January 2, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Danny Savich d. Steve Nenoff (2-0)
Jack Hagen drew Tex Hager (1-1)
Billy Raburn d. George Wagner (1-0)

Savich called Danny Savage

January 9, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Billy Raburn d. George Wagner (2-1)
Whitey Williams d. Danny Savich (2-1)
Mephisto drew Tex Hager

Savich called Danny Savage

January 16, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Billy Raburn drew Mephisto (1-1)
Martino Angelo d. Whitey Williams (2-0)
Nick Bozinis d. Frankie Hart

January 29, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall) Monday
5-man, 1 bear battle royal
Paul Orth d. Stanley Buresch (2-1)
Ginger the Wrestling Bear d. Black Panther

Fifth and sixth individuals were Frankie Hart and George Hartay.

February 6, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Billy Raburn/Whitey Williams d. Martino Angelo/Paul Orth (2-1, team match)
Buck Estes d. Farmer Mack (2-1)

Estes and Mack subbed for Stanley Buresch and Black Panther

February 13, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Martino Angelo/Whitey Williams d. Gil LaCross/Paul Orth (2-1, team match)
Buck Estes d. Frankie Hart (2-1)

February 20, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Gil LaCross d. Whitey Williams (2-1)
Farmer Mack drew Tetsura Higami (1-1)
Buck Estes drew Bill Raburn (1-0, must get two falls for a victory)

February 27, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Mr. X drew Gil LaCross (1-1, two hours)
Andy Tremaine drew Tex Hager (1-1)
Farmer Mack drew Paul Orth (1-0, second fall was a DCOR)

March 5, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Gil LaCross/Paul Orth d. Farmer Mack/Billy Raburn (2-1, team match)
Jack Hagen drew Mr. X (1-0)

March 12, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Gil LaCross/Paul Orth d. Farmer Mack/Whitey Williams (2-1, team match)
Tetsuma Higami d. (DQ) Jack Hagen (2-0)

Mack unable to continue for third fall of team match

March 19, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Tetsura Higami/Whitey Williams d. (DQ) Gil LaCross/Paul Orth (2-1, team match)
Tex Hager d. Andy Tremaine (2-0)

Paul Orth suspended indefinitely by wrestling commission in Lima for challenging their
authority when they questioned his style

March 26, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Buck Lipscomb d. (DQ) Gil LaCross (2-0)
Mr. X d. Andy Tremaine (2-1)
Tex Hager drew George Hartay (0-0)

Tremaine subbed for Tetsura Higami

April 2, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Mr. X d. Gil LaCross (2-1)
Buck Estes drew Don Hill (1-0)
Tetsura Higami drew Tex Hager (0-0)

April 9, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Gil LaCross/Paul Orth d. Tex Hager/Mr. X (2-1, team match)
Don Hill d. Jack Hagen (2-0)

Mr. X unmasked as Cyclone Mackey

April 16, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Gil LaCross/Paul Orth vs. Buck Lipscomb/Cyclone Mackey (team match)
Don Hill vs. Lefty Pacer

No results printed

April 23, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Cyclone Mackey d. Gil LaCross (2-0)
Don Hill drew Buck Estes (1-1)
Tex Hager d. (DQ) Buck Lipscomb

LaCross subbed for Lord Lansdowne Finnegan

April 30, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
No card

May 7, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Lord Patrick Lansdowne Finnegan d. Cyclone Mackey (2-1)
Billy Fox drew Don Hill (1-0)
Buck Estes d. Dale Haddock (2-0)

May 14, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
6-man battle royal
Bob Castle d. Tetsura Higami (2-0)
Andy Tremaine drew Billy Fox (1-1)

Fifth and sixth men were Martino Angelo and Gil LaCross

May 21, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Lord Lansdowne Patrick Finnegan d. (DQ) Gil LaCross (2-1)
Tex Hager drew Frankie Hart (1-0)
Don Hill d. Buck Estes (2-0)

May 28, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Don Hill/Andy Tremaine d. Bob Castle/Gil LaCross (2-1)
Walter Miller drew Tex Hager (1-0)

June 4, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Don Hill d. Dick Trout (2-1)
Jimmy Lott drew Andy Tremaine (1-1)
Walter Miller drew Billy Fox (1-0)

June 11, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Don Hill/Andy Tremaine d. Gil LaCross/Paul Orth (2-1, team match)
Jimmy Lott d. Walter Miller (2-0)

Miller subbed for Buck Lipscomb

June 18, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Don Hill/Andy Tremaine d. Gil LaCross/Paul Orth (2-1, team match)
Dick Trout drew Jimmy Lott (1-1)

June 25, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Jimmy Lott d. Paul Orth (2-1)
Martino Angelo drew Andy Tremaine (1-0)
Dick Trout d. Bob Castle (2-0)

July 2, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Jimmy Lott/Dick Trout vs. Martino Angelo/Paul Orth (team match)
Dale Haddock vs. Don Hill

Sports page missing from July 3 edition

July 9, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Gil LaCross/Jimmy Lott d. Martino Angelo/Paul Orth (2-1, team match)
Dale Haddock d. Tex Hager (2-0)

July 16, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Jimmy Lott vs. Martino Angelo
Tiger Moore vs. Billy Fox
Dale Haddock vs. Andy Tremaine

Sports page missing from July 17 edition

July 23, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Martino Angelo d. Jimmy Lott (2-1)
Black Panthers drew Billy Fox (1-1)
Dale Haddock drew Tiger Moore (1-1)

July 30, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Jimmy Lott d. Martino Angelo (boxing, 10th round)
Tiger Moore d. Black Panther
Don Hill drew Tex Hager

Referee Bob Keller tells an irate fan to bring himself and his entire family with him
outside. The fan volunteers to meet Keller in the ring but decides against it.

August 6, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Tiger Moore d. Jimmy Lott (1-1, Lott unable to continue for third fall)
Buck Lipscomb drew Don Hill (1-0)
Billy Fox d. Walter Miller

Lipscomb subbed for Tex Hager

August 13, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
6-man blindfold battle royal (wrestlers eventually allowed to remove them)
Billy Fox d. Bob Castle (2-0)
Tiger Moore d. Don Hill (2-0)

Fifth and sixth men were Gil LaCross and Buck Lipscomb

August 20, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Mildred Burke d. Gladys Gilmore
Billy Fox d. Tiger Moore (2-1)
Buck Lipscomb drew Dale Haddock (1-0)

Gilmore probably Gladys Gillem

August 27, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Billy Fox d. Black Panther (2-1)
Dale Haddock d. Buck Lipscomb (2-1)
Paul Bozzell vs. Martino Angelo

No result printed for Bozzell-Angelo

September 3, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Billy Fox d. (DQ) Dale Haddock (2-0)
Paul Bozzell d. Gil LaCross (2-1)
Antone Leone d. Walter Miller

September 9, 1940 Marion, OH (Steam Shovel Arena)
Gordon MacKenzie d. Harry Kent (2-1)
Mildred Burke d. Wilma Gordon (2-0)
Bob Montgomery drew Fred Carone

September 10, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Paul Bozzell d. Billy Fox (2-1)
Antone Leone d. (DQ) Dale Haddock (1-0)
Joey Gray drew Don Hill (1-1)

September 17, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
5-man battle royal
Paul Bozzell d. Dale Haddock (2-0)
Don Hill d. (DQ) Buck Lipscomb (2-1)

Fifth man was Paul Orth. Battle royal occurred when Silent Rattan failed to appear for a
team match.

September 24, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Buck Lipscomb/Paul Orth d. Paul Bozzell/Antone Leone (2-1, team match)
Black Panther drew Silent Rattan (1-1)

October 1, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Paul Bozzell/Karl Gray d. (DQ) Dale Haddock/Buck Lipscomb (2-1, team match)
Bert Rubi drew Tiger Moore (1-0)

October 8, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Paul Bozzell/Karl Gray d. (DQ) Dale Haddock/Buck Lipscomb (2-1)
Billy Fox d. Walter Miller (2-1)

Fox subbed for Bert Rubi

October 15, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Paul Bozzell d. (DQ) Buck Lipscomb (2-1)
Maurice LaChappelle d. Dale Haddock (2-0)
Black Panther drew Billy Fox (1-0)

Dick and Doris Mahan staged an exhibition in strong arm tactics during intermission.

October 22, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Maurice LaChappelle d. Buck Lipscomb (2-1)
Black Panther d. Billy Fox (2-0)
Karl Gray d. Walter Miller

October 29, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Maurice LaChappelle drew Paul Bozzell (1-1, 90 minutes)
Buck Lipscomb d. Gil LaCross (2-1)
Black Panther drew Karl Gray

November 5, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Paul Bozzell d. Buck Lipscomb (2-0)
Maurice LaChappelle drew Karl Gray (1-0)
Buck Weaver drew Martino Angelo (1-0)

November 12, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Buck Weaver d. Martino Angelo (2-1)
John Swenski d. Paul Bozzell (2-0)
Johnny Demchuk drew Billy Fox

November 19, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
6-man battle royal
Buck Weaver d. Antone Leone
Johnny Demchuk d. (DQ) Martino Angelo (2-0)

Fifth and sixth men were Black Panther and Maurice LaChappelle. Leone had to be
restrained from going after a fan, who cut him over his eye after tossing a magazine at
him.

November 26, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Johnny Demchuk/Buck Weaver d. (DQ) Martino Angelo/Antone Leone (2-1)
John Swenski drew Walter Miller (1-1)

Weaver requires four stitches to close a cut on his lip.

December 3, 1940 Lima, OH (Memorial Hall)
Mildred Burke d. Lita Miller (2-0)
Martino Angelo/Antone Leone d. John Swenski/Buck Weaver (2-1)

No more papers available for December


Research by Becky Taylor
Lima Wrestling Results - 1940