New York City Wrestling Results

Manhattan, New York: Monday, February 2, 1931
(71st Regiment Armory) … Hans Steinke b. Ferenc Holuban (9:24) … Herb Freeman b.
Nazzapino Poggi (13:08) … Richard Stahl b. Vanka Zelesniak (11:32) … Dick Daviscourt
and Gino Garibaldi drew … Jim McMillen b. Matros Kirilenko (12:31) … Sandor Szabo b.
Dr. Ralph Wilson (19:44) … (promoter: Jack Curley) … (8,000 fans)

Manhattan, New York: Monday, February 9, 1931
(71st Regiment Armory) … Jim McMillen b. Hans Steinke (30:04) (McMillen earned a
future match with Jim Londos) … Rudy Dusek b. Matros Kirilenko (20:41) … Sandor
Szabo b. Joe “Toots” Mondt (14:27) … Casey Berger and Dr. Ralph Wilson drew (30:00)
… Karl Pojello b. Ernie Stephens (15:17) … Ray Steele b. George Hagen (14:55) …
(promoter: Jack Curley) … (referee: Ernest Roeber) … (10,000 fans)

Manhattan, New York: Wednesday, February 11, 1931
(69th Regiment Armory) … Joe Stecher b. Marin Plestina (26:30) … Pat McGill b. Al
Baffert (22:00) … Jack Sherry b. John Spellman (15:25) … Stanley Stasiak b. John
Grandovich (16:55) … “Count” George Zarnyhoff b. Boris Demitroff (32:15) …
(promoters: Jack Herman) … (3,500 fans)
Notes: Herman was running in opposition to Jack Curley and affiliated with Paul Bowser
of Boston. Sonnenberg and Al Baffert were originally slated to headline and Stecher was
to wrestle Pat McGill. According to another source, aside from the Associated Press wire,
Grandovich beat Stasiak in 16:55.

Brooklyn, New York: Wednesday, February 11, 1931
(Ridgewood Grove) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Gino Garibaldi (34:
20) … Dick Daviscourt b. Matros Kirilenko (25:15) … Sandor Szabo b. Jack Washburn (8:
35) … Joe “Toots” Mondt b. Nick Velkoff (7:30) … George Hagen b. Tommy Marvin (25:
03) … Rudy Dusek b. Ferenc Holuban in a handicap match (Holuban had to beat Dusek
in 20-minutes and failed) … (promoter: Jack Curley)

Jamaica, Queens, New York: Friday, February 13, 1931
(Jamaica Arena) … Tom Draak b. Ivan Vakturoff (15:08) … Tony Felice b. Gene Bruce
(15:27) … Cyclone Ress and Carlos Henriquez drew (30:00) … Pete Sturgen b. Jim
Zabriskie (10:25) … Harry Morse b. Bill Lucas (18:05) … Ettore Neri b. Alberto Felicioni
(dec., 20:00)

Brooklyn, New York: Wednesday, February 18, 1931
(Ridgewood Grove) … Richard Shikat b. Ferenc Holuban (12:10) … Dick Daviscourt b.
Ghafoor Khan (14:55) … Jim McMillen b. George Hagen (25:30) … Dr. Ralph Wilson b.
Jim Heslin (21:20) … Joe “Toots” Mondt b. Casey Berger (13:15) … Tommy Marvin and
Nazzarino Poggi drew (30:00) … (4,500 fans)

Jamaica, Queens, New York: Friday, February 20, 1931
(Jamaica Arena) … George Calza b. Tom Draak (28:29) … Carlos Henriquez b. Demetri
Demitroff (26:21) … Cyclone Ress b. Clevio Massimo (18:02) … Tony Rocco and Harry
Stevens drew (30:00) … Peter Sturges b. Bob Diry (10:10) … Charlie Mitro b. Cyclone
Peters (11:44)

Manhattan, New York: Monday, February 23, 1931
(Madison Square Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Jim McMillen
(49:15) … Karl Pojello b. Dr. Ralph Wilson (28:36) … Sandor Szabo b. Jim Heslin (8:06)
… Herb Freeman b. Jack Washburn (9:59) … Ferenc Houban b. Bill Davis (3:36) … Gino
Garibaldi b. Casey Berger (8:09) … Rudy Dusek b. George Hagen (19:06) … (promoter:
Jack Curley) … (20,000 fans) … (gate: $54,738)

Manhattan, New York: Wednesday, February 25, 1931
(69th Regiment Armory) … Stanley Stasiak b. Lee Wykoff (31:30) … George Zarnoff b.
Andy Brown (16:45) … Jack Ganson b. Boris Dimetroff (5:32) … Nick Lutze and Pat
McGill drew (30:00) … Jack Sherry b. Bibber McCoy (dec., 30:00) … Bill Demetral b. Jack
Arnold (11:00) … Tony Felice b. Arpad Schuch (3:40) … (promoters: Jack Herman, Paul
Bowser) … (3,000 fans)

Jamaica, Queens, New York: Friday, February 27, 1931
(Jamaica Arena) … Stanley Stasiak b. Bill Demetral (40:17) … George Calza b. Jack
Arnold (10:49) … Jack Ganson b. Jack Wagner (21:24) … Carlos Henriquez b. Mike
Yanka (12:22) … (1,800 fans)

Manhattan, New York: Monday, March 23, 1931
(Madison Square Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Herb Freeman
(43:40) … Rudy Dusek and Dick Shikat wrestled to a no contest in 2:45 after the latter
accident knocked Dusek out with a kick to the chin … Jim McMillen b. Jack Reynolds (3:
04) … Sergei Kalmikoff b. Ferenc Holuban … Sandor Szabo b. Floyd Marshall … Ray
Steele b. Billy Bartush … Gino Garibaldi b. Taro Miyaki … (promoter: Jack Curley) …
(referee: Ernest Roeber) … (17,000 fans)

Manhattan, New York: Wednesday, March 25, 1931
(69th Regiment Armory) … World Heavyweight Champion Ed Don George b. Jean LaDue
(16:24) (George’s first appearance in New York City) … Pat McGill and George Zarynoff
drew (30:00) … Joe Stecher b. George Vassell … Al Morelli b. Joe Cook … Jack Sherry
b. Axel Anderson … Harry Glick b. Ettoria Neri … Nick Lutze and Stanley Stasiak drew (30:
00) … (promoters: Jack Herman, Paul Bowser) … (referee: Jack Denning) … (6,000
fans)

Brooklyn, New York: Wednesday, March 25, 1931
(New Ridgewood Grove) … Dick Shikat b. Renato Gardini (20:45) … Dick Daviscourt b.
Paul Jones … Sergei Kalmikoff b. Jack Washburn … Rudy Dusek b. Tommy Marvin …
Jim McMillen b. Taro Miyaki … Floyd Marshall and Richard Stahl drew in 30-minutes …
(promoter: Rudy Miller) … (4,000 fans)

*By this time strong circuit was going up against Jack Curley. The rivals were led by Jack
Herman and Paul Bowser. They ran shows at the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan,
the Star Casino, Broadway Arena and at the Jamaica Arena.

Manhattan, New York: Tuesday, March 31, 1931
(Star Casino) … Joe Stecher b. Jim Heslin (8:43) … John Grandovich b. Demetri
Demitroff (21:52) … Tony Rocco b. Gene Bruce (9:00) …
Frank Judson and Giuseppe Picco drew in 30-minutes
George Zarynoff b. Abe Kaplan in 19:30

Brooklyn, New York: Wednesday, April 1, 1931
(Ridgewood Grove) … Dick Daviscourt b. George Hagen (22:25) (Hagen was a substitute
for Richard Stahl, who was sick) … Herb Freeman b. Jim Clintstock (10:10) … Rudy
Dusek and Hans Steinke drew (30:00) … Ray Steele b. Floyd Marshall (12:30) … George
Manich b. Casey Berger (13:15) … Wladek Zbyszko b. Jack Reynolds (8:20) …
(promoter: Rudy Miller)

Jamaica, Queens, New York: Friday, April 3, 1931
(Jamaica Arena) … Jack Sherry b. Frank Judson … Otto Huntanen b. William Eberia …
Carlos Henriquez b. George Lozan … John Grandovich b. Joe Picco … George Saiza b.
Harry Mammon … (3,500 fans)

Manhattan, New York: Monday, April 6, 1931
(71st Regiment Armory) … Jim McMillen b. Rudy Dusek (52:35) … Sandor Szabo b. Paul
Jones (16:08) … Ray Steele b. Sergei Kalmikoff (5:32) … Herb Freeman b. George
Hagen (16:30) … Hans Steinke b. Wallace Duguit (5:37) … Gino Garibaldi and Kola
Kwariani drew (30:00) … (promoter: Jack Curley) … (5,000 fans)

Manhattan, New York: Wednesday, April 8, 1931
(69th Regiment Armory) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Jack Ganson (26:05) … Jack Sherry and
Lee Wyckoff drew (30:00) … Henri DeGlane b. Boris Dimitroff (6:53) … Nick Lutze and
Stanley Stasiak drew at the 11:00 curfew … George Zarynoff b. Louis Lowe (6:40) …
George Calza b. Jim Heslin (12:50) … Jose Dominguez and Abe Kaplan drew (30:00) …
(promoters: Jack Herman, Paul Bowser) … (4,000 fans)

Bronx, New York: Wednesday, April 8, 1931
(New York Coliseum) … Richard Shikat b. Carl Lemle (10:54) … Renato Gardini b. Casey
Berger (14:24) … Rudy Dusek b. Bill Nelson (12:23) … Herb Freeman b. George Hill (27:
46) … Gino Garibaldi b. Vanka Zelesniak (9:45) … (promoter: Jack Curley) … (2,000
fans)

Brooklyn, New York: Wednesday, April 8, 1931
(Ridgewood Grove) … Hans Steinke b. Joe “Toots” Mondt (21:05) … Sandor Szabo b.
Taro Myaki (34:30) … Dick Daviscourt b. Billy Bartush (27:00) … Ray Steele b. Hi
Gandar (6:15) … Wladek Zbyszko b. Firpo Wilcox (4:10) … George Hagen b. Nazzarino
Poggi (26:00) … (promoter: Rudy Miller) … (3,000 fans)

Yonkers, New York: Thursday, April 9, 1931
(Columbus Sporting Club) … Gino Garibaldi b. Casey Berger (34:36) … Herb Freeman b.
Vanka Zelesniak (29:50) … Wladek Zbyszko b. Andy Zaharoff … Tom Draak and
Nazzarino Poggi drew (30:00) … Carl Lemle b. Otto Korte (17:15)

Brooklyn, New York: Thursday, April 9, 1931
(Broadway Arena) … Stanley Stasiak b. Louis Lowe (18:35) … Jack Sherry b. Henri
DeGlane (dec., 30:00) … George Calza b. Demetri Demetroff (13:35) … Lee Wyckoff b.
John Grandovich (dec., 30:00) … Andy Kandrat b. Jim Heslin (13:05) … (promoters:
Jack Herman, Paul Bowser) … (1,200 fans)

Brooklyn, New York: Wednesday, June 24, 1931
(New Ridgewood Grove) … Herb Freeman b. Steve Znosky (19:30)

Bronx, New York: Thursday, June 25, 1931
(New York Coliseum – Open Air Stadium) … Wladek Zbyszko b. Sergei Kalmikoff by
decision after the match was stopped at the curfew (35:00) … Kola Kwariani b. Steve
Znosky … Captain Athol Oakley and Vanka Zelezniak drew (30:00) … Dick Daviscourt b.
Ferdinand Caroni … Joe “Toots” Mondt b. Taro Miyaki (19:09) … (2,500 fans)

Queens, New York: Thursday, June 25, 1931
(Dexter Park) … Pat Narkey b. Sergeant Jack Reynolds (8:37) … Andy Brown b. Jack
Wagner … Ben Ginsberg b. Joe Cook … Harry Cornsweet b. Mike Yamki … Carlos
Henriquez and Oscar Nygren drew … (1,000 fans)

Southampton, Long Island: Friday, June 26, 1931
( ) … Sergei Kalmikoff b. Tommy Draak (23:02) … Richard Stahl b. Ben Ginsberg …
Steve Znosky b. Gene Bruce … Jack Maryake b. August Benkert (23:37) … (1,200 fans)

Coney Island, New York: Friday, June 26, 1931
(Coney Island Stadium) … Jack Sherry b. Jean LaDue … Len Macaluso b. George
Saunders … Mihaly Orgovanyi b. Clevio Massimo … Rudy LaDitzi b. Dimitri Demitroff …
Glen Wade b. Tony Felice … (2,000 fans)

Bronx, New York: Monday, June 29, 1931
(Yankee Stadium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Ray Steele (1:09:34)
… Jim McMillen and Sandor Szabo drew (10:00) … Dick Shikat and Hans Steinke drew
(15:00) … World Middleweight Champion Jack Reynolds b. Joe Parelli … Norton Jackson
b. Cy Williams … Earl McCready b. Sergei Kalmikoff … Rudy Dusek b. Al Perretti … Herb
Freeman b. Mike Romano … Hans Kampfer b. Vanka Zelesniak … Babe Caddock b.
Athol Oakley … (promoter: Jack Curley) … (referee: Ernest Roeber) … (30,000 fans)
(50,000 expected) … (gate: $63,000) … (benefit for the Milk Fund sponsored by Mrs.
William Randolph Hearst)

Queens, New York: Thursday, July 2, 1931
(Dexter Park) … Henri DeGlane b. Axel Anderson (17:45) … Carlos Henriquez b. Charlie
West (22:08) … Andy Brown b. Ben Ginsburg (25:42) … Harry Cornsweet b. Demitri
Demitroff … (21:10) … Jack Bloomfield and Alex Hedlund drew (30:00) … (1,500 fans)

Bronx, New York: Thursday, July 23, 1931
(New York Coliseum) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Herb Freeman (27:
18) … Gino Garibaldi b. Taro Myaki (14:26) … George Manich b. Fred Caroni (13:58) …
Willie Davis b. Sergei Kalmikoff (17:02) … Sammy Stein b. Bill Nelson (19:04) … Mojo
Simpson b. Bryant Wade … (11,234 fans)

Coney Island, New York: Thursday, July 30, 1931
(Coney Island Velodrome) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Al Pierotti (17:
05) … George Calza b. Sergei Kalmikoff (19:45) … Sandor Szabo b. Jack Reynolds (11:
56) … Earl McCready and Hans Steinke drew (30:00) … Herb Freeman b. Taro Myaki
(20:50) … (referee: Ernest Roeber) … (11,000 fans) … (gate: $12,000) … (benefit for
the Eldridge Street Day Nursery)

Manhattan, New York: October 22, 1931
(St. Nicholas Arena) ... Ed Don George b. Dr. Fred Meyers
Notes: The main event was interrupted by a minute of silence at 10:00 in honor of
Thomas A. Edison.

Yonkers, New York: Thursday, November 5, 1931
(Columbus Sporting Club) … Dr. Ralph Wilson b. Amadeo Marchioni (44:35) … Sandor
Szabo b. Abe Kashey (15:10) … Justini Gualdi b. Joe “Toots” Mondt (13:30) … Herb
Freeman and Floyd Marshall drew (30:00) … (2,000 fans)

Brooklyn, New York: Wednesday, November 11, 1931
(Ridgewood Grove) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. George Hagen (48:
30) … Sammy Stein b. Al Pierotti (13:20) … Matros Kirilenko and Joe “Toots” Mondt drew
(30:00) … Dick Daviscourt and Sandor Szabo drew (30:00) … Paul Jones b. Gene Bruce
(11:30) … (4,000 fans)

Manhattan, New York: Monday, December 21, 1931
(Madison Square Garden) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Ray Steele
(57:21) … Sammy Stein b. John Maxos (19:36) … Matros Kirilenko and Scotty McDougall
drew (20:00) … Rudy Dusek b. Mike Romano (10:18) … Tiny Roebuck and Hans Steinke
drew (20:00) … Leon Pinetzki b. Joe “Toots” Mondt (3:41) … Sandor Szabo and Ralph
Wilson drew … (promoter: Jack Curley) … (referee: Ernest Roeber) … (15,000 fans) …
(gate: $35,000) … (benefit for the New York American and Evening Journal Christmas
Fund)

Brooklyn, New York: December 30, 1931
(Ridgewood Grove) … Leo Pinetzki b. Paul Jones … Dick Shikat b. Kola Kwariani …
George Hagen b. Vladimir Martinoff … Sammy Stein b. Joe Cox … Matros Kirilenko b.
Renato Gardini … Henry Snyder b. Fred Caroni … (promoter: Rudy Miller)

Manhattan, New York: December 30, 1931
(St. Nicholas Arena) … George Zarynoff b. Mihaly Orgovanvi … Karl Pojello b. Pat McKey
… Jack Sherry b. Ghafoor Khan … John Kazanjain b. John Nygain … Jim Browning b.
Ivan Vakturoff … Joe DeVito b. Vladmir Duboff … (promoters: The Johnstons, Paul
Bowser)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
January 23, 2011

New York City Wrestling Results - 1931