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