Newark Wrestling Results

Newark, New Jersey: Tuesday, March 24, 1936
( ) ... Ernie Dusek b. Abe Coleman (2/3)

Newark, New Jersey: Tuesday, April 21, 1936
(Laurel Gardens) … George Koverly b. Laverne Baxter … Gino Garibaldi and Ivan
Managoff drew (90:00) (1-1) … Ralph Garibaldi b. George Lenihan (18:39) … Hank
Barber b. Rusty Westcoatt (11:17) … Dr. Len Hall b. Stan Sokolis (15:37) … (promoters:
Frank and Ray Hanly) … (referee: Johnny King, Paterson boxing referee)
Notes: Bill Hoolahan reportedly called Ray Hanly to tell him that he would be able to
wrestle George Koverly on this show because he had yellow jaundice. Westcoatt
(Westcoat) was from Honolulu.

Newark, New Jersey: Tuesday, April 28, 1936
(Laurel Garden) … Chief Little Wolf b. Hank Barber (2/3) … Ed Meske b. John Katan (19:
10) … George Koverly b. Abe Golberg (11:02) … Jack Hader and Rudy LaDitzi drew (30:
00) … Tony Colesano b. Andy Meixner (12:41) … (promoters: Frank and Ray Hanly) …
(referee: Mat Pol Janic)

Newark, New Jersey: Tuesday, May 5, 1936
(Laurel Garden) … Jack Hader b. Jim Coffield (DQ) … Ernie Dusek b. Gino Garibaldi (2/3)
(Garibaldi was unable to continue for the third fall) … Harry Fields b. Floyd Marshall (20:
05) … Stan Lee Wycoff b. Bill Hollahan (16:32) … Al Billings b. Tony Colesano (8:15) …
(promoters: Frank and Ray Hanly) … (referee: Frank Sinborn)
Notes: The Newark Evening News stated that Jim Coffield, tonight, was the first wrestler
ever to be disqualified in the city and that the “new fangled style of grappling came into
vogue about four years ago.” Wycoff of Missouri had a “pointed moustache” and Fields
was a 247 pounder from the University of Pennsylvania. Billings was from Cleveland and
“proved the best facemaker to show here this season.”

Newark, New Jersey: Tuesday, May 12, 1936
(Laurel Garden) … Chief Little Wolf and Ernie Dusek drew (90:00) (no falls) … Joe Cox b.
Stan Lee Wycoff (21:23) … Dr. Len Hall b. Harry Fields (15:36) … Sandor Vary b. Adellio
Marchione (8:45) … George Manish b. Gabriel D’Annunzio (10:05) … (promoters: Frank
and Ray Hanly) … (referee: Mat Pol Janic)
Notes: This was the 33rd show staged by the Hanly Brothers since last September. This
was the final of the indoor wrestling season. They planned to move outdoors to the
Ollemar Field in Irvington. Manish was from Asbury Park and D’Annunzio was from
Philadelphia.

Irvington, New Jersey: Tuesday, June 9, 1936
(Ollemar Field) … Danno O’Mahoney b. Joe Cox (2-0) … George Koverly b. Ralph
Garibaldi (16:18) … Gino Garibaldi b. Jim Wright (7:09) … Jack Donovan and George
Manish drew (30:00) … Eli Fisher b. Ed Cooke (18:22) … (promoters: Frank and Ray
Hanly) … (referee: Mat Pol Janic)
Notes: Jack Donovan was originally booked to meet Hank Barber, but the latter pulled
out. Fisher was from Rutgers University. The newspaper stated that O’Mahoney “seems
to have improved his wrestling technique since he was dethroned as heavyweight mat
champion.” However, he was “still the same colorless, uninteresting performer.” Gino
Garibaldi watched his brother Ralph’s match from ringside. The Hanlys were “pleased with
the attendance,” but planned to make some changes before their next offering “in the
seating plans and install a larger ring.” Shortly after this appearance, Koverly was
suspended by the athletic commission for refusing to adhere to the referee’s verbal
commands.

Newark, New Jersey: Friday, June 12, 1936
(Meadowbrook Field) … Dave Levin b. Ali Baba to capture the World Heavyweight Title (2-
0) (21:00) (Levin was knocked to the mat by a dropkick, said to be in his mid-section, and
was called a foul by the referee, giving Levin the first fall) (the referee allowed Levin 10
minutes to recover, to continue the bout) (Levin was unable to continue and given the
match) (Levin was a substitute for Hans Schnabel) … Maurice LaChappelle b. George
Becker (32:00) … Tony Siano b. Ivan Dimitroff (12:45) … Fred Bruno and Eddie Malone
drew … Pat McClary b. Andy Chikos (14:00) … Salvatore Balbo b. Bobby Roberts (18:30)
… (referee: Frank Sinborn) … (physician: Dr. Wolf Emmer of the New Jersey State
Athletic Commission) … (sponsored by: Dreamland Sporting Club) (initial show)
Notes: Sam Cordovano had been a “regular performer on Jack Curley’s circuit, but now he
is starring with the opposition.” He was a “line coach at Columbia.” Ali Baba was originally
booked to defend his title against Hans Schnabel and Dave Levin was to take on Maurice
LaChappelle. It was advertised this way through the day of the program. The newspaper
stated that Levin won the title “under circumstances as bizarre as those in which Baba
stripped Dick Shikat of the crown April 24.” Levin was reportedly taken to City Hospital.
After the bout, Baba explained, “I’ve met good men all over the country, beat Shikat twice
and sent him to the hospital, only to be robbed here. If that’s the way championship are
won, I’d rather not have a title and be a plain working wrestler. You bet I’ll kick about the
decision. And if I ever get that Levin in a ring again, I’ll murder him and finish him in a
minute.” The New Jersey State Athletic Commission refused to sanction any wrestling
championships and “no official championship matches are held here.”

Irvington, New Jersey: Tuesday, June 16, 1936
(Ollemar Field) … Gino Garibaldi b. Chief Little Wolf (2-0) … Gus Sonnenberg b. Ivan
Managoff (17:06) (flying tackle) … Ed Cooke b. Andy Meixner (12:46) … George Manish b.
Harry Finkelstein (13:31) … Eli Fisher and Charley Strack drew … (promoters: Frank and
Ray Hanly)

Irvington, New Jersey: Tuesday, June 23, 1936
(Ollemar Field) … Gino Garibaldi b. Hank Barber (2/3) (Indian deathlock for both Garibaldi’
s falls) … Abe Coleman b. George Lenihan (7:25) … Fred Grubmier b. Jack Gacek (10:00)
… Charley Strack b. Ed Cooke (11:45) … Angelo Cistoldi b. Tex Morgan (12:22) …
(promoters: Frank and Ray Hanly) … (referee: Tom Parsonet)
Notes: Charlie “Tex” Morgan was from Texas and Ed Cooke (Cook) was from Iowa
University. Grubmier was the “outstanding exponent of the ‘figure-four scissor.’”

Irvington, New Jersey: Tuesday, June 30, 1936
(Ollemar Field) … Ed Meske vs. Dick Powell … Rudy Dusek vs. Cliff Olson (Dusek was
originally booked to meet Fred Grubmier) … Ralph Garibaldi vs. Harry Finkelstein … Eli
Fisher vs. Pete Peterson … Al Billings vs. Angelo Cistoldi … (promoters: Frank and Ray
Hanly)
Notes: Powell was from West Virginia and was a “southern college wrestler.” This was his
first bout in the Metropolitan area and “recently grew into the heavyweight division after
having cleaned up in intercollegiate and professional light heavyweight circles.”

Irvington, New Jersey: Tuesday, July 7, 1936
(Ollemar Field) … Rudy Dusek and Cliff Olson drew (60:00) … Gino Garibaldi b. Ed Meske
(25:56) … Frank Judson b. Al Billings (6:40) … Eli Fisher and Dan O’Connor drew (30:00)
… Ralph Garibaldi b. Harry Finkelstein (14:53) … (promoters: Frank and Ray Hanly) …
(referee: Mat Pol Janic)
Notes: It was said that Olson dominated the bout with Dusek and that Rudy was getting
old. The crowd booed the draw decision. Judson was called the “veteran coach of the
Harvard wrestling team.”

Newark, New Jersey: Friday, July 10, 1936
(Meadowbrook Field) … George Calza vs. Felix Slovikowski … George Becker vs. Curley
Donchin … Andy Chikos vs. Tony Morelli … Fritz Schmeling vs. Tony Siano …
(matchmaker: Jack Pfefer)
Notes: Slovikowski was a newcomer who “arrived from Europe a few months ago for the
purpose of obtaining a title bout.” Calza was making his first Newark appearance in “nearly
five years.” Donchin was from Jersey City.

Irvington, New Jersey: Tuesday, July 14, 1936
(Ollemar Field) … Ernie Dusek vs. Cliff Olson … Jimmy Coffield vs. Emil Dusek … Eli
Fisher vs. Frank Judson … Jack Gacek vs. Tony Garibaldi … Ed Cook vs. Henry Piers …
(promoters: Frank and Ray Hanly)
Notes: Tony Garibaldi was “another member of the Garibaldi family of bone crackers.” He
was making his local debut against Jack Gacek.

Irvington, New Jersey: Tuesday, July 21, 1936
(Ollemar Field) … Gino Garibaldi b. Emil Dusek (2/3) … Joe Cox b. Frank Judson (24:10)
… Ed Meske and Henry Piers drew (30:00) … Andy Meixner b. Farmer Obie Scott (11:01)
… Little Joe Beaver b. Tom Malloy … (promoters: Frank and Ray Hanly) … (referee: Tom
Parsonet)
Notes: Farmer Obie Scott was from Cove Creek, Arkansas and was the “nephew of Daniel
Leo Boone Savage.” He was 6’2” and weighed 250. It was said that Meske and Piers
“actually wrestled” in their match. Scott, the newspaper noted, couldn’t wrestle.

*On Thursday, July 23, 1936, it was announced that Curley Donchin was suspended by
the New Jersey State Athletic Commission “for insolence to boxing inspector at Newark.”

Irvington, New Jersey: Tuesday, July 28, 1936
(Ollemar Field) … Gino Garibaldi and Cliff Olson drew (90:00) (1-1) … Joe Cox b. Ralph
Garibaldi … Jimmy Coffield and Tony Garibaldi drew (30:00) … Ed Meske b. Stan Wycoff
(6:15) … Little Joe Beaver and Henry Piers drew … (promoters: Frank and Ray Hanly)
Note: No show next week.

Research by Tim Hornbaker

Newark Wrestling Results - 1936