Cleveland, OH: January 8, 1903
(WTM) Dan McLeod* beat Tom McInerney (2-1)

Buffalo NY: January 12, 1903
(Olympic A.C.) ... Jim Parr beat Tom McInerney (2-1, dq)

New York City NY: January 31, 1903
(MSG) ... Tom Jenkins drew John Piening (2:20:00, 0-0) ... NOTE: The police declared the
bout over at midnight.

Ithaca NY: February 3, 1903
Ed Atherton beat Tom Riley (of England) (2-0) ... NOTE: Said to be for a purse of $200
and the "middleweight championship"

Cleveland OH: February 11, 1903
(Handicap) Dan McLeod beat Tom Sharkey (three falls in 60:00; accomplished in 56:00) ...
NOTE: "The first fall required half the hour, the second thirteen minutes, and the third
twelve minutes. Sharkey did not attempt any aggressive work, but simply tried to balk the
efforts of the champion to throw him." -- Chicago Tribune, Feb. 12, 1903

New York City, NY: March 13, 1903
(Madison Square Garden) … Tom Jenkins failed to throw Jack Munroe (four times in 60:
00, Jenkins won only three falls over the boxer)

Montreal, Quebec: March 20, 1903
John Haslip beat James Bothener (2-0)

Marshfield WI: March 21, 1903
John J. Rooney beat Fred Beell (2-1) ... NOTE: Rooney said to have won the first and third
falls in 27 and 16 minutes, respectively.

New York City, NY: April 2, 1903
(Polo Athletic Club) … (World light weight title bout) George Bothner beat Tom Riley (2-0)
… NOTE: The falls were 3:30 and 8:52.

Buffalo NY: April 3, 1903
(American Title*) Tom Jenkins beat Dan McLeod (2-0) ... NOTE: Jenkins regains the
diadem by defeating McLeod in 1:17:00 and 14:30.

Worcester MA: April 18, 1903
(Mechanics' Hall, att. 2,200) ... Hjalmar Lundin beat M.J. (Mike) Dwyer (2-0) ... NOTE: Jim
Parr challenged the winner, but Lundin reportedly is bound for Sweden later this month.

Hartford, CT: April 28, 1903
(Coliseum) … Tom Sharkey beat F. C. Quinn

Brooklyn, NY: May 4, 1903
(Prospect Hall) … Gus Rublin beat Gustav Sander (2-1)

Perth Amboy, NJ: May 15, 1903
Hanson, the Danish champion beat Tom Sharkey (2-1) … NOTE: Sharkey was said to
have ruptured a broken blood vessel in his shoulder.

Toledo, OH: May 21, 1903
Harvey Parker beat Bob Reakes (2-1) … NOTE: Won the lightweight title.

Brooklyn, NY: May 21, 1903
Ernest Roeber failed to throw Gus Ruhlin (three times in 60:00, no falls)

Chicago, IL: May 23, 1903
(Coliseum) … Jack Rooney vs Nouroulah lll … NOTE: Rooney says that he will retire after
this match as he can get no one to meet him.

Hamilton ON: August 28, 1903
(Armory) ... (Handicap) Tom Jenkins FTT Dan McLeod (twice in one hour; instead, McLeod
won "by rolling the big Clevelander over with a half Nelson and crotch hold")

Grand Rapids MI: September 7, 1903
(Handicap) Dan McLeod FTT M.J. (Mike) Dwyer (of Grand Rapids MI)

Chicago, IL: September 26, 1903
(14 Quiney Street) … (Handicap match) Louie Kruger beat William Baumann (5 falls in 60:
00) … NOTE: Kruger weighed 170 and Baumann 135 pounds. The match was said to be
for $100 a side. William Watson was the referee.

Pittsburgh, PA: October 27, 1903
(Old City Hall) … Tom Jenkins beat Dan McLeod (2-1) … NOTE: Jenkins won his falls in 18:
31 and 7:55. McLeod took his fall in 5:25.

Jacksonville, FL: November 7, 1903
(Carnival Stadium) … Tom Jenkins beat Tom Sharkey (2-0) … NOTE: In the contest billed
for the world’s title, Jenkins won falls in 14:00 and 14:00.

St. Louis, MO: November 12, 1903
(West End Club) … Ed Adamson beat George Baptiste … NOTE: Baptiste was said to
have suffered a dislocated right shoulder.

Findlay, Ohio: November 20, 1903
(Davis Opera House) … Ruhlin vs Riley … Wimms vs Mackey … NOTE: These were to be
boxing matches, but were changed to wrestling bouts with the assistance attorney general
at ringside.

Edinburgh, Scotland: December 12, 1903
Bain (of Scotland) beat Jack Carkeek (utc) … NOTE: In a bout billed for the world’s
championship, Carkeek injured his shoulder and tried to use one arm before retiring.

Chicago Tribune: December 25, 1903
"Ed White yesterday posted a $250 forfeit on behalf of Clarence Forbes to fight any
featherweight in the country, Benny Yanger, Tommy Mowatt, and Sammy Smith preferred,
at any weight between 126 and 130 pounds."
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Cleveland OH: December 29, 1903
Tom Jenkins of Cleveland and Dan McLeod of Hamilton ON have signed articles to meet in
private in the presence of not more than 100 spectators to finally, once and for all, settle
which of them is the best wrestler ... The contest is not to take place before March 1 and
no location has been selected.


Research by J Michael Kenyon
Chicago Wrestling Results - 1903