Wichita, Kansas:  Monday, October 21, 1940
(The Forum) … Roy Dunn b. Mayes McLain (21:55) … Seelie “Prince” Samara b. Jack
Suzek (18:04) (after the match, Suzek refused to leave the ring and was thrown by Mayes
McLain) … Ray Campbell and Rudy Kay drew (30:00) … Osley Sanuooke b. Otto
Zimbleman (19:46) … (promoter:  Norris B. Stauffer) … (referees:  Moose Million, Lou
Spandle) … (sponsored by:  Wichita Athletic Club) … (3,000 fans)

Wichita, Kansas:  Monday, October 28, 1940
(The Forum) … Seelie “Prince” Samara b. Osley Sanuooke (2-0) (first by DQ) … Ray
Campbell b. Rudy Kay (31:42) … Johnny Atkins b. Jack Suzek (reverse decision) (after
winning, Suzek continued to beat on his opponent) (15:06) … Fred Peterson b. Harry
Cohen (18:00) … (promoter:  Norris B. Stauffer) … (referee:  Moose Million) …
(sponsored by:  Wichita Athletic Club)

Wichita, Kansas:  Monday, November 4, 1940
(The Forum) … Roy Dunn b. Seelie Samara (1-0) (1:17:03) (match went into overtime
after 75 minutes) … Mayes McLain b. Jack Suzek (12 seconds) … Walter Sirois b. Ray
Campbell (19:11) … Johnny Atkins b. Sammy Feeback (15:28) … (promoter:  Norris B.
Stauffer) … (referees:  Elmer “Moose” Million, Lou Spandle) … (sponsored by:  Wichita
Athletic Club)
Note:  The Wichita Eagle stated that Dunn and Samara “wrestled in one of the most
evenly matched and most entertaining bouts since Pesek and Stecher had their famed
duel here.”

Wichita, Kansas:  Monday, November 18, 1940
(The Forum) … Everette Marshall b. Mayes McLain (McLain won the first fall in 3:14,
Marshall won the second in 27:30) (McLain was unable to continue and was carried away
from the ring) … Roy Dunn b. Walter Sirois (27:41) (Dunn was a substitute for Seelie
Samara) …  Lew “Rube” Wright b. Roy Campbell (8:56) … Johnny Atkins and Fred
Peterson drew (30:00) … … (promoter:  Norris B. Stauffer) … (referees:  Moose Million,
Lou Spandle) … (sponsored by:  Wichita Athletic Club)
Note:  Seelie Samara ended up in Omaha, thinking he had a show there.

Wichita, Kansas:  Tuesday, November 26, 1940
(The Forum) … Roy Dunn b. Seelie Samara (75:00) (only fall at 45:43) … Rube Wright b.
Ace Parker (12:22) … Jack Suzek b. Fred Peterson (10:12) … Johnny Atkins b. Harry
Cohen (15:44) … (promoter:  Norris B. Stauffer) … (referee:  Lou Spandle) …
(sponsored by:  Wichita Athletic Club)

Wichita, Kansas:  Tuesday, December 3, 1940
(The Forum) … Rube Wright b. Seelie Samara (2-0) … Jack Suzek b. Ray Campbell
(Suzek was chased by fans after the match) … Elmer “Moose” Million b. Flying Bettes (14:
33) … Gus Kahrus (Karras?) b. Harry Cohen (12:18) … (promoter:  Norris B. Stauffer) …
(referee:  Lou Spandle) … (sponsored by:  Wichita Athletic Club)

Wichita, Kansas:  Monday, December 16, 1940
(The Forum) … Roy Dunn b. Jack Suzek (2/3) (Suzek swung at Dempsey, only to be
punched by the former boxing champion, leading to the second fall, which evened the
match) … Mayes McLain and Rube Wright drew (45:00) … Lou Newman b. Walter Sirois
(14:06) … Johnny Atkins b. Ray Campbell (11:56) … (promoter:  Norris B. Stauffer) …
(referees:  Jack Dempsey, Lou Spandle) … (sponsored by:  Wichita Athletic Club) …
(4,000 fans)
Note:  Lou Newman of Vancouver, British Columbia was a “discovery of Jack Dempsey.”

Wichita, Kansas:  Monday, December 23, 1940
(The Forum) … (Benefit Show for underprivileged children) … Roy Dunn b. Lou Newman
(33:21) … Rube Wright b. Mayes McLain (12:15) … Walter Sirois b. Jim Parker … Johnny
Atkins b. Kirilenko (DQ) (12:47) … (promoter:  Norris B. Stauffer) … (referee:  Zip Kice)
… (sponsored by:  Wichita Athletic Club) … (1,500 fans)
Note:  Wrestlers worked for “train fare only.”


Research by Tim Hornbaker
Wichita Wrestling Results - 1940