St. Louis, Missouri:  January 25, 1927
( ) … John Pesek b. Jim Londos (2/3) (Pesek won the first fall in 1 hour and 27 minutes,
Londos won the second in 1 hour and 47 minutes, Pesek took the third in 49:10) … Paul
Jones b. Rudy Dusek (1:10:30) … (promoter:  Tom Packs) … (9,000 fans)



*According to the St. Louis Daily Globe Democrat on March 27, 1927, Tom Packs said
the following yesterday:  “After the Stecher-Jones match at the Coliseum, I followed the
champion (who won that night) to New York in hopes of getting him to meet Lewis, who, I
had been informed, was willing to talk wrestling business with me despite the fact that I
had not spoken to either the former champion or his shrewd manager, Billy Sandow,
since both were barred from wrestling under my promotion in St. Louis three years back.”
Packs got the deal done after some wrangling, signing Ed Lewis to wrestle John Pesek,
and it was considered a shocker.  The paper said that St. Louis was “rapidly becoming
known as one of the biggest wrestling centers in the United States.”



St. Louis, Missouri:  April 7, 1927
(New Coliseum) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. John Pesek (2/3) (Lewis won the first fall in 1:
03:19, Pesek won the second fall in 29:05, Lewis won the third in 7:51) … Paul Jones b.
Joe Zigmund … Sandy McDougal b. Joe Catilino … (promoter:  Tom Packs) … (9,000
fans) (8,672 paid)
Notes:  Among those reportedly in attendance were Paul Bowser, Ray Fabiani, Ed White,
“Joe Bowman?”

St. Louis, Missouri:  Tuesday, April 26, 1927
(New Coliseum) … Paul Jones vs. Jim Londos (2/3) … Renato Gardini vs. John Patrick
Rooney … Allen Eustace vs. Jack McCarthy
Notes:  Jones trained with Bull Smith and George Tragos at the National Gymnasium.  
Londos worked out with Jack Roller and Frank Nelson.  A flood delayed Londos’ arrival
from Memphis via train.  This show was cancelled after Londos reinjured his ankle in
training on April 25 in St. Louis.


St. Louis, Missouri:  June 9, 1927
(St. Louis University Field) … Jim Londos b. John Pesek (2/3) (Londos won the first fall in
39:58 and the third fall in 5:47, Pesek won the second in 45:54) … George Calza b. Dick
Daviscourt … John Maxos b. Gene LaDoux … (promoter:  Tom Packs) ... (referees:  
Harry Cook, George Tragos, John C. Meyer) ... (timekeeper:  Earl Brady) ... (announcer:  
Joseph G. "Biz" Kenney)













Research by Tim Hornbaker, Steve Yohe
February 16, 2011
St. Louis Wrestling Results - 1927