Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, January 4, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Mr. X b. Buck Lipscomb (2/3) … Nick Bozinis b. Babe Kasaboski (2- 0) (20:00, 16:00) … Tex Hager and Terry Mephisto drew (30:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Toledo, Ohio: Friday, January 5, 1940 (Capitol Theater) … The Black Panther b. Stanley Buresh (2/3) … Frankie Hart b. Nick Bozinis … (promoter: Sam Green) Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, January 8, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Billy Raborn vs. Whitey Al Williams … Stanley Buresh vs. Larry Kasaboski … Roughhouse Hagan vs. Frankie Hart Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, January 11, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Danny Savich b. Paul Orth in the finals of a wrestle royal (2/3) … Martino Angelo and Black Panther drew (1-1) Notes: Angelo, Panther, and Whitey Al Williams also participated in the wrestle royal. No show at Auditorium for the next two weeks due to the Home Builders’ convention there. Toledo, Ohio: Friday, January 12, 1940 (Capitol Theater) … Frankie Hart b. Roughhouse Hagan (2/3) (third by DQ) … Nick Bozinis and Andy Tremaine drew … (promoter: Sam Green) Toledo, Ohio: Friday, January 19, 1940 (Capitol Theater) … Black Panther and Frankie Hart drew at midnight curfew (1-1) … The Great Mephisto b. John Felix … (promoter: Sam Green) East Toledo, Ohio: Friday, January 26, 1940 (Neighborhood House Gymnasium) … Sports show featuring six amateur boxing and three wrestling matches … George Georgoff vs. Wilbur Knopp (boxing) … (sponsored by: American Hellenic Athletic Club) Toledo, Ohio: Friday, January 26, 1940 (Capitol Theater) … Stanley Buresh and Billy Raborn drew (1-1) … Jack “Roughhouse” Hagan b. George Wagner … (promoter: Sam Green) Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, February 1, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Martino Angelo and Mr. X drew at the midnight curfew … Roughhouse Hagan and Billy Raborn drew (1-1) … Tetsura Higami b. Tex Hager … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Toledo, Ohio: Friday, February 2, 1940 (Capitol Theater) … Roughhouse Hagan b. Frankie Hart (2/3) … Andy Tremaine b. Terry Mephisto … (promoter: Sam Green) Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, February 8, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Mr. X b. Gil LaCross (2/3) … Stanley Buresh b. Tetsura Higami (2/3) … Andy Tremaine b. George Wagner … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Toledo, Ohio: Friday, February 9, 1940 (Capitol Theater) … Buck Estes b. Stanley Buresh (2/3) … Farmer Mack b. Tex Hager … (promoter: Sam Green) Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, February 12, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Paul Orth b. Buck Estes … Frankie Hart b. Farmer Mack … Tex Hager and Andy Tremaine drew Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, February 15, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Gil LaCross and Paul Orth b. Tetsura Higami and Billy Raburn (2/3) (team match) … Stanley Buresh b. Ali Pasha (2-0) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referees: Chuck Fair, Van Wormer) Toledo, Ohio: Friday, February 16, 1940 (Capitol Theater) … Roughhouse Hagan b. Ali Pasha (2-0) … Lefty Pacer b. Al Williams … (promoter: Sam Green) Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, February 22, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Gil LaCross and Paul Orth b. Martino Angelo and Billy Raborn (2/3) (Raborn couldn’t return for the third fall and Angelo fought his opponents alone) … Frankie Hart and Andy Tremaine drew (60:00) (no falls) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Toledo, Ohio: Friday, February 23, 1940 (Capitol Theater) … Stanley Buresh and Gil LaCross drew (1-1) … Farmer Mack b. Lefty Pacer … (promoter: Sam Green) Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, February 26, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Tetsura Higami b. Stanley Buresh (2/3) … Frankie Hart b. Mr. X (DQ) … Buck Estes and Roughhouse Hagan drew Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, February 29, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Stanley Buresh and Al Williams b. Gil LaCross and Paul Orth (2/3) (team match) … Buck Estes and Roughhouse Jack Hagan drew (1-1) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (2,500 fans) Toledo, Ohio: Friday, March 1, 1940 (Capitol Theater) … Gil LaCross b. Tex Hager (2-0) … Stanley Buresh b. Farmer Mack … (promoter: Sam Green0 Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, March 4, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Al “Whitey” Williams b. Buck Estes … Dale Haddock and Mr. X drew … Frankie Hart b. Tex Hager Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, March 7, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Buck Lipscomb b. Al Williams (2/3) … Stanley Buresh b. Buck Weaver (2-0) … Farmer Mack and Billy Raborn drew (30:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Toledo, Ohio: Friday, March 8, 1940 (Capitol Theater) … Buck Estes b. Gil LaCross (2/3) … Andy Tremaine b. Farmer Mack … (promoter: Sam Green) Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, March 11, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Gil LaCross b. Andy Tremaine (2/3) … Stanley Buresh and Paul Orth drew … Lefty Pacer b. Frankie Hart Note: This show was held in spite of the fact that the club owner, Peter J. Wullenschneider passed away on Saturday. Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, March 14, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Buck Lipscomb b. Paul Orth (2/3) … Frankie Hart b. Mr. X (2/3) (X was unmasked to reveal Cyclone Mackey) … Buck Estes b. Stanley Buresh (2/3) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Toledo, Ohio: Friday, March 15, 1940 (Capitol Theater) … Frankie Hart and Andy Tremaine drew … Al Williams b. Farmer Mack … (promoter: Sam Green) Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, March 18, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Cyclone Mackey b. Gil LaCross (2/3) … Frankie Hart b. Farmer Mack … Jack Hagan and Lefty Pacer drew Note: Mack was a potato farmer from Skowhegan, Maine. Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, March 21, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Cyclone Mackey b. Buck Lipscomb (2-0) … Buck Estes and Paul Orth drew (1-1) … George Hartay and Tetsura Higami drew (Higami won the only fall, but it was still a draw) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, March 25, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Buck Lipscomb b. Gil LaCross (2/3) … Lefty Pacer b. Stanley Buresh … Tex Hager and Don Hill drew Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, March 28, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Cyclone Mackey b. Tetsura Higami (2/3) … Dale Haddock and Paul Orth drew (1-1) … Andy Tremaine b. Farmer Mack … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, April 1, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Buck Estes b. Gil LaCross (2/3) … Tex Hager and Don Hill drew (1-1) … Lefty Pacer b. Dale Haddock Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, April 4, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Cyclone Mackey b. Frankie Hart (2-0) … Andy Tremaine b. Dale Haddock (2-0) … Tex Hager and George Hartay drew … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: Charley Browning) Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, April 11, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Paul Orth b. Dale Haddock (2/3) … Buck Estes b. Roughhouse Hagan (2-0) … Andy Tremaine b. Tex Hager (2-0) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, April 15, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Gil LaCross b. Buck Lipscomb (2/3) … Tetsura Higami and Don Hill drew … Tex Hager b. Dale Haddock (DQ) Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, April 18, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Frankie Hart and Andy Tremaine vs. Jack Hagan and Cyclone Mackey (team match) … Buck Estes b. Lefty Pacer (2-0) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Note: No information found for a show next week. Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, April 22, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Andy Tremaine b. Gil LaCross (2/3) … Dale Haddock b. Buck Estes (2/3) … Don Hill b. George Hartay Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, April 29, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Andy Tremaine b. Dale Haddock (2/3) … Tetsura Higami b. Tex Hager … Don Hill b. Frankie Hart Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, May 2, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Gil LaCross b. Lord Lansdowne Patrick Finnegan (2/3) (third fall by DQ) (during the final moments of the match, LaCross was choking Finnegan when Rudy began to choke LaCross; then the referee began choking Rudy; and the referee gave the match to LaCross by DQ) … Al Krusher and Andy Tremaine drew (1-1) … Buck Lipscomb b. Buck Estes (2-0) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: Van Wormer) Notes: Finnegan had two valets with him, Jeeves and Rudy. Krusher was a substitute for Paul Orth. Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, May 6, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Cyclone Mackey b. Don Hill (2/3) … Dale Haddock b. Tex Hager … Buck Lipscomb b. Frankie Hart Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, May 9, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Lord Patrick Lansdowne Finnegan b. Buck Lipscomb (2/3) … Al Krusher and Walter Miller drew (Miller won the only fall, but it was still called a draw) … Martino Angelo b. Tetsura Higami (1-0) (UTC for the second fall) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, May 13, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Tex Hager b. Dale Haddock … Walter Miller b. Don Hill (2/3) … Bob Castle and Frankie Hart drew Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, May 16, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Andy Tremaine b. Cyclone Mackey (2/3) … Walter Miller b. Buck Lipscomb (2-0) … Stanley Buresh b. Tetsura Higami (2-0) Note: Miller was billed as the “sage veteran from all over.” Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, May 20, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Tex Hager b. Bob Castle (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Martino Angelo b. Buck Estes (2-0) … Billy Fox and Frankie Hart drew (30:00) Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, May 23, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Paul Orth b. Frankie Hart in the finals of a wrestle royal (2/3) … Buck Estes b. Buck Lipscomb (DQ) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Note: Martino Angelo and Andy Tremaine also participated in the six-man wrestle royal. Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, May 27, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Wrestle Royal featuring Dale Haddock, Buck Lipscomb, Bob Castle, Tex Hager, Dick Trout, Billy Fox Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, May 30, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Andy Tremaine b. Buck Lipscomb (2/3) … Dick Trout b. Paul Orth (2/3) … Billy Fox and Walter Miller drew (1-1) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Perrysburg, Ohio: Monday, June 3, 1940 (Pastime Club) … Dick Trout b. Dale Haddock … Frankie Hart b. Gil LaCross (UTC) … Jimmy Lott b. Billy Fox (2/3) Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, June 6, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Jimmy Lott and Walter Miller b. Gil LaCross and Paul Orth (2/3) (team match) … Andy Tremaine b. Dale Haddock (2/3) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, June 13, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Andy Tremaine and Dick Trout b. Jimmy Lott and Walter Miller (2-0) (team match) … Tex Hager b. Frankie Hart (2/3) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, June 20, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Martino Angelo and Gil LaCross b. Buck Lipscomb and Paul Orth (2/3) (team match) … Billy Fox b. Tony Mareno (2-0) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, June 27, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Billy Fox b. Dale Haddock in the finals of a wrestle royal (2/3) … Jimmy Lott b. Paul Orth (2/3) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: John Felix) Notes: Buck Lipscomb and Andy Tremaine were also in the wrestle royal. No show found next week, Thursday, July 4, 1940. Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, July 11, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Martino Angelo b. Andy Tremaine (2-0) … Tiger Moore b. Buck Lipscomb (2-0) (second fall by DQ) … Billy Fox b. Tex Hager … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: Myron Van Wormer) Note: After the main events, fans went after referee Van Wormer with punches. Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, July 18, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Martino Angelo b. Andy Tremaine (2/3) … Tiger Moore b. Gil LaCross (2/3) … Billy Fox and Dale Haddock drew (30:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: Frank Taylor) Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, July 25, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Tiger Moore b. Martino Angelo (2/3) (referee Felix fought with a fan during this match) … Black Panther and Billy Fox drew (1-1) … Don Hill b. Walter Miller (DQ) (15:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: John Felix) Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, August 1, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Jimmy Lott and Tiger Moore b. Martino Angelo and Gil LaCross (2/3) (third fall by DQ) (team match) … Dale Haddock and Don Hill drew (60:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: Red Fair) Toledo, Ohio: Thursday, August 8, 1940 (Civic Auditorium) … Martino Angelo b. “Tiger” Jack Moore … Jimmy Lott b. Andy Tremaine (2/3) … Billy Fox b. Bob Castle (16:00) … (promoter: Cliff Maupin) … (referee: John Felix) Research by Tim Hornbaker February 19, 2011 |
Toledo Wrestling Results - 1940 |