Oklahoma City Wrestling Results

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, January 4, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Red Lindsay b. Paul Orth (2/3) … Bobby Pearce b. Sheik MarAllah
(decision after six ten minute rounds) (1-1) … Leroy McGuirk b. Paul Bozzell (3:13 of the
third round) … Red Lyons b. Paul Murdock … (referees: Roy Hayman, Buck McClain) …
(5,000 fans)

Enid, Oklahoma: Friday, January 6, 1933
( ) … Paul Bozzell vs. Paul Orth
Note: A small crowd added the “first card a week ago.”

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, January 11, 1933
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, January 18, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Mustafa Pasha b. Paul Orth (2/3) (police had to quelm Orth’s fury after
losing the bout) … Frank Wolff b. Paul Murdock … Sheik MarAllah b. Neal Brady …
George Sauer vs. Red Lyons … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (referee: Buck McClain) …
(6,000 fans)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, January 25, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Leroy McGuirk and Paul Orth drew … George Sauer b. Mustafa Pasha
(2/3) … Sheik MarAllah b. Mike Komack … Neal Brady and Bobby Pearce drew …
(referee: McClain) … (5,000 fans)
Note: Pearce was reportedly 25 pounds heavier than when he won the Olympic title; Avey’
s publicity man was Harry Gilstrap

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Friday, January 27, 1933
(The Coliseum) … wrestling and boxing show … George Sauer b. Leroy McGuirk … Paul
Orth b. Paul Bozzell … Mustafa Pasha b. Paul Murdock (1:55 of the third round) … Ernie
Webb (former Oklahoma City University football player) and Jack Van Bebber (Olympic
champion from Oklahoma A&M) drew in 10:00, (Van Bebber’s pro debut) … three fast
boxing bouts … George Williams b. Bill Wheatley … Glen Nute b. Jack Donaho … John
Ford b. Neal Johnson … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (benefit for the Oklahoma City police
department and net approximately $1,500)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, February 1, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Hugh Nichols and George Sauer each had a fall when the paper went to
press … Les Wolfe b. Paul Orth (Orth’s tactics riled up fans to a near riot) … Pat O’Brien
b. Paul Murdock (New Orleans) (13:00) … Jack Callahan and Sammy Koken drew …
(promoter: Sam Avey) … (referee: Buck McClain)
Notes: Sauer reportedly defeated Nichols six weeks earlier in Topeka, but, because both
were over the 175 pound limit, the title did not change hands. Wolfe was said to be from
Tacoma, Washington.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, February 8, 1933
( ) … Leroy McGuirk b. Mustafa Pasha (2/3) Totso Higami and Tolo Pierce drew … Ernie
Webb b. Pat O’Brien … Les Wolfe b. Ernie Glover (stomach scissors) … (promoter: Sam
Avey) … (referee: Buck McClain) … (3,000 fans)
Note: Webb was billed as a professional football player and fireman. Higami was
reportedly a former Haskell Indian football star. Both Wolfe and Glover were 190 pounds.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, February 15, 1933
( ) … Higami b. Paul “Tarzan” Orth (DQ) (jiu-jitsu match) … George Sauer b. Red Lindsay
(2-0) … George Poulos b. Bill Hassen … “Wild” Red Berry and Sammy Kohen drew …
(promoter: Sam Avey) … (referee: Buck McClain)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, February 22, 1933
(The Coliseum) … NWA World Light Heavyweight Champion Hugh Nichols b. George
Sauer (2/3) to retain his title (Sauer was the crowd favorite and threw cushions at the
referee, almost rioting) … Toto Higami b. Sheik MarAllah … Les Wolfe b. Elmer Guthrie …
George Poulos b. Sammy Kohen … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (referee: Buck McClain) …
(6,500 fans)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Tuesday, February 28, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Les Wolfe wrestled an exhibition … (Community Fund Benefit)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, March 1, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Paul Orth vs. Les Wolfe … Totso Higami vs. Sheik MarAllah … Pat O’
Brien vs. Mustafa Pasha … Neal Brady vs. Bobby Pearce … (promoter: Sam Avey)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Thursday, March 2, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Athletic program featuring basketball and a wrestling exhibition by Paul
Orth
… (proceeds went to the Community Fund)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Friday, March 3, 1933
(Public Market Garden) … Light Heavyweight Champion (claimant) Charles Fischer b. Ray
Ralls (2-0) … Everette Marshall b. John Plummer (14:36) … Chief Strongbow and Dutch
Hefner drew (30:00) … Elton Eubanks failed to throw Hardle Lewis twice in 30:00, had won
the first fall in 21:00 … (promoter: Lou Cutler)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, March 8, 1933
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, March 15, 1933
(The Coliseum) …Paul Orth b. Mustafa Pasha (2/3) (Orth and Pasha threw chairs at each
other during the wild bout) … Frank Wolff b. George Craig (2-0) … Bobby Pearce b. Dave
Reynolds … Joe Kopecky and Pat O’Brien drew … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (referees:
Hugh Cunningham, Buck McClain) … (5,000 fans)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, March 22, 1933
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, March 29, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Leroy McGuirk vs. Les Wolfe … Walter Achue vs. George Poulos …
Jimmy Logas vs. Red Lyons … Ken Hollis vs. Stanley Rogers … (promoter: Sam Avey)

Muskogee, Oklahoma: Tuesday, April 4, 1933
( ) … Pat O’Brien b. Paul Orth (DQ) (after the match, Orth threw referee Frank Thomason
out of the ring) (Thomason suffered a broken leg) … (promoter: Gene Ellis)
Note: Ellis agreed to pay medical expenses for Thomason and Orth was released on $10
bond on Wednesday.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, April 5, 1933
(The Coliseum) … George Sauer vs. Les Wolfe … Jimmy Logas vs. Paul Orth … Pat O’
Brien vs. George Poulos … Walter Achue vs. Tolo Pierce
Notes: Jimmy Logas beat Hugh Nichols on Monday in Tulsa. Pierce was said to be a
former Haskell Indian and Northeastern Teachers football player.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, April 12, 1933
(The Coliseum) … George Sauer b. Paul Orth (2/3) … Frank “Neanderthal” Wolff b.
George Poulos … Pat O’Brien (Salt Lake City) b. Jack Purdin (Tampa) … Dude Chick
(local debut) b. Paul Murdock … (referee: Hugh Cunningham) … (4,000 fans)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, April 19, 1933
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, April 26, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Mustafa Pasha b. Pat O’Brien (2/3) … Red Lindsay and George Poulos
drew … Dude Chick and Leroy McGuirk drew (20:00) … Jimmy Logas b. Ted Waters (13:
47) … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (referee: Hugh Cunningham) … (3,000 fans)
Note: Logas reportedly recently defeated Hugh Nichols

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, May 3, 1933
(The Coliseum) … World Light Heavyweight Champion Hugh Nichols b. George Sauer (fan
favorite) (2-0) (Sauer suffered a back injured after falling from the ring) (fans hated Nichols
with a passion) … Mustafa Pasha b. Red Lindsay … Elmer Guthrie and Les Wolfe drew …
Pat O’Brien and Dude Chick (billed as “hairless”) drew … (promoter: Sam Avey) …
(referee: Hugh Cunningham) … (6,000 fans) … (in attendance: NWA President Col. Harry
J. Landry, who made a speech in the ring prior to the main event)
Note: The championship belt was presented to fans in a glass case.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, May 10, 1933
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, May 17, 1933
(The Coliseum) … George Sauer and Frank “Neanderthal” Wolff drew (2-hours) (Wolff
won the first and only fall in 1 hour and 23 minutes) … Walter Stratton b. George Poulos
… Joe Malcewica and Ted Travis drew … Earl Lacy b. Ken Hollis … (promoter: Sam
Avey) … (3,000 fans)
Note: Notice that the Daily Oklahoman billed the wrestler in the preliminaries as “Joe
Malcewica.” This was actually Frank Malcewicz. Malcewicz said that he had “more than
200 boxing bouts.”
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, May 24, 1933
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, May 31, 1933
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, June 14, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Dr. Freddie Meyer b. Mustafa Pasha (2/3) … Leroy McGuirk b. Les
Wolfe (one fall in the fourth round) … Frank Malcewicz b. George Ligosky (second round)
… Earl Lacy b. Bob Montgomery (DQ) … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (referee: Red
Andrews) … (3,000 fans)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, June 21, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Dr. Freddie Meyer b. Bob Montgomery (2-0) … Leroy McGuirk b.
George Sauer … Earl Lacy b. Mustafa Pasha (popular with fans) … Marshall Blackstock b.
Tommy Marvin (2/3) … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (referee: Elton Eubanks) … (3,000 fans)
Note: Earl Lacy was billed as the “Kansas Trustbuster.”

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, June 28, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Leroy McGuirk b. George Sauer (1 hour, 7 minutes total) (2/3) …
Marshall Blackstock and Johnny Plummer drew (1-1) (four rounds) … Bob Montgomery b.
Elton Eubanks (former Oklahoma University “star,” Eubanks was a substitute for Earl Lacy,
who was injured in a car accident Wednesday morning) … “Sneeze” Achue and Frank
Malcewicz drew … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (referee: Mustafa Pasha) … (2,500 fans)
Note: The newspaper (Daily Oklahoman) really lauded McGuirk’s achievement and
promise with this victory.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Thursday, July 6, 1933
(Fair Park Open-Air Arena) …
(promoter: Sam Avey) … (benefit for the Oklahoman and Times Milk and Ice Fund)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, September 6, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Alvin Britt b. George Sauer (2/3) … Jimmy Lott b. Young Al Stecher
(Birmingham) (2-0) … Lord Patrick Lansdowne Finnegan and Joe Reno drew (Finnegan
was billed as an “ace showman”) … Jimmy Logas b. Frank Clement … (promoter: Sam
Avey) … (4,000 fans)
Notes: A half hour before losing, Sauer was married in the ring to Miss Bernice Payne of
Dallas and reportedly looked nervous. A Lutheran minister, Rev. Newton R. Royer,
presided. His best man was his nephew, George Sauer II, “famous Nebraska university
football star.” His bride was accompanied by Mrs. Sam Avey, Mrs. Elmer Guthrie, and Mrs.
Bert Willoughby of Dallas.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: September 13, 1933
(The Coliseum) … Alvin Britt b. Hugh Nichols (2/3) (Britt won the second and third falls)
(Nichols’s first local loss) (non-title match because both were over the limit) (Britt had
defeated Nichols three years earlier in a non-title bout) … Lord Patrick Finnegan b. Joe
Reno (2-0) … Bobby Chick Roberts (newcomer from Toledo) and Leroy McGuirk drew (20:
00) … Ernie Webb b. Paul Murdock (second round) … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (referee:
Hugh Cunningham)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, September 20, 1933
(The Coliseum) … World Welterweight Champion Jack Reynolds vs. Lord Patrick
Lansdowne Finnegan (Barrington, England) (non-title match)

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, October 4, 1933

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, October 18, 1933
(Fair Park) … Alvin Britt b. Young Al Stecher (2-0) … George Sauer b. Chief Little Wolf (2-
0) … Silent Rattan and Benny Wilson (Brownwood, TX) drew (20:00) … Jimmy Lott and
Teddy Waters drew (20:00) … (promoter: Sam Avey) … (2,000 fans)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
September 8, 2007

Oklahoma City Wrestling Results - 1933