St. Joseph, Missouri: January 1, 1943 Orville Brown beat Tom Zaharias ... Ronnie Etchison beat Bad Boy Brown ... Ras Samara beat Jay Steele ... Mel Peters drew Frank Frogge St. Joseph, Missouri: January 8, 1943 Orville Brown beat Ronnie Etchison ... Ras Samara beat Jack Conley ... Bad Boy Brown beat Jay Steele ... Frank Frogge drew Prospector Pete St. Joseph, Missouri: January 15, 1943 (Ladies tournament) Betty Weston beat Elviry Snodgrass ... Gladys Gillem beat Mae Young ... Betty Weston beat Gladys Gillem ... Emir Badui and Bad Boy Brown beat Jay Steele and Jack Dillon ... (Att.-3,700) ... (Elmer Snodgrass refereed the 2 ladies bouts not with his wife) St. Joseph, Missouri: January 22, 1943 (LWTM) Mildred Burke* beat Betty Weston ... Wild Red Berry* drew Prospector Pete (likely non title) ... (ladies) Mae Young beat Gladys Gillem ... Jack Dillon beat Elmer Snodgrass St. Joseph, Missouri: January 29, 1943 (Ladies) Elviry Snodgrass beat Mae Young ... Everett Kibbons beat Cowboy Luttrall ... Ras Samara drew Babe Zaharias ... Bad Boy Brown beat Jack Dillon St. Joseph, Missouri: February 5, 1943 (WJTM) Wild Red Berry* beat Prospector Pete ... Ronnie Etchison drew Babe Zaharias ... Jim Coffield beat Bad Boy Brown ... Jack Hader beat Jack Nasworthy St. Joseph, Missouri: February 12, 1943 (WTM) (NWAssoc.) Bobby Managoff* beat Orville Brown ... Ronnie Etchison beat Babe Zaharias ... (Handicap match) Cowboy Luttrall beat Bad Boy Brown and Jack Dillon (defeated both wrestlers) ... Frank Frogge drew Prospector Pete St. Joseph, Missouri: February 19, 1943 Ronnie Etchison beat Cowboy Luttrall ... Orville Brown drew Babe Zaharias ... Tom Zaharias beat Bad Boy Brown ... Jim Coffield beat Frank Frogge St. Joseph, Missouri: February 26, 1943 Bobby Managoff beat Joe Dusek ... Ronnie Etchison drew Orville Brown ... Tom Zaharias beat Cowboy Luttrall (dq) ... Babe Zaharias beat Bad Boy Brown (cor when he left the ring and wouldn’t return) St. Joseph, Missouri: March 5, 1943 Orville Brown beat Babe Zaharias ... Ronnie Etchison beat Wild Red Berry* (non title) ... Johnny Swenski beat Monty LaDue ... Everett Gibbons drew Jack Hader St. Joseph, Missouri: March 12, 1943 Ronnie Etchison beat Babe Zaharias ... Wild Red Berry* drew Johnny Swenski (likely non title) ... Joe Dusek beat Everett Kibbons ... Mel Peters drew Pierre LaBelle St. Joseph, Missouri: March 19, 1943 Swedish Angel beat Babe Zaharias ... Orville Brown beat Lee Wyckoff (dq) ... Bad Boy Brown and Jack Hader beat Everett Kibbons and Jack Nasworthy St. Joseph, Missouri: March 26, 1943 No Wrestling St. Joseph, Missouri: April 2, 1943 Orville Brown beat Lee Wyckoff ... Sailor Fred Blassie beat Wild Red Berry* (dq) (non title) ... Al Getz and Mike Ryan drew Carlos Rodriquez and Jack Nasworthy St. Joseph, Missouri: April 9, 1943 (WTM) (NWAssoc.) Wild Bill Longson* beat Ronnie Etchison ... Vic Holbrook beat Jack Hader ... Sailor Fred Blassie beat Carlos Rodriquez ... Cowboy Luttrall drew Jack Nasworthy St. Joseph, Missouri: April 16, 1943 Orville Brown beat Abe (King Kong) Kashey ... Jimmy Coffield drew Ronnie Etchison ... Sailor Fred Blassie drew Al Getz ... Wild Bill Dusen beat Bad Boy Brown (dq) St. Joseph, Missouri: April 23, 1943 (LWTM) Mildred Burke* beat Mae Young ... (ladies) Purple Flash beat Elviry Snodgrass ... Dorv Roche beat Jack Hader ... Sailor Fred Blassie drew Bad Boy Brown St. Joseph, Missouri: April 30, 1943 (LWTM) Mildred Burke* beat Purple Flash ... (ladies) Gladys Gillem beat Mae Young ... Bill Kuusisto beat Bad Boy Brown ... Al Getz beat Bill Dusen St. Joseph, Missouri: May 7, 1943 (Ladies) Purple Flash beat Gladys Gillem ... (ladies) Rose Evans beat Mae Young ... Dorv Roche beat Cowboy Luttrall ... Bill Kuusisto drew Fred Blassie ... (referee: Bad Boy Brown) St. Joseph, Missouri: May 14, 1943 (WJTM) Wild Red Berry* beat John Swenski ... Orville Brown beat Emir Badui ... Bill Kuusisto drew Cowboy Luttrall St. Joseph, Missouri: May 21, 1943 Orville Brown beat Ronnie Etchison (dq) ... Wild Red Berry* beat Emir Badui (likely non title) ... Al Getz beat Lord Albert Mills ... John Ellis drew Gene Reardon St. Joseph, Missouri: May 28, 1943 (WJTN*) John Swenski beat Wild Red Berry (dq) ... Ronnie Etchison beat Tom Zaharias ... Al Getz beat Blimp Ray ... Joe Alederman drew Gene Reardon Note: John Swenski defeated Wild Red Berry by disqualification on May 28, 1943 in St. Joseph, Missouri to claim the world’s junior heavyweight title. St. Joseph, Missouri: June 4, 1943 (Boxing match) Ronnie Etchison beat Tom Zaharias (ko-4th round) ... Sandor Szabo beat Joe Dusek ... Gene Reardon beat Bad Boy Brown (dq) … NOTE: In earlier bouts Gene Reardon was incorrectly called John or Billy Reardon. St. Joseph, Missouri: June 11, 1943 Ronnie Etchison beat Tom Zaharias ... (Boxing match) Lee Wyckoff beat Cowboy Luttrall (ko-3rd round) ... George Pavich beat Carlos Rodriquez ... Gene Reardon drew Bill Dusen St. Joseph, Missouri: June 18, 1943 (WTM) Jim Londos* beat Ronnie Etchison ... Orville Brown beat Joe Dusek (dq) ... George Pavich beat Al Getz ... Carlos Rodriquez drew Gene Reardon St. Joseph, Missouri: June 25, 1943 Orville Brown beat Ronnie Etchison ... (mud match) Bad Boy Brown beat Carlos Rodriquez ... Tom Zaharias beat George Pavich ... Al Getz drew Ralph Garibaldi ... plus 1 boxing match ... (Att.-2,400) St. Joseph had no cards in July and August 1943. St. Joseph, Missouri: September 17, 1943 Orville Brown (sub) beat Tom Zaharias (dq) ... Orville Brown drew Lee Wyckoff ... Jack Hader and Carlos Rodriquez drew Sergt. Sammy Feeback and Gene Reardon ... (1st card of the fall season) … NOTE: Ronnie Etchison was needed at Ft. Leavenworth Army Center, causing Orville Brown to sub against Tom Zaharias. St. Joseph, Missouri: September 24, 1943 (LWTM) Mildred Burke* beat Elviry Snodgrass ... Ronnie Etchison drew Tom Zaharias ... Sammy Feeback beat Jack Hader (dq) ... Chuck Rothermel beat Carlos Rodriquez ... (referee: Bad Boy Brown) St. Joseph, Missouri: October 1, 1943 (ladies) Mae Young beat Rose Evans ... (ladies) Elviry Snodgrass beat Mae Young (dq) (sub for Gladys Gillem, who suffered a broken leg in Minnesota it was said) ... Ronnie Etchison drew Ras Samara ... Wild Bill Dusen beat Jack Hader St. Joseph, Missouri: October 8, 1943 Swedish Angel beat Dorv Roche ... Orville Brown drew Ronnie Etchison ... Ras Samara beat John Grandovitch (dq) ... Bill Dusen beat Cherry Vallina St. Joseph, Missouri: October 15, 1943 No Wrestling St. Joseph, Missouri: October 22, 1943 Orville Brown beat Vic Holbrook ... Jay (Jerry) Meeker beat Ras Samara (dq) ... Jack Hader beat Jack Nelson ... James Anthony beat Evans Hill (amateur local negro boys) St. Joseph, Missouri: October 29, 1943 Ras Samara beat Jay (Jerry) Meeker ... Jack LaRue beat John Swenski* (non title) ... Albert Martin beat Jack Nelson (dq) St. Joseph, Missouri: November 5, 1943 (Handicap match) Swedish Angel failed to throw Orville Brown (Brown awarded bout) ... Jay Meeker vs Jack LaRue (nc) ... Jack Hader beat John Grandovitch (dq) ... plus 1 boys match St. Joseph, Missouri: November 12, 1943 Orville Brown beat John Grandovitch ... Jack LaRue beat Jay Meeker ... Jack Hader beat Bill Dusen ... plus 1 boys team match St. Joseph, Missouri: November 19, 1943 Orville Brown beat Jack LaRue ... Ras Samara beat Roughhouse Jack Nelson ... Jay (Jerry) Meeker drew Jim Brendel ... Tom McCoy beat Marshall Langford (likely boys) … NOTE: Chief Chewacki refereed the semi-final. His real name as said to be George Mitchell. I think that he was the same guy that boxed as Gypsy Daniels. Back in the 1920s, Gypsy Daniels knocked out Max Schmeling in Germany. It has been said that Chief Chewacki, the wrestler was Daniels. St. Joseph, Missouri: November 26, 1943 (Submissions only match, no pins) Orville Brown beat Jack LaRue (cor) ... Jim Brendel beat Jay Meeker (dq) ... Ras Samara drew Jim Parker ... Marshall Langford drew Everett Ashford (likely 2 boys) St. Joseph, Missouri: December 3, 1943 Ras Samara beat Jack LaRue ... Bad Boy Brown beat Jay Meeker (dq) ... Jim Brendel beat Bill Dusen ... Don Montgomery drew Donald Estes (boys) ... (Att.-3,000) St. Joseph, Missouri: December 10, 1943 Ras Samara beat John Grandovitch ... Jack LaRue beat Jim Brendel ... Wladek Zbyszko beat Chuck Rothermel St. Joseph, Missouri: December 17, 1943 Orville Brown beat Jack LaRue (sub) ... Jack LaRue beat Bad Boy Brown ... Jim Brendel beat Joe Alderman St. Joseph, Missouri: December 24, 1943 No Wrestling St. Joseph, Missouri: December 31, 1943 (WJTM) John Swenski* vs Jim Brendel ... Jack LaRue vs Jay Meeker ... Bill Dusen vs Joe Alderman ... (lady boxers) Cecil Mallory vs Evelyn Beasley ... plus 1 boxing bout Note: The Missouri State Athletic Commission recognized the National Wrestling Association as the governing body. Bobby Managoff and later Wild Bill Longson, who took his belt, were the recognized champions. Over on the Kansas side, the Midwest Wrestling Association had their own world’s champion. When he wrestled in St. Joseph, they downplayed any title, Promoter: Gust Karras Research by Don Luce |
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