San Francisco Wrestling Results

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, January 6, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Ray Eckert b. Tom Rice (2/3) … Vic Holbrook b. Joe Bennicasa (12:59)
… Dean Detton b. Tiny Porter (13:37) (stepover toehold) … Flash Gordon and Frank
Jares drew (20:00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz) … (referee: Jack Wagner)
Notes: First San Francisco show of the year. Tom Rice was reportedly undefeated since
his return from Australia. Holbrook was using headlocks taught to him by Ed “Strangler”
Lewis. Porter from Seattle was making his local debut.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, January 13, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Ray Eckert b. Bill Hanson to capture the Pacific Coast Heavyweight
Title (2/3) (Eckert won the first fall by DQ) … Flash Gordon and Vic Holbrook b. Frank
Jares and Mayes McLain (2/3) … Kay Bell and Howard Cantonwine drew … (promoter: Joe
Malcewicz) … (referee: Joe Gardenfield)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, January 20, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion Ray Eckert b. Kay Bell (2-0) …
Howard Cantonwine and Frank Jares wrestled Flash Gordon and (?) to a draw (1-1) … Dr.
Len Hall b. Johnny Sepada (16:14) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)
Note: Gordon’s partner may have been Vic Holbrook.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, January 27, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Dean Detton and Bill Hanson b. Fred Atkins and Ray Eckert (1-0) (60:
00) (Hanson pinned Eckert with bulldog headlock) … Dr. Len Hall b. Joe Hall (2-0) … Vic
Holbrook and Tom Rice drew (20:00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, February 3, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion Ray Eckert and Bill Hanson drew
(60:00) (1-1) … Dr. Len Hall b. Flash Gordon (19:44) … Frank Jares b. Vic Holbrook (DQ)
(10:05) … Kay Bell and Howard Cantonwine drew (20:00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz) …
(referee: Jack Wagner)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, February 10, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Fred Atkins and Frank Jares b. Flash Gordon and Johnny Sepada (2-
0) … Dr. Len Hall b. Kay Bell (2-0) … Vic Holbrook and Juan Humberto drew (20:00) …
(promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, February 17, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Dean Detton and Bill Hanson b. Fred Atkins and Frank Jares (2/3) …
Juan Humberto b. Jim Casey (1-0) (60:00) … Flash Gordon and Mayes McLain drew (20:
00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz) … (referee: Jack Wagner)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, February 24, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Bill Hanson b. Ray Eckert to capture the Pacific Coast Heavyweight
Title (2-0) (both falls by DQ in 30:52 and 8:40) … Jim Casey and Dr. Len Hall drew (30:00)
… Fred Atkins b. Slim Zimbelman (6:48) … Howard Cantonwine and Vic Holbrook drew (20:
00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, March 2, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Dr. Len Hall b. Juan Humberto (2/3) (referee: Ed Lewis) … Jim Casey
and Ray Eckert drew (30:00) … Vic Holbrook b. Mayes McLain (13:12) … Howard
Cantonwine b. Jack Manuel (6:26) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, March 9, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Ray Eckert and Dr. Len Hall were both counted out in the third fall (1-1)
(referee: Ed Lewis) … Vic Holbrook b. Joe Pazandak (19:02) (crucifix hold) … Jim Casey b.
Frank Jares (10:55) … Fred Atkins b. Flash Gordon (20:34) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)
Note: The San Francisco Chronicle stated that Pazandak was “making his first appearance
on the Pacific Coast.”

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, March 16, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Jim Casey b. “Dutch” Hefner (2/3) … Fred Atkins and Ray Eckert
wrestled Flash Gordon and Vic Holbrook to a draw … Frank Jares and Joe Pazandak drew
(30:00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, March 23, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Fred Atkins and Ray Eckert b. Flash Gordon and Vic Holbrook (2/3) …
Dr. Len Hall and Frank Jares drew (30:00) … Jim Casey b. Juan Humberto (3:46) …
(promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, March 30, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Fred Atkins and Ray Eckert b. Jim Casey and Sandor Szabo (2/3) …
Dr. Len Hall b. Howard Cantonwine (25:15) … Vic Holbrook b. Mayes McLain (countout)
(18:21) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)
Note: Atkins and Eckert were “undefeated in Australian tag team wrestling.”

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, April 6, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Fred Atkins and Ray Eckert wrestled Jim Casey and Sandor Szabo to a
draw (1-1) (60:00) … Juan Humberto b. Gino Vagnone (1-0) (45:00) … Angelo Cistoldi and
Flash Gordon drew (30:00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, April 13, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Fred Atkins and Sandor Szabo drew (60:00) (1-1) … Jim Casey b.
Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion Ray Eckert (33:55) (non-title bout) (Irish whip) … Dr.
Len Hall b. Vic Holbrook (19:26) … Flash Gordon b. Frank Jares (10:42) … (promoter: Joe
Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, April 20, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion Ray Eckert b. Jim Casey (1-0) (60:
00) … Bill Hanson b. Juan Humberto (15:16) (countout) … Dean Detton and Dr. Len Hall
drew when Hall was thrown from the ring and suffered a “severe” cut to his leg and was
unable to continue (5:32) … Flash Gordon b. Joe Bennicasa (7:56) … (promoter: Joe
Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, April 27, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Sandor Szabo b. Fred Atkins (2/3) (Atkins was unable to continue for
the third fall) … Bill Hanson b. Brother Jonathan (11:56) (bulldog headlock) … Angelo
Cistoldi and Dr. Len Hall wrestled Flash Gordon and Terry Lee to a draw (45:00) …
(promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, May 4, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion Ray Eckert b. Sandor Szabo (2-0)
(second fall by DQ) … Jim Casey b. Mike Browning (14:16) (Irish whip) … Dean Detton b.
Dr. Len Hall (DQ) (13:19) … Angelo Cistoldi and Terry Lee drew … (promoter: Joe
Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, May 11, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion Ray Eckert and Sandor Szabo
drew (1-1) (60:00) … Fred Atkins and Jim Casey drew (30:00) … Dr. Len Hall b. Ken
Kenneth (13:09) … Flash Gordon b. Pat Fraley (19:53) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, May 18, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Fred Atkins and Ray Eckert b. Jim Casey and Flash Gordon (1-0) (60:
00) (Atkins pinned Gordon at the 39:07 mark) … Dr. Len Hall b. Terry Lee (2-0) … Angelo
Cistoldi b. Brother Jonathan (15:16) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, May 25, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Dr. Len Hall b. Ray Eckert to capture the Pacific Coast Heavyweight
Title (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … Jim Casey b. Fred Atkins (DQ) (11:51) … Flash Gordon b.
Angelo Cistoldi (16:05) … Francisco Palacio b. Mayes McLain (5:12) … (promoter: Joe
Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, June 1, 1948
(Civic Auditorium) … Gorgeous George b. Flash Gordon (2-0) (13:26) (9:55) … Pacific
Coast Heavyweight Champion Dr. Len Hall and Tug Carlson drew (30:00) … Bobby Bruns
b. Juan Humberto (23:46) … Bill Hanson and Francisco Palacio drew (20:00) … (promoter:
Joe Malcewicz) … (gate: $8,548)
Notes: Joe Wilmot had a larger-than-normal write up of this show, particularly focusing on
Gorgeous George in the San Francisco Chronicle.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, June 8, 1948
(Civic Auditorium) … Sandor Szabo b. Gorgeous George (Szabo won the second fall by
countout and then the third by DQ) … Bill Hanson b. Juan Humberto (18:13) … Jim Casey
b. Mayes McLain (7:11) … Bobby Bruns b. Angelo Cistoldi (8:29) … (promoter: Joe
Malcewicz) … (referee: Jack Wagner) … (gate: $9,681)
Note: George earned the disqualification in the main event because his valet, Jefferies
was in the ring.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, June 15, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Bobby Bruns and Jim Casey b. Angelo Cistoldi and Juan Humberto
(2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Tug Carlson and Dean Detton drew (45:00) … Francisco Palacio
b. Hindu Singh (11:33) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, June 22, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) …Gorgeous George b. Juan Humberto (2-0) (1st by DQ) (second with a
flying headlock) … Jim Casey and Dean Detton drew (30:00) … Flash Gordon and Mayes
McLain drew (30:00) … Tug Carlson b. Angelo Cistoldi (DQ) (16:46) … (promoter: Joe
Malcewicz) … (referee: Jack Wagner)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, June 29, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Bobby Bruns and Gorgeous George drew (1-1) … Tug Carlson and Bill
Hanson b. Angelo Cistoldi and Juan Humberto (decision) (1-0) (45:00) … Francisco
Palacio and Chet Wallick drew (30:00) (Wallick was a substitute for Jim Casey) …
(promoter: Joe Malcewicz) … (referees: Joe Gardenfield)

*In the Thursday, July 1, 1948 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle, it was reported that
Joe Malcewicz was staging a tournament next Tuesday to determine a contender for the
Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title. Anyone who wanted to participate were to “send their
entries to wrestling headquarters, room 308, Civic Auditorium.”

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, July 6, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Bill Hanson b. Juan Humberto in the finals of a tournament … (first
round) … Juan Humberto b. Flash Gordon … Dean Detton b. Joe Bennicasa (2:09)
(stepover toehold) … Jim Casey b. Tug Carlson … Francisco Palacio b. Bobby Bruns …
Bill Hanson b. Mayes McLain … Brother Jonathan b. Jack Manuel (4:15) … Angelo Cistoldi
b. Chet Wallick … Joe Campbell b. Hindu Singh (2:57) … (second round) … Juan
Humberto b. Jim Casey … Dean Detton b. Francisco Palacio … Bill Hanson b. Brother
Jonathan (12:46) … Angelo Cistoldi b. Joe Campbell (12:09) … (third round) … Juan
Humberto b. Dean Detton (default) … Bill Hanson b. Angelo Cistoldi (DQ) … (promoter:
Joe Malcewicz)
Note: Hanson earned a future match with Pacific Coast champion Dr. Len Hall.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, July 13, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion Dr. Len Hall b. Bill Hanson (2/3)
… Bobby Bruns b. Juan Humberto (15:06) … Frederich Von Schacht b. Flash Gordon (10:
26) … Felix Miquet and Francisco Palacio drew (20:00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, July 20, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Gorgeous George b. Bobby Bruns (2/3) … Angelo Cistoldi and
Frederich Von Schacht wrestled Tug Carlson and Felix Miquet to a draw (30:00) … Dean
Detton b. Mayes McLain (2-0) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

*The Wednesday, July 21, 1948 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle reported that there
was a change to an upcoming boxing show arranged by matchmaker Benny Ford of the
DAV at the Civic Auditorium. Pat Valentino was pulling out of his bout with Freddie
Beshore because of injury. In the other half of his main event, Ford planned to pit Jack
Warren against Ray Stevens.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, July 27, 1948
(Civic Auditorium) … Bobby Bruns and Dean Detton b. Gorgeous George and Jeffries (2-0)
… Frederich Von Schacht b. Sam Menacker (17:42) (Menacker was a substitute for Jim
Casey, who was sick) … The Red Phantom b. Angelo Cistoldi (6:01) … (promoter: Joe
Malcewicz) … (4,500 fans)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, August 3, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … The Red Phantom and Frederich Von Schacht b. Tug Carlson and Jim
Casey (2/3) … Bobby Bruns b. Francisco Palacio (30:40) … Juan Humberto and Miguel
Torres drew (30:00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, August 10, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Frederich Von Schacht b. Jim Casey (2/3) … Bobby Bruns and The
Red Phantom drew (30:00) … Francisco Palacio and Miguel Torres drew (30:00) … Felix
Miquet b. Juan Humberto (8:05) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, August 17, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Frederich Von Schacht b. Sandor Szabo (1-0) (60:00) … Jim Casey
and Dean Detton drew (30:00) … Felix Miquet b. Francisco Palacio (17:09) … Miguel
Torres b. Mayes McLain (7:22) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, August 24, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Bobby Bruns and The Red Phantom drew (1-1) (60:00) … Jim Casey
and Dr. Len Hall drew (30:00) … Bill Hanson b. Mayes McLain (8:49) … Felix Miquet b. Tug
Carlson (14:09) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, August 31, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … The Red Phanton and Frederich Von Schacht b. Bobby Bruns and
Dean Detton (1-0) (60:00) … Jim Casey and Bill Hanson drew (45:00) (1-1) … Francisco
Palacio b. Tug Carlson (17:42) (crab hold) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, September 7, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Bobby Bruns b. Frederich Von Schacht (2-0) (both falls by DQ) … Dr.
Len Hall and The Red Phantom wrestled Jim Casey and Miguel Torres to a draw (45:00)
(no falls) … Felix Miquet b. Joe Bennicasa (1:49) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz) …
(referee: Joe Gardenfield)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, September 14, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Bobby Bruns vs. Frederich Von Schacht (2/3) … Dr. Len Hall vs. Felix
Miquet … Jim Casey vs. Francisco Palacio … Brother Jonathan vs. Miguel Torres …
(promoter: Joe Malcewicz)
Note: Hall was the Pacific Coast Heavyweight champion and his championship wasn’t on
the line because the bout wasn’t at least one hour in length.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, September 21, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Bobby Bruns and Bill Hanson b. Dr. Len Hall and Frederich Von
Schacht (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … The Red Phantom b. Francisco Palacio (2/3) … Kay Bell
and Jim Casey drew (30:00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, September 28, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Bronko Nagurski b. Bobby Bruns (2-0) (first fall by countout) … Dr. Len
Hall and Tommy O’Toole drew (30:00) … Jim Casey and Miguel Torres drew (20:00) …
The Red Phantom b. Bill Hanson (countout) (14:27) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, October 5, 1948
(Civic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Frank Sexton b. Bronko Nagurski (2/3)
(third fall by DQ) … Frederich Von Schacht b. Gene Bowman (19:35) … The Red Phantom
b. Hank Metheny (13:49) … Tommy O’Toole and Miguel Torres drew (30:00) … (promoter:
Joe Malcewicz) … (referee: Joe Gardenfield)
Notes: Nagurski reportedly beat Dr. Len Hall in Oakland “last week” for the Pacific Coast
Title. Sexton was said to be the “National Wrestling Association” champion.

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, October 12, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … World Heavyweight Champion Frank Sexton b. Dean Detton (2/3) (third
fall by DQ) … Sandor Szabo b. Tommy O’Toole (DQ) (14:27) … Felix Miquet and The Red
Phantom drew (30:00) … Frederich Von Schacht b. Joe Campbell (5:40) … (promoter: Joe
Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, October 19, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … World Heavyweight Champion Frank Sexton and Bronko Nagurski drew
(1-1) (Nagurski won the first fall in 34:18 and Sexton took the second with a stepover
toehold in 11:21) … Sandor Szabo b. Johnny Sepada (7:49) (giant swing) … Jim Casey b.
Joaquin Murietta (11:47) … Dave Levin and Tommy O’Toole drew (30:00) … (promoter:
Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, October 26, 1948
(Civic Auditorium) … Bronko Nagurski and Sandor Szabo b. The Red Phantom and
Frederich Von Schacht (1-0) (60:00) … Jim Casey b. Miguel Torres (2/3) … Dave Levin b.
Brother Jonathan (20:04) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, November 2, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … The Red Phantom b. Bronko Nagurski (2/3) … Felix Miquet b. Gene
Bowman (10:21) … Jim Casey and Frederich Von Schacht drew (30:00) … Dave Levin and
Johnny Sepada drew (20:00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, November 9, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion Sandor Szabo b. Felix Miquet
(2/3) (third fall by countout) (Miquet suffered an injured back and was unable to continue)
… Jim Casey and Tommy O’Toole drew (30:00) … Dean Detton b. Johnny Sepada (12:38)
… Dave Levin and Miguel Torres drew (20:00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, November 16, 1948
(Civic Auditorium) … Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion Sandor Szabo and The Red
Phantom drew (60:00) (no falls) … Dave Levin and Frederich Von Schacht drew (30:00) …
Tommy O’Toole b. Miguel Torres (19:32) … Jim Casey b. Al Stockdale (6:20) …
(promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, November 23, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … The Red Phantom and FrederichVon Schacht b. Jim Casey and Sandor
Szabo (2/3) … Tommy O’Toole b. Dave Levin (2/3) … Pat Fraley and Felix Miquet drew (30:
00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, November 30, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Frederich Von Schacht b. Jim Casey (2/3) … Tommy O’Toole b. Pat
Fraley (2/3) … Dean Detton and Felix Miquet drew (45:00) … Johnny Sepada and Miguel
Torres drew (30:00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, December 7, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Frederich Von Schacht b. Tommy O’Toole (2/3) … Felix Miquet and
The Red Phantom drew (30:00) … Dean Detton b. Pat Fraley (13:39) (stepover toehold)
… Joaquin Murietta and Miguel Torres drew (20:00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, December 14, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion Sandor Szabo b. Frederich Von
Schacht (2/3) (third by countout) … Pat Fraley and The Red Phantom drew (30:00) …
Dean Detton and Tommy O’Toole were both counted out (9:08) … Felix Miquet b. Miguel
Torres … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz) … (referee: Joe Gardenfield)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, December 21, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … The Red Phantom and Frederich Von Schacht b. Dean Detton and
Sandor Szabo (2/3) … Felix Miquet b. “Box Car” Zimbelman (2-0) … Pat Fraley and Tommy
O’Toole drew (30:00) … (promoter: Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California: Tuesday, December 28, 1948
(Coliseum Bowl) … Dean Detton b. Frederich Von Schacht (2-0) (1st by DQ and 2nd with a
stepover toehold) … Felix Miquet and Miguel Torres b. Pat Fraley and The Red Phantom
(1-0) … Tommy O’Toole b. Jack Armstrong (20:08) (airplane spin) … (promoter: Joe
Malcewicz)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
October 29, 2010

San Francisco Wrestling Results - 1948