teslock d. Steve Nenoff
Gil LaCross d. Buddy Knox (forfeit)
Ali Pasha DCOR Carl Von Lehman

Knox injured his arm in the battle royal and forfeited to LaCross

November 2, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Carl Von Lehman d. Ali Pasha (2-1)
Alex Teslock d. (DQ) Jim Spencer (2-1)
Farmer Gant drew Eric Von Shaffer

November 9, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Gil LaCross d. (DQ) Carl Von Lehman (2-0)
Alex Teslock d. Buddy Knox (2-1)
Tommy Thomas d. (DQ) Eric Von Shaffer

November 16, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Martino Angelo no contest Gil LaCross (1-1, referee Cliff Moore accidentally knocked out
by LaCross)
Charley Carr d. Alex Teslock (2-1)
Eric Von Shaffer d. (DQ) Gil Lautzenheiser

November 23, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Charley Carr d. (DQ) Gil LaCross (2-1)
Martino Angelo d. Ali Pasha (2-0)
Gil Lautzenheiser d. Chick Wheatley

November 30, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Martino Angelo d. (COR) Gil LaCross (2-1, two referees for first two falls and third fall is
anything goes)
Tiger Moore drew Charley Carr (1-1)
Don Aiello d. (DQ) Joe Coltnogello

December 7, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Tiger Moore d. (DQ) Charley Carr (2-0)
Gil LaCross drew Lon Chaney (1-1)
Prince Nahaklis d. Dale Haddock (2-1)

December 14, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
5-man battle royal
Prince Nahaklis d. Lon Chaney (2-1)
Charley Carr d. Martino Angelo (2-0)

Fifth man was Gil LaCross

December 21, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Prince Nahaklis d. Gil LaCross (2-1)
Buddy Knox d. Carl Von Lehman (2-0)
Dutch Krueger d. Ali Pasha

Von Lehman subbed for Alex Teslock

December 28, 1937 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Gil LaCross d. Martino Angelo (2-1)
Alex Teslock d. Fritz Krueger (2-0)
Gil Lautzenheiser drew Ben Longworth/


Research by Becky Taylor
Lima Wrestling Results - 1937