Other Oklahoma Wrestling Results 1900-'30

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Friday, January 12, 1912
(The Auditorium) ... Eugene Duke vs. Percy Finley (wrestling) ... Jay Mayes vs. Young
Attell (boxing) ... Leo Morrissey vs. Young Applegate (boxing) ... Guy Helmick vs. Andy
Smith (boxing) ... (referee: Patsy Corrigan) ... (sponsored by: Pastime Athletic Club)
Notes: Boxing and wrestling show. Corrigan was a former middleweight champion boxer
from Australia. Duke and Finley were both middleweights. Busted pipes at the
Auditorium, which would've prevented heat in the building - and the cold weather, forced
organizers to reschedule this show until the following Tuesday.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Tuesday, January 16, 1912
(The Auditorium) ... Lee Morrissey and Young Applegate boxed six rounds to a draw ...
Guy Helmick and Andy Smith boxed four rounds to a draw ... Jay Mayes and Young Attell
boxed four rounds to a draw ... Indian Jeff vs. Kid Waggoner (boxing) ... no wrestling
match ... (referee: Patsy Corrigan)
Notes: The Duke-Finley wrestling match was not held because Duke went to Springfield,
Missouri a few days before.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Friday, February 2, 1912
(The Auditorium) ... Ellis Shadid b. Jack Godfrey (2-0) ... Billy Dixon vs. Willis Lewis
(boxing) ... Spider Moffett vs. Young Applegate (boxing) ... (sponsored by: Pastime
Athletic Club)
Notes: Shadid was known as the "Ironclad Turk." He was making Oklahoma CIty his
headquarters. The Godfrey-Shadid match was called a "farcical exhibition." The
newspaper stated that Godfrey was "no wrestler."

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Friday, February 9, 1912
(The Auditorium) ... Young Applegate b. Spider Moffatt (boxing) ... Battling Howard and
Leo Paston boxed to a draw ... Jockey "Nervy" Nat b. Raymond Shelton (decision)
(boxing) ... Lee Morrissey b. Young Attell (boxing) ... (promoter: Tommy Cannon) ...
(referee: George Bellerman) ... (sponsored by: Pastime Athletic Club) ... (large crowd)

Anadarko, Oklahoma: Tuesday, February 13, 1912
( ) ... Roy Mabee b. Harry Faust (2-0) (26:00, 15:15)
Note: Mabee was a farmer.

Chickasha, Oklahoma: Monday, February 26, 1912
( ) ... Oscar Dotson vs. Ellis Shadid (2/3)
Note: Dotson was a blacksmith in Chickasha.

Chickasha, Oklahoma: Thursday, March 21, 1912
( ) ... Oscar Dotson vs. Oleson
Note: Show was postponed because of a storm. Dotson was scheduled to wrestle
"Cyclone" Burns of Ada on Monday, and the winner would face Oleson.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Wednesday, April 10, 1912
(The Auditorium) ... Stanislaus Zbyszko b. Ivan Romanoff (2-0) (44:09) ... Stanislaus
Zbyszko b. Bill Sanderson (48 seconds) (handicap bout) (Sanderson would have earned
$100 if he stayed 15:00) ... Bill Sanderson b. Morgan Williams (8:48) ... Eddie
McCollough vs. Tony Smith (boxing) ... (promoter: Jack D. Waldron) ... (700 fans)
Notes: In early April 1912, Jeff Herman sent a telegram to the Oklahoman newspaper
explaining that his wrestler, Stanislaus Zbyszko, was coming to Oklahoma City to take on
any and all challengers. Zbyszko was looking for a bout with Frank Gotch, and a $30,000
offer for a match was on the table by a Salt Lake City promoter. Zbyszko was entering
the city from Kansas City, and then had a booking in Dallas on April 12 against William
Demetral. Ivan Romanoff, a Russian wrestler, was coming in from Minneapolis. He
recently beat Siegfried. Romanoff was managed by M.H. Davis. He was 23 years old
and stood 6'3". Zbyszko weighed 245 and Romanoff weighed 256. Zbyszko and Herman
stayed at the Skirvin and Romanoff stayed at the Lee-Huckins. Chief Montour
challenged Zbyszko for a match either in Oklahoma City or in Dallas. Romanoff claimed
to have wrestled in private with Frank Gotch. McCollough and Smith were jockeys.
Sanderson was from Kansas City and Williams from Denver.

Anadarko, Oklahoma: Saturday, April 13, 1912
( ) ... Stanislaus Zbyszko failed to throw Curley Meyers and Roy Mabee in 45:00 (Zbyszko
beat Meyers in 30:30, but failed to beat Mabee)
Notes: After the match, Zbyszko claimed Mabee was the fastest and best man at his
weight he'd ever met. Mabee was a middleweight. Mabee was going to challenge Tom
Robivecy, who was claiming the Southwest Middleweight Title after beating Chief
Montour. Meyers was also spelled, "Meyer."

Ponca City, Oklahoma: Tuesday, May 28, 1912
( ) ... Dr. B.F. Roller failed to throw Curley Meyers twice in 50:00 (Roller failed to get a fall)

Muskogee, Oklahoma: Thursday, July 4, 1912
( ) ... World Lightweight Champion Johnny Billiter b. Jack Fisher (1:29:00)
Notes: Billiter was from Toledo, Ohio. In this match, Fisher suffered a broken right
shoulder. Fisher was from Muskogee.

Local boxing was resurrected in October 1912.

*Searched Daily Oklahoman through November 17, 1912.

Muskogee, Oklahoma: Wednesday, May 31, 1922
( ) ... World Heavyweight Champion Ed "Strangler" Lewis b. John Grandovich (2-0)
(41:00, 1:00)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
October 22, 2010

Other Oklahoma Wrestling Results 1900-'30