January 6, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Stacey Hall d. (COR) Silent Rattan (2-1)
Lem Stecklin d. Roughhouse Nelson (2-1)
Spike Ashby drew Sailor Parker
Exhibition by contortionist Flexible Freddy

Silent Rattan’s first name is Everett.

January 13, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Lem Stecklin d. Cleat Kauffman (2-1)
Bob Blake drew Spike Ashby (1-1)
Paul Adams d. Dutch Schultz (referee’s decision)

January 20, 1937 Piqua, OH (Armory Arena)
Lem Stecklin d. Great Mephisto (2-1)
Joe Parelli d. Walt Schommer (2-1)
Bob Blake drew Si Boycel

Blake subbed for Mr. X

January 27, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Great Mephisto d. Lem Stecklin (2-1)
Someone beat Angelo Martini (2-1)
Young Anderson d. (DQ) Spike Ashby (reversed decision)

$165.06 was raised for Ohio River valley area flood victims. Martini’s opponent was not
named in the article or in previews.

February 3, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Lem Stecklin d. (DQ) Joe Parelli (2-1, reversed decision)
Turp Grimes d. Cowney Saunooke (2-1)
Stacey Hall d. Duke Kokoney

February 10, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Alex Kasaboski vs. Lem Stecklin (winner faces Charles Fischer)
Joe Parelli vs. Turp Grimes
Babe Kasaboski vs. Angelo Martini

February 11 newspaper missing

February 17, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Charles Fischer (light heavyweight champ) d. Lem Stecklin (2-0)
Turp Grimes drew Whitey Govro (1-1)
Babe Kasaboski d. Bob Blake

February 24, 1937 Piqua, OH (Armory Arena)
Martin Levy d. Whitey Govro
Great Mephisto d. Turp Grimes (1-1, Grimes unable to continue after a piledriver)
Clarence Cleet d. Babe Kasaboski

March 3, 1937 Piqua, OH (Armory Arena)
Bert Rubi d. Turp Grimes (2-1)
Alex Kasaboski d. Clarence Cleet (2-1)
Babe Kasaboski d. Spike Ashby

March 10, 1937 Piqua, OH (Armory Arena)
Walt Schommer drew Babe Kasaboski (1-1)
Bert Rubi d. Tuffy Cleet (2-1)
Gus Wisbar d. (DQ) Bob Blake

“Thus the Walt Schommer-Babe Kasaboski match “stole” the show last night. It was “a
shooting match” (mat vernacular for real honest to goodness wrestling).” Piqua Daily Call,
03-11-1937

March 17, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Billy Weidner drew Maurice LaChappelle (1-1, 90 minutes)
Frank Wolff d. Blacksmith Pedigo
Eddie Malone d. Blacksmith Pedigo (2-0)

Pedigo subbed for Eddie Pope against Malone

March 24, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Billy Weidner d. Bert Rubi (1-0, Rubi unable to continue in second fall)
Billy Parker drew Frank Wolff (1-1)
George Becker d. Thomas Good Eagle

March 31, 1937 Piqua, OH (Armory Arena)
Whitey Govro d. Leo Alexander
Alex Kasaboski d. Bert Rubi
Tony Marchoni d. Cleat Kauffman

April 7, 1937 Piqua, OH (Armory Arena)
Babe Kasaboski d. Walt Schommer (2-1)
George Becker d. Tony Marchoni (2-0)
Eddie Pope d. Lee Myers

April 14, 1937 Piqua, OH (Armory Arena)
Lem Stecklin d. Eddie Pope (2-1)
George Becker drew Babe Kasaboski (1-1)
Joe Washburn d. Dutch Schultz

April 21, 1937 Piqua, OH (Armory Arena)
George Becker d. Babe Kasaboski (2-0)
Lem Stecklin d. (DQ) Ray Ryan
Billy Parker drew Sammy Cohen

April 28, 1937 Piqua, OH (Armory Arena)
Mildred Burke d. Belle Mortensen
Eddie Malone drew Sammy Kohen (90 minutes)
Billy Parker d. Turp Grimes (Grimes promises he can beat Parker twice in 30 minutes)
Exhibition by escape artist Millionaire Murphy

Last card of the indoor season

May 5, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Turp Grimes d. King Kong (2-1)
Eddie Pope d. Babe Kasaboski
Eddie Pope d. Dutch Schultz

Pope subbed for Walt Schommer in one of the matches. A different group is sponsoring
the summer matches.

May 12, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Frankie Hart d. Eddie Pope (2-1)
Cleat Kauffman d. Joe Wolf (2-0)
Mark Hosley d. Leo Alexander

Kauffman subbed for Billy Parker. Boxing matches on May 19 and preliminary plans are
to alternate weeks with wrestling.

May 26, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Eddie Pope d. Stacey Hall (1-0, Hall unable to continue as he is said to have dislocated a
hip)
Joe Banaski d. King Kong
Ben Jordan d. Leo Alexander

June 16, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Mildred Burke d. Mae Weston
Great Mephisto d. Turp Grimes (2-1)
Dutch Schultz drew Eddie Pope

June 23, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Great Mephisto d. Eddie Malone (2-1)
Oki Shikina d. (DQ) Sam Curry
Dutch Schultz d. Joe Wheeler

Next card on Monday

June 28, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Jack Zarnia d. Whitey Govro (2-0)
Eddie Malone d. Eddie Pope (2-1)
Frank Wolff d. Ben Johnson

Mae Weston originally slated to wrestle on the card, but was said to have broken an
ankle on June 25.

October 27, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Great Mephisto (light heavyweight champ) d. Jimmy Hefner (2-1)
Turp Grimes d. George Kelly (2-0)
Spike Ashby d. Flash Clifford

Kelly subbed for Andy Rascher. First card of the season

November 3, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Lord Lansdowne d. Babe Kasaboski (2-1)
Turp Grimes drew Bert Rubi (1-1)
Joe Wheeler d. Bob Wolf

November 10, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Jimmy Hefner d. Lem Stecklin (2-1)
Whitey Govro drew Mike Kibbons
Bob Blake d. Joe Wheeler

November 17, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Bob Blake d. (DQ) Patrick Lansdowne Finnegan (2-1)
Sun Jennings d. Whitey Govro (2-0)
Bob Wolfe drew Joe Mitchell

Lansdowne is booked as Lord Lansdowne, but the paper points out that it prefers calling
him Finnegan.

November 24, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Jimmy Hefner vs. Stacey Hall
Frankie Hart vs. Pete Sherman
Babe Kasaboski vs. Dutch Schultz

November 25 paper currently missing from Newspaper Archive

December 1, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Walter Achiu d. Frankie Hart (1-0)
Turp Grimes d. Sun Jennings (1-0, Jennings unable to continue for second fall)
Dutch Schultz d. Joe Wheeler

December 8, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
Walter Achiu d. Bob Blake (2-1)
Frankie Hart drew George Becker
Stanley Buresch d. Joe Wheeler

December 17, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory) Friday
Frankie Hart drew Pete Sherman (1-1)
Bob Blake d. (DQ) Lord Lansdowne (2-1)
Mildred Burke d. June McDonald
Leo Anderson drew Charley Williams

$200 raised for the Salvation Army

December 22, 1937 Piqua, OH (State Armory)
No card found. Multiple papers are also missing from the final week of December.


Research by Becky Taylor
Piqua Wrestling Results - 1937