Buffalo NY: January 15, 1902
(Olympic A.C.) ... Jim Parr beat Ed Atherton (2-0)

New York City, NY: January 16, 1902
(Miner’s Bowery Theater) … (world’s lightweight catch champion) Max Luttberg vs Joe
Walcott (pro debut as a wrestler)

Davenport IA: January 17, 1902
(Burtis Opera House) ... Frank Gotch beat Mike Eli (2-0) ... NOTE: Chicago Tribune
reports articles have been signed for a Friday, January 24 match between John J. Rooney
and "Mouradoulah, wrestling partner of Eli" (?)

Worcester, MA: January 22, 1902
Hjalmer Lundin beat Francois Pascol (2-0)

Davenport IA: January 24, 1902
(Burtis Opera House, att. 1,000) ... (Mixed Styles) John J. Rooney beat Mouradoulah ("an
alleged Turk") (3-1, dq) ... NOTE: Fourth fall awarded to Rooney because Mouradoulah
used a strangle hold ... Frank Gotch posted a forfeit to wrestle either man.

Buffalo, NY: January 1, 1902
Jim Parr beat Charley Reincke (2-0)

Buffalo NY: February 14, 1902
Tom Jenkins beat Jim Parr (2-0) ... NOTE: This match was said to be for the "international
championship"

Chicago IL: February 14, 1902
(Coliseum) ... John J. Rooney drew John Nehemenahquod (billed as Ojibway Indian
champion) (10:00) ... NOTE: This was the first of a series of special wrestling exhibitions at
the Sportsman's Show and probably was a handicap affair.

Chicago IL: February 15, 1902
(Coliseum) ... (Handicap) John J. Rooney beat Fred Russell ("a Minnesota giant") (9:34) ...
NOTE: Rooney agreed to throw Russell once in 15 minutes

Chicago IL: February 17, 1902
(Coliseum) ... (Handicap) John J. Rooney FTT Fred Russell (15:00)

Chicago IL: February 20, 1902
(Coliseum) ... (Handicap) John J. Rooney beat Fred Russell (8:11)

Waterbury, CT: February 20, 1902
(mixed styles) Professor Dwyer beat Frank Geehle … (Att.-1,000)

New York City, NY: February 28, 1902
(Lenox Lyceum) … (G-R champion) John Piening beat Carl Norbeck (2:00:00)

Buffalo NY: March 10, 1902
(Olympic A.C.) ... Jim Parr beat Charles Wittmer

Cleveland OH: March 14, 1902
(Forest Street Armory, att. 4,000) ... Tom Jenkins beat Jim Parr (2-1) ... NOTE: Jenkins put
Parr on the mat in the first and third falls, using 21 and 19 minutes, respectively ... Parr
took the second fall in 30:00 ... Jenkins weighed close to 200, Parr 170

St. Paul, MN: March 15, 1902
(Auditorium) … John Rooney beat Terrible Turk #2 (1-0, utc)

Chicago, IL: April 6, 1902
(Trocadero Theater) … Harvey Parker vs all comers

Chicago, IL: April 11, 1902
(Trocadero Theater) … Harvey Parker vs all comers

Chicago, IL: April 26, 1902
(Academy Theater) … Harvey Parker vs all comers

Chicago, IL: April 28, 1902
(Academy Theater) … Harvey Parker vs Jack Root (the boxer)

Chicago, IL: May 25, 1902
(Hopkins Theater) … Harvey Parker vs all comers

Chicago, IL: May 26, 1902
(Hopkins Theater) … Harvey Parker vs all comers

Chicago, IL: May 31, 1902
(Hopkins Theater) … Harvey Parker vs all comers

Cleveland OH: June 10, 1902
(Handicap) Tom Jenkins FTT Dan McLeod (twice in 90:00; got one fall in 53:00)

Spokane, WA: June 28, 1902
(Spokane Athletic Club) … (North American lightweight title) Max Wiley beat Ernest Maxwell
(2-0)

Chicago IL: July 15, 1902
(American A.C.) ... (Handicap) John J. Rooney beat Bill Malone (five falls in one hour) (It
took 23 minutes to win the five falls) ... Bill Watson beat Jack King … (boxing exhibition)
Battling Nelson boxed six rounds with Benny Yanger … Referee: George Siler ... (plus
boxing) ... NOTE: The management notes this will be a "ladies night" and patrons of the
club are permitted to bring their "wives, sweethearts, and sisters to the athletic
entertainment" ... "In case of 'fake,' the management promises to refund membership
fees." -- Chicago Tribune, July 8, 1902 ... Rooney now said to be a Chicago policeman, as
is Malone.

Davenport, IA: July 27, 1902
(mixed styles) … Farmer Martin Burns beat Charles Wittmer (2-1) … NOTE: Wittmer won
the first fall at G-R. Burns took the two falls catch-as-catch-can style.

New Haven, CT: October 29, 1902
(Handicap match) J. C. Comstock failed to throw Professor M. J. Dwyer (four times in 60:00
without being thrown himself) … NOTE: Comstock won two falls, then Dwyer put Comstock’
s shoulders to the mat to end the bout.

Buffalo NY: November 7, 1902
(Olympic A.C.) ... Jim Parr beat Prof. M.J. (Mike) Dwyer (2-0)

New Haven, CT: November 12, 1902
(catch) Prof. M. J. Dwyer beat J. C. Comstock (3-1)

Marshfield, WI: November 14, 1902
(catch) Fred Beell beat Emil Klank (3-0)

New York City, NY: November 25, 1902
(Madison Square Concert Hall) … Tom Jenkins beat Joe Carroll (of Ireland) (2-0)

Menasha, WI: December 5, 1902
(Opera House) … (boxing) Emil Klank vs Otto Zuehike (six rounds) … NOTE: This fight was
the outcome of a wrestling match about three weeks ago, which Klank won in two straight
falls.

South Bend IN: December 12, 1902
James McWeeney is elected captain and manager of the (South Bend) Athletics' football
team of 1903.

Buffalo NY: December 19, 1902
Tom Jenkins beat Jim Parr (2-1) ... NOTE: Jenkins defends his American title by taking the
last two falls in 54:00 and 21:30, respectively, after Parr copped the first pin in 17:30 with
"a trick play"

Worcester MA: December 25, 1902
(Mechanics' Hall, att. 1,100) ... (American Title*) Dan McLeod beat Tom Jenkins (2-1, cnc)
... NOTE: Jenkins, with a shin splint daggering his flesh and causing "unbearable" pain,
forfeits the bout at the 20-minute mark of the third fall ... Earlier, Jenkins prevailed in 59
minutes of the first fall, while McLeod knotted matters in 24 minutes of the second.


Research by J Michael Kenyon
Chicago Wrestling Results - 1902