Trenton NJ: January 7, 1932 (Thursday)
(Woodlawn Park Arena, att. 100) … Paul Kochansky beat Tony Dicenzo (1-0, utc) … Johnny
Lewandowski beat Bill Sirianni (20:00) … Joe Marelio drew Oliver (Hercules) Gant (of Asbury
Park NJ) (30:00) … Sailor Bullock (sub for Bryson Turner of Royersford PA) drew Al
Courtenay (170, of Audobon NJ) (30:00) … Referee: Tony Kall … NOTE: Promoter Andy
Palasky, soldiering on, announced his next show for January 28 … but the trail seemed to
fade from this point, although there were some boxing promotions at the same venue.

Trenton NJ: January 8, 1932 (Friday)
(Arena, att. 1,000) ... Sandor Szabo beat Nazzarino Poggi (189, of Italy) (37:00, dq) ... John
Maxos beat Vanka Zelesniak (25:35) ... Dr. Ralph Wilson drew George Hagen (30:00) ... Jack
Hurley (184, of Ireland) beat Richard Stahl (22:50) ... Oki Shikina (sub for Taro Miyake) drew
John Supsie (183, aka Babe Caddock, of New Haven CT) ... Referee: Doc Gehman (of
Paterson NJ)

Trenton NJ: January 15, 1932
(Arena, att. 2,000) ... Sandor Szabo beat Nazzarino Poggi (32:40, dq) ... Dr. Ralph Wilson
beat Jack Hurley (16:12) ... John Maxos drew Sid Westrich (30:00) ... George Hagen beat
Brother Jonathan (as Don DeLaun) (21:28) ... John Supsie beat Fred Carone (as Ferdinand
Caroni) (20:00) … Referee: Tony Kall

Trenton NJ: January 22, 1932
(Arena, att. 1,200) ... Sammy Stein beat Cyclone Ress (17:30) … Fritz Kley beat Paul Favre
(18:40) … George Manich beat Brother Jonathan (as Don DeLaun) (22:04) … George Calza
drew Dr. Ralph Wilson (30:00) … Alois Kautzki beat Gene Bruce (17:05)

Trenton NJ: January 29, 1932
(Arena, att. 2,000) ... Leo Pinetzki beat John Maxos (7:00) ... Dr. Ralph Wilson beat Odilio
Marchione (sub for Taro Miyake) (17:25) ... Fritz Kley beat Jack Lewis (of Oklahoma) (7:10)
... John Supsie beat Fred Carone (as Ferdinando Caroni) (21:45) ... George Manich beat
Alois Kautzki (30:00, dec) ... Referee: Tom Parsonnet (of Paterson NJ) … NOTE: "Pinetzki,
who is bigger than Primo Carnera by virtue of his height of six feet, eight inches, and his
weight of 283 pounds, is the newest sensation to appear on the grappling horizon." --
Trenton NJ Evening Times, Jan. 24, 1932

Trenton NJ: February 5, 1932
(Arena, att. 1,200) … George Hagen beat Tony Rocco (sub for Nazzarino Poggi) (26:30) …
Dr. Ralph Wilson beat Alois Kautzki (23:10) … Matros Kirilenko drew Renato Gardini (30:00)
… George Calza beat Jack Hurley (18:50) … Norton B. Jackson (sub for John Supsie aka
Babe Caddock) drew George Manich (30:00) … Referee: Doc Gehman

Trenton NJ: February 12, 1932
(Arena) … Dr. Ralph Wilson beat George Hagen (29:30) … Sammy Stein beat Jim Corrigan
(17:21) … George Manich beat Gene LaDoux … Mike Romano beat Richard Stahl (15:55) …
Tiger Bill Nelson (of St. Louis MO) beat Odilio Marchione (sub for Herbie Freeman) (14:45) …
Referee: Tony Kall

Trenton NJ: February 19, 1932
(Arena) … George Hagen beat Dr. Ralph Wilson (35:00, cor) … Referee: Tony Kall … Dick
Shikat beat Alois Kautzki (21:42) … Fritz Kley beat Jim Corrigan (12:37) … Tiny Roebuck
beat Tiger Bill Nelson (4:22) … Paul Favre beat Mike Romano (30:00, dec) … Referee: Doc
Gehman

Trenton NJ: February 26, 1932
(Arena, att. 2,000) … Leo Pinetzki beat George Hagen (17:25) … Fritz Kley beat Brother
Jonathan (as Don DeLaun) (5:10) … Renato Gardini beat Alois Kautzki (sub for Paul Favre)
(17:50) … Sandor Szabo beat Jack Hurley (24:07) … George Manich beat Gene Bruce (sub
for Jim Whitfield) (22:03)

Trenton NJ: March 4, 1932 (Friday)
(Arena, att. 1,100) … Fritz Kley beat Renato Gardini (15:40) … Mike Romano (sub for Dick
Shikat) beat George Manich (25:00) … George Hagen drew Jack Hurley (30:00) … Joe (Bull)
Komar beat Norton B. Jackson (3:08) … Tony Rocco drew John Supsie (aka Babe Caddock,
sub for Paul Favre) (30:00) … NOTE: Shikat turned up in Philadelphia the same night,
dispatching Gino Garibaldi in a main event.

Trenton NJ: March 7, 1932 (Monday)
(Armory) … Henri Deglane beat Pat McKay (213, of Memphis TN, sub for Frank Judson) (29:
55) … Jack Sherry beat John Podubny (18:25) … Len Macaluso beat Joe Cook (of Australia)
(12:10) … Count George Zarynoff beat Eddie Elzea (17:20) … Al Morelli beat Nick Scotos (19:
33) … NOTE: Promoter A.L. (Gus) Waldron presents a special show under auspices of
Mercer County Democratic League … Deglane is "recognized as (world) champion by the
Paul Bowser interests" … Dick Curley is revealed to be "Eastern representative of Bowser" …
Elzea is dubbed the "German Hercules."

Trenton NJ: March 11, 1932
(Arena, att. 1,800) … Dick Shikat beat Sandor Szabo (37:35) … Mihaly Orgovanyi (sub for
Abe Coleman) beat John Supsie (aka Babe Caddock) (29:00) … Jack Zarnas (as Mike
Zarnos,. sub for George Calza) drew George Hagen (30:00) … Joe (Bull) Komar beat Vanka
Zelesniak (14:55) … Taro Miyake beat Fred Carone (as Ferdinando Caroni, sub for Mike
Romano) (14:35) … NOTE: Taruji (Taro) Miyake, born 1882 in Okayama City JAPAN, was
just about 50 years old at this juncture of his long and colorful career.

Trenton NJ: March 18, 1932
(Arena, att. 2,000) … Mihaly Orgovanyi beat John Supsie (aka Babe Caddock) (31:35) … Dr.
Ralph Wilson beat Taro Miyake (20:50) … Joe (Bull) Komar beat Tiny Roebuck (15:10, dq)
… Cyclone Ress beat Jack Zarnas (as Mike Zarnos) (17:15) … Abe Coleman beat Tiger Bill
Nelson (17:05) … Referee: Matthew Poljanic … NOTE: John (Jack) N. Zarna, who worked
most of his career as "Jack Zarnas," was a high-school football star from Youngstown OH who
played some football at Ohio State University in the late 1920s before becoming a
professional wrestler … Matchmaker Pete Berenati said no wrestling would be held the
following week.

Trenton NJ: April 1, 1932
(Arena, att. 1,000) … Dick Shikat beat George Hagen (34:35) … Nazzarino Poggi beat John
Maxos (38:23) … Mihaly Orgovanyi beat Paul Favre (10:00) … Abe Coleman beat Vanka
Zelesniak (22:00) … George Manich drew Joe (Bull) Komar (30:00) … Referee: Matt Poljanic
(of West New York NJ) … NOTE: "In downing Fauve, Orgovanyi sustained a broken rib and a
slight skull concussion. The rib was fractured when he missed a flying tackle and landed
heavily on the platform outside the ropes." – Trenton NJ Evening Times, Apr. 2, 1932

Trenton NJ: April 8, 1932
(Arena, att. 2,000) ... Sandor Szabo beat Nazzarino Poggi (20:10) ... Fritz Kley beat Mike
Romano (13:55) ... Mihaly Orgovanyi beat Taro Miyake (14:35) ... George Hagen drew Abe
Coleman (30:00) ... Dr. Ralph Wilson drew George Kotsonaros (30:00) ... Joe (Bull) Komar
beat Tony Felice (17:22) … NOTE: Matchmaker Pete Berenati said this show was for the
benefit of the Woodrow Wilson Mercer County Democratic Club

Trenton NJ: April 15, 1932
(Arena) … Dick Shikat beat Joe (Bull) Komar (22:40) … (Handicap) Leo Pinetzki beat Alex
Aberg (7:00) & Vanka Zelesniak (8:25) … Fritz Kley beat Cy Williams (sub for Abe Coleman)
(11:50) … Mihaly Orgovanyi drew George Manich (30:00) … George Hagen beat Benny
Ginsberg (20:00) … Matchmaker: Pete Berenati … NOTE: Pinetzki successfully flopped two
foes inside 30 minutes … The promotion said Coleman was sidelined by an ear infection …
"Benny Ginsberg, a newcomer, had the doubtful honor of receiving the most pronounced
'razzberries' ever accorded a wrestler here." – Trenton NJ Evening Times, Apr. 16, 1932

Trenton NJ: April 22, 1932 (Friday)
(Arena, att. 1,000) … Mihaly Orgovanyi beat Nazzarino Poggi (27:32) … Fred Grobmier (sub
for Sammy Stein) beat Cyclone Ress (16:00) … Paul Favre beat John Supsie (aka Babe
Caddock) (30:00, dec) … Sid Westrich beat Tony Felice (20:18) … Bill Middlekauff beat Jim
Corrigan (9:08) … Referee: Doc Gehman

Trenton NJ: April 29, 1932
(Arena) … Dr. Ralph Wilson beat Mihaly Orgovanyi (sub for Sandor Szabo) (22:15) … Fritz
Kley beat George Hagen (22:13) … Leo Pinetzki beat Paul Favre (13:20) … Jim McMillen
beat Benny Ginsberg (20:36) … Abe Coleman drew Fred Grobmier (30:00) … NOTE: This
card caps the Trenton wrestling season … The 1932-1933 campaign, under new promoter
Dick Curley (and his assistant, Johnny Ipp), will begin the following September 16, 1932, with
Gino Garibaldi and John Maxos in the headline bout … Before long, Curley woud confine
himself to boxing promotions and Ipp would take over the mat shows, not only here but in
other mid-Atlantic cities, for the next 18 years or so.




Research by J Michael Kenyon
Trenton Wrestling Results - 1932
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