Toledo Wrestling Results

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, January 2, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Buck Lipscomb vs. “Rowdy” Ray Ryan … The Black Panther vs. Frank
Wolff … Bill Hall vs. Johnny LaRue
Note: Ryan was said to be from San Diego.

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, January 5, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Sergeant “George” Kenaston b. Paul Bozzell to capture the NWA
World Junior Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Bozell won the first fall in 20:00 with a crabhold,
Kenaston won the second in 11:00 and then the third with a rolling leg split and half jack
knife in 9:00) … Johnny Swenski b. Martino Angelo (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Frank
Clemons and Lefty Pacer drew … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: Charley Van
Wormer)
Notes: It was said to be Bozzell’s first title defense. Martino Angelo was said to have
“probably appeared in more local mat shows than any other wrestler in the business.
What is more, mat fans will agree that he never gave them a poor show,” according to the
Toledo Blade. Kenaston was said to be “formerly of the U.S. Marines.”

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, January 9, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Buck Lipscomb vs. Frank Wolff … Matty Matsuti vs. Jerry Nicker …
John Felix vs. Art Perkins … Frank Hiser vs. Heinie Roche
Notes: Nicker was said to be from Hawaii. Hiser and Roche were from Toledo.

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, January 12, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … The Chick Brothers (Bobby and Dude Chick) b. Gil LaCross and
Johnny LaRue (team match) … Frank Wolfe b. Lefty Pacer (2-0) … (promoter: Cliff
Maupin)
Notes: The Toledo Blade on January 12, 1939 stated Dude “Chick is the fourth of the
five men ever to hold the national junior heavyweight title working in this district. Dude
took the title from Al Britt shortly after Britt won it in an elimination tournament some two
years ago. He lost it to Sergeant George Kenaston who brought the belt to Toledo and
promptly lost it to Dan Savich. Dan held it for one week before he dropped it to Paul
Bozell. Bozell lost it to Kenaston in his first title defense.” Dude Chick was arriving from
Little Rock. Frank Wolfe “once acted as policeman for the local wrestling talent by taking
on all the fresh guys in the vicinity.”

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, January 16, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Dude Chick b. Frank Wolfe (2/3) … Johnny Stote b. Barba Ware (man
vs. woman) … “Rowdy” Ray Ryan and Dick Sampson drew … Black Panther b. Jerry
Meeker (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … (nearly 1,000 fans)
Notes: This was one of the largest wrestling crowds in local wrestling history. Ware was
called the women’s welterweight champion.

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, January 19, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … World Junior Heavyweight Champion Sergeant Kenaston and
Martino Angelo drew at the midnight curfew (1-1) … Stanley Buresh and Frank Wolfe
drew (1-1) … Johnny LaRue b. “Long” Bill Hall (17:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)
Note: No show next two weeks because of the Toledo Sportsmen’s and Home Builders
Show.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, January 23, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Dude Chick and Lefty Pacer vs. Dale Haddock and Duke Pettigrove
(team match) … Stanley Buresh vs. Dick Sampson

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, January 30, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Dude Chick vs. Duke Pettigrove (2/3) … Stanley Buresh vs. Dale
Haddock … Jimmy Goodrich vs. Jerry Meeker

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, February 3, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Frank Wolfe b. Johnny LaRue (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Lefty Pacer
b. “Tiger” Jack Moore … (matchmaker: Sam Green)
Note: Wrestling resumes at the Capitol Theater tonight, following the “stage show” at 10:
00 p.m.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, February 6, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Dude Chick vs. “Tiger” Jack Moore (2/3) … Matty Matsuti vs. Ray Ryan
… Art Perkins vs. Dick Sampson

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, February 9, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … The Chick Brothers (Bobby and Dude Chick) b. Gil LaCross and
Johnny LaRue (2-0) (team match) … Jerry Meeker b. Lefty Pacer (2/3) … (promoter:
Cliff Maupin)

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, February 10, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Duke Pettigrove vs. Frank Wolfe (2/3) … Sammy Kohen vs. Art
Perkins … (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, February 13, 1939
(Pastime Club) … The Black Panther vs. Buck Lipscomb … Matty Matsuti vs. Steve
Nenoff … Stanley Buresh vs. Frank Wolfe

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, February 16, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Bobby Chick b. Sergeant George Kenaston to capture the World
Junior Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Kenaston won the initiall fall, Chick won the second, then
Chick won the third fall by disqualification) (during the third fall chaos, Kenaston pinned
Chick, but the commissioner Harold Ramisch declared Chick the winner) … Stanley
Buresh b. Bert Ruby (1-0) … Frank Wolfe b. Jerry Meeker (2-0) (second fall by DQ) …
(promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: Van Wormer)
Notes: Chick was said to be a three-division champion, having held titles in the
welterweight, middleweight, and light heavyweight classes. He wanted to add his fourth
division title, the junior heavyweight crown held by Kenaston. Chick was given the belt by
the local wrestling commissioner. The newspaper article in the Toledo Blade stated:
“Kenaston Loses Title to Bob Chick on Foul.”

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, February 17, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Paul Bozzell b. Ray Ryan (2-0) … Steve Nenoff b. Bill Hall …
(matchmaker: Sam Green)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, February 20, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Paul Bozzell vs. Buck Lipscomb … Bert Ruby vs. Frank Wolfe …
Frankie Clemons vs. Sammy Kohen
Note: Clemons was from Battle Creek.

*The Monday, February 20, 1939 edition of the Toledo Blade reported that George
Kenaston was still the “national” Junior Heavyweight champion despite his loss last
Thursday. NWA President Col. Harry J. Landry ruled that the title could not change
hands on a DQ, and stated that a rematch should be held “as soon as possible.” Landry
was reportedly traveling to Toledo for their second go.

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, February 23, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … World Junior Heavyweight Champion Sergeant George Kenaston b.
Bobby Chick (2/3) … Bert Ruby b. Johnny LaRue (1-0) (match halted to allow the main
event to start on time) … Stanley Buresh b. Ray Ryan (2-0) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)
… (in attendance: NWA President Col. Harry J. Landry) … (“fair” crowd, blizzard
conditions)
Notes: Bobby and Dude Chick were called the “best-drawing double team in this
section.” Chick said that the disqualification last week was against his wishes and he
wanted to keep wrestling. He said “Just because Kenaston fouls me is no reason for me
to lose my chance at the title. I didn’t want to accept the bout on a foul.”

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, February 24, 1939
(Capitol Arena) … Gil LaCross vs. Matty Matsuti (2/3) … Frankie Clemons vs. Steve
Nenoff … (matchmaker: Sam Green)
Notes: Nenoff was from Toledo. LaCross was returning to the Capitol Arena after two-
years.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, February 27, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Dude Chick b. Buck Lipscomb (2/3) … Martino Angelo and Silent
Rattan drew … Frankie Clemons b. Lefty Pacer

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, March 2, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Martino Angelo b. Stanley Buresh (2/3 … Bert Ruby b. Gil LaCross
(2-0) … Silent Rattan b. Dick Sampson (14:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, March 3, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Gil LaCross vs. Matty Matsuti (2/3) … Bill Hall vs. Lefty Pacer …
(matchmaker: Sam Green)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, March 6, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Martino Angelo vs. Silent Rattan … Stanley Buresh vs. Dude Chick …
Bobby Chick vs. Steve Nenoff … (referee: Johnny Stote)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, March 9, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Bert Ruby b. Martino Angelo (2/3) … Paul Bozzell b. Silent Rattan (2-
0) … Frankie Clemons b. Jerry Meeker … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, March 10, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Silent Rattan b. Gil LaCross (2/3) … Johnny LaRue b. Jerry Meeker
… (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, March 13, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Stanley Buresh b. Dude Chick … Black Panther and Silent Rattan drew
… Dale Haddock b. Bill Hall … (referee: Johnny Stote)
Note: The Buresh-Chick bout nearly started a riot.

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, March 16, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Paul Bozzell and Dale Haddock b. Gil LaCross and Johnny LaRue
(2/3) (third fall by DQ) (team match) … Buck Lipscomb b. Frankie Clemons (2/3) …
(promoter: Cliff Maupin)
Notes: Several fans got into the mix with LaCross and LaRue, including one who through
a chair at the latter. Promoter Maupin also got into it with an unruly audience member.

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, March 17, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Johnny LaRue vs. Silent Rattan (2/3) … Black Panther vs. Dick
Sampson … (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Toledo, Ohio: Monday, March 20, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Dutch Heffner b. Ed Don George (45:00) … Bill Longson b. Pat
Donovan (14:00) … Pat Fraley and Bob Wagner drew (30:00) … Jimmy Coffield b. Don
Evans (DQ) … (promoter: Lou (Son) Jennings) … (sponsored by: Ohio Sports Club)
Notes: This was the first offering by this group, which planned to stage heavyweight
matches in Toledo. Coffield was called a “former race driver who has driven mounts in
the annual Memorial Day classics at Indianapolis.” The newspaper indicated that
Longson was billed as the “Purple Shadow,” but the “wrestling commission has an old
edict against masked grapplers.”

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, March 20, 1939
(Pastime Club) … The Black Panther b. Paul Bozzell (2/3) … Silent Rattan b. Dale
Haddock (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Jimmy Goodrich and Bob Montgomery drew (30:00)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, March 23, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Dude Chick b. Stanley Buresh (2/3) … The Black Panther and Buck
Lipscomb drew (Panther had the only fall, but the match was declared a draw) (Panther
used the “Ethiopian crab hold”) … Steve Nenoff and Silent Rattan drew (30:00) …
(promoter: Cliff Maupin)
Notes: Chick reportedly learned the wrestling trade in Southern Wyoming. The Toledo
Blade stated that “early in his mat career, he was taught … [the rolling leg split] by both
Hugh Nichols and Jack Reynolds and he hasn’t forgotten it.” Buresh learned wrestling in
Australia.

East Toledo, Ohio: Friday, March 24, 1939
(East Toledo Neighborhood House) … Amateur Boxing and Wrestling Program … Lou
Marason and Duke Zervas drew (30:00) (Marason reportedly won the first fall by
disqualification) … Gerald Siders b. Bud Rieter (2-0) … Barl Kiester b. Pete Zeronie …
Kenneth Konz and Harold Montague drew (10:00) … boxing matches … (promoter: Elgin
“Red” McDonald) … (referees: Vince Kelly and George Porentos for wrestling, Red
McDonald for boxing) … (sponsored by: American-Hellenic Athletic Club benefit)
Notes: McDonald was the “recreation instructor.” Next show on April 21.

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, March 24, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Black Panther and Dale Haddock drew at the midnight curfew (1-1)
… Bob Montgomery and Ali Pasha drew (30:00) … (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Toledo, Ohio: Monday, March 27, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Danno O’Mahoney b. Dutch Heffner (33:00) … Pat Fraley b. Dave
Johnson (25:00) … Don Evans and Cliff Theide drew (30:00) … Andy Rachner b. Andy
Mexiner (15:00) … (promoter: Lou (Son) Jennings) … (sponsored by: Ohio Sports Club)
Notes: Dave Johnson was said to be from Portland, Theide from Seattle, and Rasher
was a University of Indiana athlete. Mexiner was from Chicago. The Toledo Blade
newspaper stated that O’Maohney “looked soft against the powerful Heffner and he failed
to show a thing until near the end of their match when he went into action with his Irish
whip. This whip proved to be nothing more than a flying mare.”

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, March 27, 1939
(Pastime Club) … The Black Panther vs. Gil LaCross (2/3) … Stanley Buresh vs. Bobby
Chick … Jimmy Goodrich vs. Bob Montgomery (2/3)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, March 30, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Buck Lipscomb b. Black Panther (2/3) … Martino Angelo b. Gil
LaCross (2/3) … “Tiger” Jack Moore b. Dale Haddock (DQ) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)
… (sponsored by: Terminal Athletic Club)

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, March 31, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Gil LaCross b. Dale Haddock (2/3) … Black Panther and Bob
Montgomery drew (30:00) … (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Toledo, Ohio: Monday, April 3, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Ali Baba b. Pat Fraley (25:00) … Cy Williams b. Jack League (14:
00) … Dutch Heffner b. Jack Donovan (16:00) … Andy Rascher b. Dave Johnson (24:00)
… (promoter: Lou (Son) Jennings) … (sponsored by: Ohio Sports Club)
Notes: Baba was called the “Kourageous Kid from Khurdistan.” Fraley was said to be
from Boston and League was a “former prizefighter.”

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, April 3, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Dude Chick b. Bob Montgomery … Black Panther b. Stanley Buresh
(DQ) … Bert Ruby b. Steve Nenoff (2/3)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, April 6, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Bert Ruby b. Stanley Buresh (2/3) … Blimp Levy b. Jimmy Goodrich
(2:00) … Black Panther b. Ali Pasha (DQ) (15:00) … “Tiger” Jack Moore b. Silent Rattan
(20:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)
Note: The Toledo Blade stated that Levy “makes Two Ton Tony Galento look like a
human skeleton.”

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, April 7, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Gil LaCross b. Steve Nenoff (2/3) … Frank Clemons and Buck
Lipscomb drew (30:00) … (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Toledo, Ohio: Monday, April 10, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Ernest “Dutch” Hefner b. Danno O’Mahoney (2/3) (O’Mahoney was
unable to continue for the third fall due to a “twisted” knee) … Cy Williams b. John Katan
… Harry Johnson b. “Wild” Bill Jacobson … Fred Bozic and Andy Meixner drew …
(promoter: Lou (Son) Jennings) … (sponsored by: Ohio Sports Club)
Notes: Johnson was a 242 pounder from Cleveland and Jacobson was 175 pounds.
Bozic was from Pittsburgh.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, April 10, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Bobby Chick b. Martino Angelo (DQ) … Women’s Welterweight
Champion Barba Ware b. Dora Mahan … Stanley Buresh b. Larry Kasaboski … Frankie
Clemons and Jimmy Goodrich drew (30:00) … (referee: Johnny Stote)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, April 13, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Bert Ruby b. Paul Bozzell in the finals of a seven-man wrestle royal
(2/3) … Buck Lipscomb b. Duke Pettigrove (2-0) … Wrestle Royal (Martino Angelo was
the first eliminated, Bobby Chick was second, and Blimp Levy was third, pinned by the
remainder of the wrestlers) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, April 14, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Gil LaCross b. Larry Kasaboski (2/3) … Buck Lipscomb b. John Felix
… (matchmaker: Sam Green)
Notes: Felix was said to be from Toledo, and working out of Milwaukee as of late.
LaCross was from Boston.

Toledo, Ohio: Monday, April 17, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Cy Williams b. Dutch Hefner (2-0) (second fall by DQ) (Hefner
punched promoter Jennings) … Danno O’Mahoney b. Walter Podolak (8:00) … Hal
Rumberg b. John Katan (17:00) … Joe Komar b. Walter Beachy (8:00) … (promoter: Lou
(Son) Jennings) … (referee: Red Fair) … (sponsored by: Ohio Sports Club)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, April 17, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Stanley Buresh b. Larry Kasaboski … Bobby Chick b. Duke Pettigrove
(2-0) … Silent Rattan b. Buck Lipscomb (DQ)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, April 20, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Buck Lipscomb b. Gil LaCross (2/3) … Martino Angelo and Larry
Kasaboski drew (60:00) … Fritz Krueger b. Frankie Clemons (22:00) … (promoter: Cliff
Maupin)
Note: No wrestling next week due to the Blade cooking school at the Auditorium. Next
show on May 4.

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, April 21, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Dude Chick b. Fritz Kreuger (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … “Tiger”
Jack Moore and Steve Nenoff drew (30:00) … (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Toledo, Ohio: Monday, April 24, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Steve Casey b. Dutch Hefner (30:00)
(one-fall match) … Ted Cox b. Cliff Theide (18:00) … Joe Komar and Bill Longson drew
(30:00) … Fred Bozic b. Don Evans (DQ) … (promoter: Lou (Son) Jennings) …
(sponsored by: Ohio Sports Club)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, April 24, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Wrestle Royal (participants: Stanley Buresh, Frankie Clemons, Jimmy
Goodrich, Dale Haddock, Gil LaCross, Buck Lipscomb, Silent Rattan)

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, April 28, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Gil LaCross b. Frankie Clemons (2-0) … Steve Nenoff b. Jimmy
Goodrich … (matchmaker: Sam Green)
Note: LaCross reportedly won his eighth decision at the Capitol Theater.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, May 1, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Frankie Clemons vs. Buck Lipscomb … Stanley Buresh vs. Fritz
Krueger … Ali Pasha vs. Silent Rattan

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, May 4, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Dude Chick b. Bert Ruby (2/3) (Ruby was unable to continue for the
third fall after falling from the ring to the concrete floor) … Larry Kasaboski and Gil
LaCross drew (60:00) (Kasaboski won a fall, but the match was called a draw) … Fritz
Krueger b. Jimmy Goodrich (15:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, May 5, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Bobby Chick b. Bob Montgomery (2/3) … “Tiger” Jack Moore and Ali
Pasha drew (30:00) … (matchmaker: Sam Green)
Note: Last show of the season at Capitol.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, May 8, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Dale Haddock vs. Ali Pasha … Jimmy Goodrich vs. Tony Morelli …
Jack Hagen vs. Silent Rattan

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, May 11, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Fritz Krueger b. Bobby Chick in the finals of the wrestle royal (2/3)
… “Tiger” Jack Moore b. Tony Morelli (2/3) … Wrestle Royal (Buck Lipscomb was
eliminated first, then Bob Montgomery, Tony Morelli, and Jack Moore) … (promoter: Cliff
Maupin)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, May 15, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Stanley Buresh and Steve Nenoff vs. Frankie Clemons and Bert Ruby
(team match) … Tony Morelli vs. Ali Pasha

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, May 18, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Martino Angelo b. Bert Ruby (2/3) … “Tiger” Jack Moore b. Dale
Haddock (2/3) … Tony Morelli b. Jimmy Goodrich (22:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) …
(referee: Jess Willard)
Notes: Angelo wrestled barefoot. Prior to the show, Willard was involved in a car
accident en route from Fort Wayne to Toledo, and suffered a “slightly” injured leg. He
reportedly weighed more than 300 pounds.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, May 22, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Bob Montgomery vs. Bert Ruby … Larry Kasaboski vs. Steve Nenoff …
“Tiger” Jack Moore vs. Silent Rattan

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, May 25, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Larry Kasaboski and Bert Ruby wrestled Martino Angelo and Tony
Morelli to a draw (1-1) (team match) (during the third fall, the match was called due to the
fans throwing items into the ring in protest) (officials stopped the bout to prevent a riot) …
Fritz Krueger b. Jack “Roughhouse” Hagen (2-0) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, May 29, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Cecil McGill vs. Bert Ruby (2/3) … Buck Lipscomb vs. Steve Nenoff …
Stanley Buresh vs. Dale Wayne
Note: Wayne was called a “newcomer from Detroit.”

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, June 1, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Bert Ruby b. Tony Morelli (2/3) … “Tiger” Jack Moore b. Buck
Lipscomb (2-0) (both falls by DQ) … Bob Montgomery and Steve Nenoff drew (30:00) …
(promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, June 5, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Buck Lipscomb vs. Steve Nenoff (2/3) … Cecil McGill vs. “Tiger” Jack
Moore … Fritz Krueger vs. Tony Morelli

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, June 8, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Buck Lipscomb b. Martino Angelo (2/3) … “Tiger” Jack Moore and
Bert Ruby drew (90:00) (Ruby won the only fall) … Bob Montgomery b. Frankie Clemons
(18:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, June 12, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Ali Pasha vs. Bert Ruby … Cecil McGill vs. Steve Nenoff … Count
Antonio Marina vs. “Tiger” Jack Moore

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, June 15, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Martino Angelo and Tony Morelli b. Buck Lipscomb and Steve
Nenoff (2/3) (team match) … Ali Pasha b. Frankie Clemons (2-0) … (promoter: Cliff
Maupin)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, June 19, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Martino Angelo vs. Steve Nenoff … Bill Adams vs. Frankie Clemons …
Count Antonio Marino vs. Art Perkins

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, June 22, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Buck Lipscomb b. Martino Angelo (2/3) (Lipscomb won the first fall
by DQ, Angelo won the second by DQ) … “Tiger” Jack Moore b. Fritz Krueger (2-0) …
Bob Montgomery b. Cecil McGill (20:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, June 29, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Buck Lipscomb and Bert Ruby drew at the midnight curfew (1-1) …
Cecil McGill b. Silent Rattan (2-0) … “Wild” Bill Zimovich b. Ali Pasha (2/3) … (promoter:
Cliff Maupin)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, July 3, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Steve Nenoff vs. Ali Pasha (2/3) … Stanley Buresh vs. Bert Ruby (2/3)
… John Felix vs. Johnny Stote (2/3)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, July 6, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Stanley Buresh b. Buck Lipscomb (2/3) … “Tiger” Jack Moore b.
Cecil McGill (2-0) … Bill Zimovich b. Fritz Krueger (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … (promoter:
Cliff Maupin) … (announcer: Weinstein)
Notes: Buresh reportedly had “more than 15 years of experience behind him.” Moore
was a popular wrestler at this point.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, July 10, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Stanley Buresh vs. Steve Nenoff (2/3) … Fritz Krueger vs. Bert Ruby
(2/3) … Frankie Clemons vs. Ali Pasha

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, July 13, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Buck Lipscomb b. “Tiger” Jack Moore (2/3) … Buck Weaver b. Silent
Rattan … Bob Montgomery b. “Wild” Bill Zimovich (2/3) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, July 17, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Stanley Buresh vs. Fritz Krueger (2/3) … Bert Ruby vs. Bill Zimovich
(2/3) … Ali Pasha vs. Silent Rattan (2/3)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, July 20, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … “Tiger” Jack Moore b. Bert Ruby (2/3) … Bill Zimovich b. Bob
Montgomery (2-0) … Ali Pasha and Buck Weaver drew … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, July 27, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Stanley Buresh b. “Tiger” Jack Moore (2/3) … Ali Pasha b. Bill
Zimovich (DQ) (Zimovich threw Pasha from the ring and hit him with a chair) … Nick
Bozinis b. Cecil McGill (21:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: Lou Van Wormer)
Note: Zimovich was given a “temporary suspension” after his actions against Pasha.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, July 31, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Nick Bozinis vs. Steve Nenoff (2/3) … Stnaley Buresh vs. Bill Zimovich
… Frankie Clemons vs. Cecil McGill

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, August 3, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Danny Savich b. Buck Lipscomb (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Steve
Nenoff and Ali Pasha drew (60:00) (Nenoff won the only fall by DQ) … Frankie Clemons
b. Cecil McGill (19:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, August 10, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Danny Savich b. Stanley Buresh (2/3) … “Tiger” Jack Moore and
Fritz Krueger drew (Moore had the only fall) … Steve Nenoff b. Frankie Clemons (13:00)
… (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, August 14, 1939
(Pastime Club) … “Tiger” Jack Moore vs. Ali Pasha … Fritz Krueger vs. Cecil McGill …
Frankie Clemons vs. Silent Rattan

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, August 17, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Fritz Krueger and Buck Lipscomb b. Ali Pasha and Danny Savich
(2/3) (team match) … Buck Weaver b. Lefty Pacer (2-0) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, August 21, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Buck Weaver b. Buck Lipscomb (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … Bill
Zimovich b. Steve Nenoff … Lefty Pacer and Silent Rattan drew

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, August 24, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Frank Taylor and Buck Weaver b. Fritz Krueger and Buck Lipscomb
(2-0) (team match) … Cecil McGill b. Frankie Clemons (2/3) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Trilby, Ohio: Friday, August 25, 1939
(Baseball Park) … Frankie Clemons vs. Ali Pasha
Note: The match was going to follow the Class A softball game.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, August 28, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Gil LaCross vs. “Tiger” Jack Moore … Fritz Krueger vs. Silent Rattan
… Frank Clemons vs. Jack Smith

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, August 31, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Danny Savich b. Buck Lipscomb (2/3) … Gil LaCross b. Silent
Rattan (2-0) … Chin Lee and “Tiger” Jack Moore drew (1-1) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)
Notes: LaCross of Boston was making his return to Toledo, and had been “doing a lot of
wrestling in West Texas for Dutch Mantell and has had a post-graduate course in rough
stuff.”

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, September 4, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Gil LaCross vs. Steve Nenoff … Fritz Krueger vs. Danny Savich …
Cecil McGill vs. “Tiger” Jack Moore

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, September 7, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Buck Weaver b. Gil LaCross (2-0) … Lefty Pacer b. Fritz Krueger (2-
0) … Chin Lee b. Cecil McGill (2-0) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, September 11, 1939
(Pastime Club) … “Tiger” Jack Moore vs. Danny Savich (2/3) … Paul Orth vs. Bill
Zimovich … Ali Pasha vs. Jimmy Silvia
Note: Silvia was from Detroit.

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, September 14, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … “Tiger” Jack Moore b. Paul Orth (2-0) (first fall by DQ) … Stanley
Buresh and Lefty Pacer drew (Buresh won the only fall) … Les Fishbaugh b. Johnny
Stote (13:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)
Notes: Orth, during the main event, bit the referee. Fishbaugh was making his
“comeback.”

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, September 18, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Chin Lee b. “Tiger” Jack Moore (2/3) … Lefty Pacer b. Buck Lipscomb
(2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Nick Bozinis and Frank Miniaci drew
Note: Miniaci (Maniaci) was said to be from Detroit.

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, September 21, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Paul Orth b. Buck Lipscomb (2/3) … Stanley Buresh b. Bill Zimovich
(2-0) … Terry Mephisto and Ali Pasha drew ... (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: Red
Fair)
Notes: Zimovich was said to be a Nicaraguan. Maupin announced that several
newcomers would be making their appearances in Toledo, including Billy Raborn.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, September 25, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Chin Lee vs. Lefty Pacer … Cecil McGill vs. “Wild” Bill Zimovich …
Terry Mephisto vs. Ray Ryan
Note: Mephisto was said to be from New York.

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, September 28, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Ali Pasha and Danny Savich b. Fritz Krueger and Buck Lipscomb
(2/3) (team match) … Billy Raborn b. Steve Nenoff (2/3) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)
Notes: Raborn was called a “clean, fast wrestler who received most of his schooling in
his home town.” He was from Atlanta, Georgia.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, October 2, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Chin Lee vs. Bert Ruby … Paul Orth vs. Lefty Pacer … Steve Nenoff
vs. Andy Tremaine

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, October 5, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Bert Ruby b. Paul Orth (2/3) … Billy Raborn b. Buck Lipscomb (2-0)
(first by DQ) … Larry Kasaboski and Terry Mephisto drew (30:00) … (promoter: Cliff
Maupin)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, October 9, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Steve Nenoff and Bert Ruby drew (90:00) … Lefty Pacer b. Buck
Lipscomb (2-0) (second by DQ) … Ray Ryan and Andy Tremaine drew (60:00) …
(referee: Van Wormer)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, October 12, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Bert Ruby b. Buck Lipscomb in the finals of a wrestle royal (2-0) …
Steve Nenoff and Billy Raborn drew (Raborn won the only fall) … Wrestle Royal (number
eliminated: Danny Savich, Paul Orth, Steve Nenoff, Billy Raborn) … (promoter: Cliff
Maupin)

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, October 13, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Cecil McGill b. Ray Ryan (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Steve Nenoff b.
Frank Kirkland (14:00) … (matchmaker: Sam Green)
Notes: Season opener. Nenoff was said to be a Bulgarian from Toledo. Kirkland was an
Indian from Minnesota.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, October 16, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Terry Mephisto vs. Buck Weaver … Cecil McGill vs. “Whitey” Al
Williams … Nick Bozinis vs. Larry Kasaboski

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, October 19, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Danny Savich b. Bert Ruby (2/3) … Cecil McGill and Buck Weaver
drew (Weaver won the only fall in 24:00) … Andy Tremaine b. “Whitey” Al Williams (DQ)
(15:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, October 23, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Al Williams b. The Black Panther … Nick Bozinis b. Buck Weaver (2/3)
(Weaver was unable to continue for the third fall due to a back injury) … Cecil McGill and
Terry Mephisto drew
Note: An “irate” fan threw a chair at Williams.

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, October 26, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Martino Angelo b. Danny Savich (2/3) (Savich refused to take the
third fall by disqualification) … A black bear b. Paul Orth … Al Williams b. Cecil McGill (2-
0) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)
Note: The bear was 350-pounds.

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, October 27, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Al Williams b. Lefty Pacer (2/3) … Andy Tremaine b. Chin Lee (DQ)
(13:00) … (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, October 30, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Buck Weaver vs. Al “Whitey” Williams … Terry Mephisto vs. Ray Ryan
… Larry Kasaboski vs. Lefty Pacer

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, November 2, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Danny Savich b. Lefty Pacer in the finals of a wrestle royal (2-0) …
Martino Angelo b. Al Williams (DQ) … Wrestle Royal (number eliminated: Paul Orth,
Ginger the Bear) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: Red Fair)
Notes: Ginger, the 350-pound bear, was trained by “Ray Welsh,” according to the
Toledo Blade. The trainer was actually Roy Welch of the famous Welch Family.

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, November 3, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Larry Kasaboski b. Chin Lee (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Nick Bozinis
and Al Williams drew … (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, November 6, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Martino Angelo vs. Ginger the Bear … Steve Nenoff vs. Bert Ruby …
Chin Lee vs. Jim Lewis

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, November 9, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Martino Angelo and Danny Savich drew (10 round boxing match) …
Bert Ruby b. The Black Panther (2/3) … Nick Bozinis and Buck Weaver drew (Bozinis had
won the only fall of the match in 30:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: Babe
Keller)
Notes: Earl Vail, chairmain of the Toledo Boxing Commission, gave his blessing to the
main event boxing match between the two wrestlers. Bozinis was from Elmira, New York.
Lou Klewer of the Toledo Blade stated that the Angelo-Savich affair “could hardly be
called boxing.”

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, November 10, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Black Panther vs. Chin Lee (2/3) … “Butch” Lewis vs. Lefty Pacer …
(matchmaker: Sam Green)
Notes: Lewis was said to be from California. He was billed as “Jim” Lewis on an earlier
show.

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, November 13, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Steve Nenoff b. Al Williams (2/3) … Bert Ruby b. Chin Lee … Nick
Bozinis b. Frank Kirkland … Thelma Van Wormer b. Anita Day (boxing match)
Notes: Van Wormer was from Findlay and Day from Tiffin.

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, November 16, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Al Wiliams b. Martino Angelo (2/3) … Nick Bozinis and Billy Raborn
drew (60:00) (Raborn scored the only fall in 30:00) … Lefty Pacer and Ray Ryan drew
(30:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)
Notes: Raborn was making his return to Toledo and reported had built up a large
following his last time in town. Williams was very unpopular locally. Ryan was said to be
from San Diego. Bozinis was sometimes called “Bicycle Bozinis,” and was known for
riding his bicycle to the arenas he wrestled at.

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, November 17, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Stanley Buresh b. Chin Lee (2/3) … Nick Bozinis and Danny Savich
drew … (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, November 20, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Wrestle Royal featuring Chin Lee, Jim Lewis, Terry Mephisto, Steve
Nenoff, Danny Savich, Andy Tremaine

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, November 23, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Paul Orth b. Billy Raborn (2/3) … Martino Angelo b. Bert Ruby (2/3)
… Steve Nenoff b. Black Panther (24:00) … Buck Weaver b. Lefty Pacer (18:00) …
(promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (sponsored by: Toledo Wrestling Commission) … (charity
show for needy families)
Notes: The show was sponsored by the Toledo Wrestling Commission and chairman
Harold P. Ramisch. It was said that this was the first time in “several years” that four
matches would be presented at the Auditorium. Ruby was called the “Magyar Hercules.”
Raborn reportedly lost a tooth during the first fall.

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, November 24, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Babe Kasaboski b. Al Williams (2/3) (third fall by DQ) …
Roughhouse Hogan b. Lefty Pacer (26:00) … (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, November 27, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Andy Tremaine vs. Buck Weaver … Mysterious Mr. X vs. Ray Ryan …
Nick Bozinis vs. Terry Mephisto

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, November 30, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Paul Orth b. Danny Savich (2/3) … The Mysterious Mr. X b. Buck
Weaver (2-0) … Jack Hagen and Larry Kasaboski drew (30:00) … (promoter: Cliff
Maupin)
Notes: The newspaper stated that Mr. X “has some of the mat characteristics of both
Sailor Moran and Red Berry, but is too short for either of them.”

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, December 1, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Andy Tremaine b. Ray Ryan (2/3) … Nick Bozinis b. Babe Kasaboski
(21:00) … (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, December 4, 1939
(Pastime Club) … Andy Tremaine b. The Mysterious Mr. X (DQ) … Larry Kasaboski and
Terry Mephisto drew (1-1) … Nick Bozinis b. Chin Lee … (referee: Van Wormer)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, December 7, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Paul Orth b. Al Williams (2/3) … The Mysterious Mr. X b. “Jimmy” the
Black Panther (2/3) … Nick Bozinis b. Jack Hagan (20:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, December 8, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … “Roughhouse” Jack Hagan b. “Rowdy” Ray Ryan (2/3) … Steve
Nenoff b. Chin Lee (10:00) … (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, December 14, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … Stanley Buresh and Billy Raborn b. Mysterious Mr. X and Paul Orth
(team match) (Mr. X and Orth fought each other in the dressing room) … Frankie Hart b.
Ray Ryan (2-0) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin)

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, December 15, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … The Black Panther b. Roughhouse” Jack Hagan (DQ) … Al Williams
b. Ray Ryan … (matchmaker: Sam Green)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, December 21, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) … The Mysterious Mr. X b. Paul Orth (2/3) … Frankie Hart and Billy
Raborn drew (60:00) (no falls) … Andy Tremaine b. Jack Hagan (2/3) … (promoter: Cliff
Maupin)

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, December 22, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … Al Williams b. Babe Kasaboski (2/3) … Nick Bozinis and Stanley
Buresh drew … (promoter: Sam Green)

Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, December 28, 1939
(Civic Auditorium) ... Mr. X b. Martino Angelo (2-0) ... Billy Raborn b. Frankie Hart (2/3)
(UTC) ... Andy Tremaine b. Nick Bozinis ... (promoter: Cliff Maupin) ... (referee: Red Fair)

Toledo, Ohio: Friday, December 29, 1939
(Capitol Theater) … The Black Panther b. Roughhouse Hagan (2/3) ... Tex Hager and
George Wagner drew ... (matchmaker: Sam Green)
Notes: Hager and Wagner were going to make their Capitol debut. Panther was from
Louisville and Hagan from Shreveport.

Research by Tim Hornbaker
February 19, 2011

Toledo Wrestling Results - 1939