Chicago, Illinois: Tuesday, November 14, 1916 (Virginia Theater) … Welterweight Champion John Meyers and Pete Katausky drew (2:56: 00) … Ben Reuben b. Jim Osborne (2-0) Notes: Meyers was said to be from Sheboygan. Rueben was billed as the “national middleweight champion. Chicago, Illinois: Saturday, November 18, 1916 (Chicago Athletic Club Cherry Circle Gymnasium) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. John Freberg (31:35) … Yussif Hussane b. Jack Savage (2-0) … Pete Katansky b. Charles Peterson (2-0) … Herman Koch b. Joe Wallace (2-0) Notes: Hussane was said to have taken Frank Gotch’s place in the Jess Willard traveling circus. Freberg reportedly broke many of Lewis’s toughest holds “repeatedly.” Savage replaced Jack Thomas of San Francisco. Peterson was a substitute for Joe Holick. Chicago, Illinois: Thursday, November 30, 1916 (The Coliseum) … World Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher b. Charlie Cutler (2-0) (27: 04 total time) … Ben Reuben b. Cyclone Olson (2-0) … Lightweight Champion Johnny Billiter and Joe Smith drew (1-1) … Gardini and Kandrat match was cancelled … (promoter: Jack Herman) … (5,000+ fans) … (gate: $7,500) Notes: Cutler trained at the Mystic Athletic Club, and was said to have worked out with Ed Lewis, who was also going to be in his corner. Stecher arrived from Dodge on November 28. Cutler trained to specifically break Stecher’s scissorshold. Joey Smith of Chicago was a former amateur wrestling champion. Billiter was the lightweight championship claimant. Stecher’s win was decisive, according to the report. The initial report for the gate was $7,500, but on December 2nd, the Chicago Daily Tribune reported that the “proceeds are said to have been less than $5,000.” The same article stated that Herman, because of the lack of a good payday in spite of the good crowd, was going to leave wrestling promotions to focus on his “feature department of the Selig Moving Picture company.” Chicago, Illinois: Saturday, December 2, 1916 (Chicago Athletic Association) … Earl Caddock b. “Mr. Henderson” (7:20) (Caddock’s original opponent was Gardini) … Herman Koch b. Andy Kandrat (14:40) (Kandrat wouldn’ t continue) … Herman Koch b. “Rough House” Wallace (9:20) (Wallace replaced Kandrat) … Chris Sorenson b. Jack Savage (2-0) … Joe Smith b. Kid Benjamin (2-0) … Ben Reuben b. Young Beall (21:00) Note: “Mr. Henderson” may be Mort Henderson. Chicago, Illinois: Saturday, December 2, 1916 (Illinois Athletic Club) … Earl Caddock b. John Freberg (33:14) … Ernest Kartje b. Young Zbyszko (2-0) … Lightweight Champion Johnny Billiter and Henry Wirth drew (50:00) … Yussif Hussane b. Joe Geshtowt (2-0) … (referee: Charlie Cutler) Chicago, Illinois: Saturday, December 16, 1916 (Chicago Athletic Association) … Jack Carroll vs. Mike Yokel … Pete Katausky vs. Tom Rolewicz … Johnny Meyers vs. Young Beall … William Demetral vs. Joe Taylor Research by Tim Hornbaker October 2, 2010 |
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