San Francisco Wrestling Results

San Francisco, California: Thursday, January 3, 1935
(Exposition Auditorium) … Hugh Nichols b. George Sauer (2/3) … Ken Hollis b. Al Stecher
(20:00) … Red Lyons and Bobby Roberts drew … Tiger Tsakoff b. Frankie Hill (22:00) …
Joe Manning b. Joe Padia (6:00)
Note: Hollis was from New Orleans. George Sauer was called “George Sauer Steele” and
“George Steele” by the San Francisco Chronicle, “a brother of Ray Steele.” The Exposition
Auditorium was also called the “Civic Auditorium.”

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, January 8, 1935
(Dreamland Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Joe Malcewicz (1-
0) (match was halted at the California state curfew, 12:15 a.m.) (Londos won the only fall in
1:20:00) (match went another 30:00 before being called) … Casey Kazanjian b. Cy
Williams (DQ) (Williams kicked the referee) (24:00) … Dean Detton and Pat Fraley drew
(30:00) … Angelo Cistoldi b. Jerry Monohan (13:30) … Benny Ginsberg and Doug Wycoff
drew … (promoter: Jack Ganson) ... (referee: Joe Gardenfield) … (sponsored by: San
Francisco Press Club) … (7,000 fans) … (gate: $6,100)
Notes: The newspaper said it was Malcewicz’s fourth bid for the world title. Doug Wycoff
was a “former Georgia Tech All-American.” Londos was called a “former San Francisco
busboy.” Malcewicz wore no wrestling boots or shoes.

San Francisco, California: Thursday, January 10, 1935
(Exposition Auditorium) … Jack Domar vs. Lord Landsdowne Finnington … Ken Hollis vs.
Red Lyons … Doug Parks vs. Bobby Roberts … Al Stecher vs. “Tiger” Steve Tsakoff …
Frankie Hill vs. Frankie Peck
Notes: Lord Landsdowne Finnington was said to be from Barrington, England. He used an
“Australian whip grip,” and was called an innovator of new holds. Domar was from Houston.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, July 2, 1935
(Dreamland Auditorium) … Man Mountain Dean b. Ivan Managoff (1-0) (13:13) (Managoff
attempted to do an aprplane spin on Dean, but collapsed under the weight and was unable
to continue) … Ernie Dusek b. Vic Christy (2/3) … Kiman Kudo b. Rudy Westcoatt (9:00) …
Wee Willie Davis b. Bob “Rebel” Russell … Count de Collelmo b. Joe Malcewicz (countout)
… (promoter: Jack Ganson) … (referee: Joe Gardenfield)

San Francisco, California: Friday, July 5, 1935
(Civic Auditorium) … Stacy Hall b. Lord Lansdowne (2/3) … Sheik MarAllah b. Bill Hassan
(16:00) … Frankie Peck b. Al Stecker (19:00) … Bob Montgomery b. Tug Wilson (14:00) …
Dave Reynolds b. Paddy Nolan (9:00) … (promoter: Frank Schuler)
Note: The winner of the Lansdowne-Hall bout was going to wrestle Jack Reynolds for the
welterweight championship.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, July 9, 1935
(Dreamland Auditorium) … Vincent Lopez b. Ed “Strangler” Lewis (2/3) (flying tackles) …
Vic Christy b. Wee Willie Davis (11:00) (Vic received help from his brother Ted) … Ernie
Dusek b. Pat Fraley (19:00) … Count de Collelmo b. Bob Russell (13:00) … Kimon Kudo b.
Fred Carone (10:00) … (promoter: Jack Ganson) … (referee: Joe Gardenfield) … (6,000
fans)
Notes: The winner of Lopez-Lewis was said to possibly wrestle Danno O’Mahoney for the
world title in the near future. Russell was from Boston. Also accompanying Vic was “Mrs.
Vic Christy, the former Jane Wilson, who married Vic only two days ago. A pretty blonde,
she lend moral support to the battle,” according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

San Francisco, California: Thursday, July 11, 1935
(Civic Auditorium) … World Welterweight Champion Jack Reynolds b. Stacy Hall (2/3) …
Red Lyons b. Frankie Peck (decision) … Al Karasick b. Louie Miller (12:00) … Dave
Reynolds b. Joe Kirk … Wildcat McCann b. Stanley Beels (38 seconds) … (promoter:
Frank Schuler) … (referee: John Kallos)
Note: This show inaugurated a new rule requiring decisions in every match.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, July 16, 1935
(Dreamland Auditorium) … Ted Christy b. Wee Willie Davis (Davis initially won the match
but continued the fight after the bout and was DQ’d) … Ernie Dusek b. Vic Christy (32:00)
… Kiman Kudo b. Doug Wycoff (12:00) … Matros Kirilenko and Joe Malcewicz drew (30:00)
… Count de Collelmo b. Nick Lutze (36:00) … (promoter: Jack Ganson) … (referee: Joe
Gardenfield)
Note: Davis was fined $25 for his actions.

San Francisco, California: Thursday, July 18, 1935
(Civic Auditorium) … Lord Lansdowne b. Sheik MarAllah (2/3) … Jerry Markus b. Bulldog
Jackson (DQ) (9:00) … Dave Reynolds b. Ernie Arthur (14:00) … Wildcat McCann b. Tinny
Simmons (28:00) … Billy Hassan b. Pierre LaBelle (17:00) … Silent Banks b. Stanley Beels
(6:00) … (promoter: Frank Schuler) … (referee: John Kallos)
Notes: Banks was “wrestling’s deaf and dumb exponent.” When he returned to the
dressing room, Sheik MarAllah found that someone stole his clothes.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, July 23, 1935
(Dreamland Auditorium) … Wee Willie Davis b. Ernie Dusek (DQ) (Dusek threw the referee
from the ring, and then had his opponent pinned, but the official DQ’d him) … Count de
Collelmo b. Ted “King Kong” Cox (11:00) … Sandor Szabo b. Ivan Managoff (15:00) … Joe
Malcewicz b. Joe Kujot (13:00) … Matros Kirilenko b. Marin Plestina (DQ) (40 seconds)
(Plestina used “overly-brutal tactics”) … (promoter: Jack Ganson) … (referee: Joe
Gardenfield)
Note: Plestina was called the “old trust buster.”

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, July 30, 1935
(Dreamland Auditorium) … Count de Collelmo and Wee Willie Davis wrestled to a no
contest (18:00) … Chief Little Wolf b. Cy Williams (17:00) … Sandor Szabo b. Bob Russell
(18:00) … George Zaharias b. Bill Longson (17:00) … Kimon Kudo and Joe Malcewicz
drew (1-1) (Kudo won the first fall under jiu-jitsu rules and Malcewicz won the second in the
catch style) … (promoter: Jack Ganson) … (referee: Joe Gardenfield)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, November 5, 1935
(Dreamland Auditorium) … Italian Wrestling Tournament for the Italian Heavyweight Title …
(scheduled matches) … George Calza vs. Len Macaluso … “Count” Hugo de Collelmo vs.
Gino Garibaldi … Alphonse Bisignano vs. Fred Carone … Joe DeVito vs. Tony Felice …
Louis Bacigalupi vs. Joe Rossi … (five wrestlers were no shows) … George Calza b. Len
Macaluso (35:00) … Gino Garibaldi b. Hugo de Collelmo (25:00) … Alphonse Bisignano b.
Dom Chircho (5:00) … Bill Hollihan and Joe Malcewicz drew (30:00) … Blue Sun Jennings
b. Harry Jacobs (DQ) … (promoter: Jack Ganson)
Notes: The San Francisco Chronicle stated that Al Bisignano “won the 1934 All-European
title at Graeco-Roman.” The Unione Sportiva Athletic Club of North Beach was going to
stage a parade for the wrestlers the evening of November 5, featuring two bands. The
paper said “the tourney has been sponsored by the U.S.I. building fund committee, Mayor
Angelo J. Rossi and Consul General Guiseppi Renzetti.” Election results would be read
from the ring, the paper said. The winner of the tournament would receive the diamond
studded belt and a $5,000 purse. This was said to be Len Macaluso’s first defeat on the
West Coast.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, November 12, 1935
(Dreamland Auditorium) … Second Round of the Italian Wrestling Tournament … Gino
Garibaldi b. “Count” Hugo de Collelmo (36:00) … Len Macaluso b. Tony Felice (27:00)
(Macaluso used three flying tackles) … George Calza b. Joe Rossi (12:00) … Fred Carone
b. Dominick Chirco (8:00) … Cy Williams b. Everett Kibbons (15:00) (Kibbons was a
substitute for Bill Hollihan) … (promoter: Jack Ganson)

San Francisco, California: Thursday, November 14, 1935
(Civic Auditorium) … The Mysterious Mr. X vs. Sheik Ben Ali Mar-Allah (2/3) … Frankie
Peck vs. Shinuchi Shikuma … Dr. Barney Cosneck vs. Red Lyons … Dick Craddock vs.
Tiger Tsakoff … Billy Hassan vs. Dave Reynolds … (promoter: Frank Schuler)

*An article in the Tuesday, November 19, 1935 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle
stated that Joe Malcewicz was going to take “charge as director of wrestlers” at the
Dreamland Auditorium, replacing Jack Ganson, who was retiring. Phil S. Ehrlich, president
of the Dreamland, “yesterday” agreed to let Malcewicz take over operations. Ganson had
succeeded Fedderson and Ad Santel “because Paul Bowser indicated that was his desire.
Now Bowser wanted another change made, and that suits Dreamland, which is chiefly
concerned with getting rent for the arena every week. Bowser, generally referred to as the
head of the wrestling syndicate, checked out of his hotel yesterday, but Toots Mondt
remained over, evidently wanting to make sure all signatures are on the new contract.
When Jack Curley was in San Francisco last summer, it was reported he wanted to make a
switch from Ganson to some other promoter. However, word came that Bowser was strong
for Ganson and held him in the job. Since then, there has evidently been a change of
sentiment.” The Dreamland held the wrestling permit.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, November 26, 1935
(Dreamland Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Vincent Lopez and Joe Savoldi
drew (60:00) (no falls) … Gino Garibaldi b. Paul Boesch (32:00) … George Calza b. Tony
Felice (6:00) … Bill Hollihan b. Vic Hills (15:00) … Stanley Pinto b. Nick Bouskos (7
seconds) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz) … (referee: Joe Gardenfield)
Notes: It was announced before the show that Malcewicz was actually lowering ticket
prices. Boesch was billed as a newcomer.

San Francisco, California: Thursday, November 28, 1935
(Exposition Auditorium) … Dr. Barney Cosneck b. Dude Chick (2/3) … Tsutao Higami and
Mysterious Mr. X drew (30:00) … Ted Christy b. Shinuchi Shikuma (12:00) … Dave
Reynolds b. (?) (may have been Gordon Arquette) … Joe Manning b. (?) (DQ) (may have
been Billy Hassan) … Buzz Reynolds and Basanta Singh drew (15:00) … (promoter: Frank
Schuler)
Notes: The San Francisco Chronicle said that “Cowboy” Dude Chick “was one of the first
light heavyweight wrestlers to win popularity with San Francisco fans.” Shikuma was said to
be a “giant” Japanese heavyweight.

Research by Tim Hornbaker
August 22, 2007

San Francisco Results - 1935