Walla Walla, Washington:  Wednesday, August 7, 1946
(Borleske Field) ... World Heavyweight Champion Babe Sharkey vs. Frank Plestina
(referee: Tony Galento) ... Butch Modran vs. Mile High Ross ... Bud Curtis vs. Hardy
Kruskamp ... (matchmaker:  Carl Nelson) ... (sponsored by: American Legion)



*The October 16, 1946 edition of the Walla Walla Union Bulletin newspaper stated that
George Becker beat Babe Sharkey "in two straight falls in Portland recently." The paper
noted that Becker "is considered by many to be the greatest wrestler since Frank Gustini
(sic)." Becker was now the World Heavyweight Champion.












Research by Tim Hornbaker
December 2, 2010
Walla Walla Wrestling Results - 1946