(Olympic Club) ... Sam Clapham beat Y. Takemura ... (result found 2-15)
Los Angeles, CA: February 16, 1916
(Los Angeles Athletic Club) ... Ny Williams and Weber beat Frank Gotch and Dan McLeod ... NOTE: Sorry folks, this was a handball game not a tag team match. Gotch was said to have been unable to get the ball off the back wall. Gotch did work out with Weber, Al Ferguson and Ray Thompson in mat contests later.
Los Angeles Times: February 28, 1916
Frank Gotch is mad with the San Francisco promoter, Harry Foley and the newspapers of that city. When he asked for a postponement of his February 22 match with Ad Santel there, he was given a terrible roasting. Gotch explained that he knew that he could not be in good enough shape by that date.
Los Angeles Times: March 2, 1916
Frank Gotch is having trouble getting into shape because he can’t find any wrestlers who want to train with him. His only workout partner now is Noah Young, who is a weight lifter not a wrestler.
Los Angeles, CA: March 6, 1916
Frank Gotch worked out at the Los Angeles Athletic Club with Jack White, Earl Daggett, Tony Ball and Bill Huber.
Los Angeles, CA: March 8, 1916
(Olympic Club) ... Masked Marvel beat Sam Clapham (2-1) ... Jack White vs Joe Clark ... Battling Ortega ... (promoter Billy Meek) ... NOTE: Billy McMahon was the manager of the masked man.
Los Angeles, CA: March 10, 1916
(Los Angeles Athletic Club) ... Frank Gotch beat William Demetral (2-0) ... (referee-Dan McLeod) ... Tony Ball drew with Sam Clapham (15:00) ... Jack White beat Jim Chaparalis ... Bill Huber beat Harry Wilson ... Earl Daggett beat Clark Connor (6:00, dec.) ... John Hummerick beat Otto Linnes (dec.) ... NOTE: Gotch won falls in 39:00 and 18:37 before a sell out crowd. After the match both wrestlers used the same shower.
Butte, MT: March 23, 1916
Joe Stecher beat William Demetral (2-0)
San Diego, CA: March 26, 1916
Ad Santel beat Jack White (24:00) ... Ad Santel beat Herman Stroh (24:00)
Los Angeles, CA: April 8, 1916
(Shrine Auditorium) ... Ad Santel vs Taro Miyaki
Los Angeles, CA: April 19, 1916
(Angelus Athletic Club) ... Gus Kaveres beat Masked Marvel (unmasked as Herman Stroh) (1-0, utc) ... (referee-Dan McLeod) ... Tony Ball beat some “Terrible Turk” (2-0) ... NOTE: Kaveres is said to be 25 years old and wrestling for eight years. He also claimed to be the son of Greek George, who weighted 240 pounds and was known as the “Eugene Sandow of Europe.”
Los Angeles, CA: April 27, 1916
(Angelus Athletic Club) ... Gus Kaveres beat George Costello (2-0) ... plus boxing matches ... NOTE: Women were barred from the match. Costello was a large pot-bellied party with a mean disposition, and a tattooed American flag festooning his manly bosom. Both weighed 240 pounds. Kaveres wrestled in bare weight.
Baltimore, MD: April 28, 1916
Joe Stecher beat Americus (2-0) ... (Att.-8,000)
Vernon, CA: April 30, 1916 (Sunday)
(Jack Doyle’s Athletic Club) ... (jiu-jitsu) Taro Miyaki beat Jack White (2-0)
Venice, CA: May 5, 1916
(Venice Auditorium) ... Gus Kaveres beat George Costello (2-0) ... NOTE: Kaveres wore shoes for this match with Costello billed as the “roughest man in America.”
Pasadena, CA: May 10, 1916
(Green Street Athletic Club) ... (Handicap) Gus Kaveres beat Hassam, the Turk (2:35), Jack Cannon (8:00) and Tony Ball (18:30) ... plus boxing under card Vernon, CA: May 13, 1916
(Jack Doyle’s Athletic Club) ... (Handicap) Jack White F.T.T. Taro Miyaki (3 falls in 60:00) (White hurt his arm in falling from the ring. He could only use one arm when wrestling started again, after a rest period.
Los Angeles, CA: May 18, 1916
(Homestead Social and Athletic Club) ... Gus Kaveres vs Bill Jenkins (15:00) ... Lorenz Christiansen drew with Tony Ball (15:00) ... plus boxing on benefit card for police widows ... (result found 5-24)
Venice, CA: May 20, 1916
(Shaw’s old Pavilion) ... Gus Kaveres vs Lorenz Christiansen ... (first card for promoter Harry Burns)
Venice, CA: May 25, 1916
Gus Kaveres vs Jack White
Los Angeles, CA: May 26, 1916
(Knickerbocker Athletic Club) ... Tony Ball vs Lorenz Christiansen
Venice, CA: June 3, 1916 (Venice Athletic Club) ... Tony Ball vs Baldy Johnson ... Augustus Sepp vs Bill Jenkins Los Angeles, CA: June 9, 1916
(Angelus Athletic Club) ... Taro Miyaki vs Masked Marvel of San Diego
Pasadena, CA: June 9, 1916
(Pasadena Athletic Club) ... Tony Ball vs Augustus Sepp ... (date possibly changed)
Venice, CA: June 10, 1916 August Sepp vs 3 men
Pasadena, CA: June 14, 1916
(Pasadena Athletic Club) ... Tony Ball vs Augustus Sepp (for Pacific Coast light heavyweight title) ... plus amateur boxing bouts
Venice, CA: June 17, 1916
(Venice Athletic Club) ... (Handicap) Big Bill Jenkins vs Tony Ball ... Augustus Sepp vs C. A. Daniels (who stood him off last week for 15 minutes and almost threw him)
Los Angeles, CA: June 20, 1916
(Walker’s Theater) ... (toe hold barred) Tony Ajax drew with Tony Ball (60:00, 1-1) ... (referee-Dan McLeod) ... NOTE: The bout was a rematch of one several months ago won by Ajax. Ball leaves for the east after the contest. Actor Francis X. Bushman was no longer was associated with Tony Ball. Grace Mayfield, the Amazon woman, six feet tall,challenged promoter Harry Burns to a match.
Los Angeles, CA: June 21, 1916
(T. M. A. Hall) ... (jiu-jitsu) Taro Miyaki beat Young (Charles) Hackenschmidt (1-0, utc) ... (referee-Eddie Robinson) ... (jiu-jitsu) Young Nedo drew with Jack Watson (2 rounds) ... (jiu-jitsu) Iguchi beat O’Neil (likely 2 boys)
Venice, CA: June 24, 1916
(Harry Burns’ Gymnasium) ... Tony Ajax vs Albert Bevan ... Augustus Sepp beat Baldy Johnson (25:00) ... (referee-Grace Mayfield)
Vernon, CA: June 27, 1916
(Jack Doyle’s Athletic Club) ... (Battle of the sexes) Grace Mayfield beat Burton Herrick (2-0) ... plus boxing card ... NOTE: Grace Mayfield was 25 years of ago and born in Glasgow, Scotland. She was a pupil of Eugene Sandow. Six years ago she went to London to wrestle at the Hippodrome. Later with six other women wrestlers she came to the United States and entered a tournament in Hammerstein’s roof garden. The other women returned to Europe, but Grace Mayfield remained to do Hercules stunts and wrestles. Fall times were 8:05 and 4:15. The bout seemed more of a comedy affair.
Venice, CA: June 30, 1916
(Boxing) Bobby Moore vs Billy Burke ... Tony Ajax vs Augustus Sepp ... plus more boxing bouts Venice, CA: July 7, 1916
(Venice Auditorium) ... Tony Ajax vs C. A. Daniels ... (referee-Charley Cutler) ... Grace Mayfield vs unnamed opponent ... Bill Jenkins vs Jack White ... Frank Brown vs B. G. Turner ... Jack Horrell vs William Perrain
Pasadena, CA: July 12, 1916
(Pasadena Athletic Club) ... Augustus Sepp vs Elmer Grosse ... plus 4 under card boxing bouts ... (promoter-Harry Burns)
Vernon, CA: July 18, 1916
(Jack Doyle’s Athletic Club) ... Charley Cutler vs Elmer Grosse ... plus boxing
Los Angeles, CA: October 16, 1916
(Sells-Floto Circus) ... Yussiff Hussane vs Mike Merritt ... (Boxing) Jesse Willard vs Alfred Monahan (his trainer)
Los Angeles, CA: December 22, 1916
(Los Angeles Athletic Club) ... Ed (Strangler) Lewis beat Nick Daviscourt (2-0) ... (George Towle manager of amusements at the club) ... NOTE: There was no report of the match the next day. Later papers said that Lewis won two falls. JMK has Lewis winning in 33:38 and 21:09 to take the two falls.
