Chicago, IL: January 3, 1944
(White City Arena) … Ivan Kalmikoff and Jack Zeravich vs Joe Maich and Joe Szabo …
Senor Moctezuma vs Hans Buesing … (promoter-Fred Kohler)

Chicago, IL: January 4, 1944
(Marigold Gardens) … Maurice Tillet (as French Angel) vs Jerry Gordon … (promoter-
Benny Reuben) … NOTE: The show was canceled Monday due to injuries to Gordon.

Chicago, IL: January 5, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton Arena) … Walter Palmer vs Senor Moctezuma … (promoter-Fred Kohler)

Chicago, IL: January 10, 1944
(White City) … Walter Palmer vs Miguel Torres … Flash Gordon vs Senor Moctezuma …
Kid Chapman vs Ivan Kalmikoff … Joe Maich vs Paul Miller

Chicago, IL: January 11, 1944
(Marigold Gardens) … Wladyslaw Talun vs Ali Adali … Rudy Hoffman vs Nick George …
George Mack vs Ben Cohen

Chicago, IL: January 17, 1944
(White City) … Flash Gordon vs Eddie (Bad Man) Lewis

Chicago, IL: January 18, 1944
(Marigold Gardens) … Rudy Hoffman vs Paul Amnotte

Chicago, IL: January 24, 1944
(White City) … Swedish Angel vs Senor Moctezuma

Chicago, IL: January 25, 1944
(Marigold Gardens) … Maurice Tillet (as French Angel) vs Oscar Swanson

Chicago, IL: January 26, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton Arena) … Ivan Kalmikoff and Miguel Torres vs Pierre DeGlane and Joe
Maich … Senor Moctezuma vs Flash Gordon … Kid Chapman vs Jack Bloomfield … Joe
Feroni vs Dory Funk

Chicago, IL: January 31, 1944
(White City) … Flash Gordon vs Senor Moctezuma

Chicago, IL: February 1, 1944
(Marigold Garden) … Oscar Swanson vs Rudy Hoffman … Wladyslaw Talun vs Pete
Schuh … NOTE: An ad calls it honest wrestling. Swanson was billed from the University of
Minnesota.

Chicago, IL: February 7, 1944
(White City) … Flash Gordon vs Senor Moctezuma

Evansville, IN: February 19, 1944
(Patten Gymnasium) … (175 pound title) Verne Gagne (U of Minnesota) beat John Greene
(U of Michigan) (8:10) to win the Big Ten championship

Chicago, IL: February 21, 1944
(White City) … Rudy Kay vs Cyclone Anaya

Chicago, IL: February 28, 1944
(White City) … Joe Feroni and Eddie (Bad Man) Lewis vs Ivan Kalmikoff and Flash Gordon

Chicago, IL: March 6, 1944
(White City) … Flash Gordon and Ivan Kalmikoff vs Joe Feroni and Eddie (Bad Man) Lewis

Chicago, IL: March 6, 1944
(Madison Athletic Club) … Tony Milano vs Jack Washburn … Al Sabath (local debut) vs
Johnny Holda … George Mack vs Gordon McKinley … Steve Savage vs Flex Youkoff …
Jerry Gordon vs Rudy Hoffman

Chicago, IL: March 13, 1944
(White City) … Cyclone Anaya vs Flash Gordon … Kola Kwariani vs Ole Olson

Chicago, IL: March 13, 1944
(Madison Athletic Club) … Maurice Tillet (as French Angel) vs Nick Elitch … Oscar
Swanson (former Minnesota Football player) vs Al Sabath

Chicago, IL: March 20, 1944
(White City) … Morris Shapiro vs Cyclone Anaya

Chicago, IL: March 20, 1944
(Madison Athletic Club) … Rudy Hoffman vs Joe Dvorak … Alex Kaffner vs George Mack
… Al Sabath vs Jack Washburn … Lou Tucker vs Gordon McKinley … Einar Olsen vs
Tony Wyrostek

Chicago, IL: March 22, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Walter Palmer vs Swedish Angel … Flash Gordon vs Joe Feroni …
Hans Buesing vs  Jesse Hernandez

Chicago, IL: March 27, 1944
(Madison Athletic Club) … Maurice Tillet (as French Angel) vs Rudy Hoffman … Pete
Schuh vs Nick Elitch … Don Koch vs Jack Sperling … Gordon McKinley vs Johnny Holda
… Al Sabeth vs Bad Man Lou Tucker

Chicago, IL: March 27, 1944
(White City) … Morris Shapiro vs Charles (Gorilla) Grubmyer

Chicago, IL: April 3, 1944
(Madison A.C.) … George Mack vs Alex Kaffner

Chicago, IL: April 3, 1944
(White City) … Cyclone Anaya vs Gorilla Grubmyer … Morris Shapiro and Ivan Kalmikoff
vs Joe Feroni and Andy Rockne

Chicago, IL: April 10, 1944
(Madison A.C.) … Rudy Hoffman vs George Mack

Chicago, IL: April 10, 1944
(White City) … Swedish Angel vs Ole Olson

Chicago, IL: April 12, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Swedish Angel vs Kola Kwariani

Chicago, IL: April 17, 1944
(Madison A.C.) … Jack Sperling vs Alex Kaffner

Chicago, IL: April 17, 1944
(White City) … Walter Palmer vs Cyclone Anaya

Chicago, IL: April 19, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Kid Chapman and Flash Gordon vs Miguel Torres and Eddie (Bad
Man) Lewis

Chicago, IL: April 24, 1944
(Madison A.C.) … Maurice Tillet (as French Angel) vs Jack Sperling (local wrestler) …
Jerry Gordon vs Joe Dvorak … Al Sabath vs Frank “Mad Russian Dancer” Markoff …
Gordon McKinley vs Hans Bauer … Don Koch vs Pete “Sugar” Schuh

Chicago, IL: April 24, 1944
(White City) … Flash Gordon vs Charles (Gorilla) Grubmyer

Chicago, IL: April 26, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … no lineups given

Chicago, IL: April 28, 1944
(Ashland Auditorium) … Maurice Tillet (as French Angel) vs Jerry Gordon … NOTE: This
card was sponsored by the Milk Drivers’ Association. The site was located at Ashland
Avenue and Van Buren Street. Jerry Gordon and Joe (Flash) Gordon were two different
wrestlers.

Chicago, IL: Monday, May 1, 1944
(White City) … Joe Feroni and Eddie (Bad Man) Lewis vs Ivan Kalmikoff and Ace Freeman

Chicago, Illinois:  Monday, May 1, 1944
(Madison A.C.) … Steve Casey vs. Jack Billings … Jim Casey vs. Don Koch ... three other
matches, including one involving Alex Kaffner
Notes:  Casey was said to be recently discharged from the Army and had been brought to
Chicago by promoter Karl Pojello.  Casey stood 6'2" and weighed 235 and Billings was 6'1
and weighed 229.  Kaffner was said to be the "Negro" heavyweight champion of Milwaukee.

Chicago, Illinois:  Monday, May 8, 1944
(Madison A.C. Arena) ... Steve Casey vs. Ed "Strangler" White ... Jack Billings vs. Frank
Wiljer ... Rudy Hoffman vs. Don Koch ... Gordon McKinley vs. Bobby Stewart ... Al Sabath
vs. (?)
Notes:  The arena was at 4721 West Madison Street.  Koch was said to be from
Plattesville, Wisconsin and Hoffman from Northwestern University.  McKinkley was from
Houston and Stewart from Nashville.

Chicago, IL: May 15, 1944
(White City) … Flash Gordon vs Charles (Gorilla) Grubmyer … Ivan Kalmikoff and Ace
Freeman vs Eddie (Bad Man) Lewis and James (Bad Boy) Brown

Chicago, IL: May 15, 1944
(Madison A.C.) … Pete Schuh vs Jerry Gordon

Chicago, IL: May 22, 1944
(White City) … Flash Gordon vs James (Bad Boy) Brown … Eddie (Bad Man) Lewis and
Jack Zeravich vs Ace Freeman and unnamed partner

Chicago, IL: May 24, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Walter Palmer vs Ivan Kalmikoff … Kola Kwariani vs Morris Shapiro

Chicago, IL: May 29, 1944
(White City) … Morris Shapiro vs Flash Gordon

Chicago, IL: May 31, 1944 (canceled)
(Rainbo Fronton) … Flash Gordon vs Morris Shapiro … Kola Kwariani vs Eddie (Bad Man)
Lewis … Ace Freeman and Kid Chapman vs Ivan Kalmikoff and Pete Bartu
NOTE: On Sunday the 28th, The Tribune had Walter Palmer vs James (Bad Boy) Brown at
Rainbo above. They had the Shapiro vs Gordon bout at White City on May 29. Possibly
the reporter got the cards switched and Palmer-Brown headlined the May 29th show.
Promoter Fred Kohler was forced to cancel the card when the police and firemen closed
the place on the grounds that Kohler had no city license and the arena did not meet with
city fire ordinance requirements. Kohler expects to have the situation corrected in time to
resume operations next Wednesday.

Chicago, IL: June 5, 1944
(White City) … Rudy Kay vs Flash Gordon

Chicago, IL: June 7, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Morris Shapiro vs Kola Kwariani … Kid Chapman and Ace Freeman
vs Eddie Lewis and James Brown

Chicago, IL: June 12, 1944
(White City) … Carl Von Zuppe and Jack Zeravich vs Al Galento and Kid Chapman

Chicago, IL: June 19, 1944
(White City) … Whitey Whittler and Carl Von Zuppe vs Angelo Leone and Ivan Kalmikoff …
Eddie (Bad Boy) Lewis vs Morris Shapiro … Kola Kwariani vs James (Bad Boy) Brown

Chicago, IL: June 28, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Carl Von Zuppe and Jack Zeravich vs Al Galento and Kid Chapman

Chicago, IL: July 3, 1944
(White City) … Walter Palmer vs Kola Kwariani

Chicago, IL: July 5, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Flash Gordon vs Antone Leone

Chicago, IL: July 10, 1944
(White City) … Rudy Kay vs Flash Gordon

Chicago, IL: July 24, 1944
(White City) … Morris Shapiro vs Al Williams
Chicago, IL: August 7, 1944
(White City) … Walter Palmer vs Antone Leone

Chicago, IL: August 14, 1944
(White City) … Swedish Angel vs Eddie (Bad Man) Lewis

Chicago, IL: August 16, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Rudy Kay and Eddie (Bad Man) Lewis vs Kid Chapman and Ace
Freeman … Miguel Torres vs George Dusette … Morris Shapiro vs Whitey Whittler …
NOTE: The Swedish Angel vs Jack (Bad Boy Brown match mentioned 8-13 was likely
changed.

Chicago, IL: September 4, 1944
(White City) … Walter Palmer vs Al Williams

Chicago, IL: September 6, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Morris Shapiro vs George Dusette

Chicago, IL: September 11, 1944
(White City) … George Dusette vs Al Williams

Chicago, IL: September 20, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Morris Shapiro vs George Dusette

Chicago, IL: September 25, 1944
(White City) … Al Williams and James (Bad Boy) Brown vs Miguel Torres and Jack Reeder

Chicago, IL: September 27, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … George Dusette vs Jack (Bad Boy) Brown

Chicago, IL:  Wednesday, October 4, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Walter Palmer vs George Dusette … Gordon Hessel vs Stan Buresh
Note:  Facility was at 4836 N. Clark Street.

Chicago, IL:  Monday, October 16, 1944
(White City) … Walter Palmer vs Flash Gordon … Gordon Hessel and Miguel Torres vs Al
Williams and Eddie (Bad Man) Lewis … Kid Chapman vs Polo Cordova

Chicago, IL:  Monday, October 23, 1944
(White City) … Julius (Great Mephisto) Woronick vs Al Williams

*It was announced on October 24, 1944 by the Chicago Daily Tribune that Walter Palmer
was suspended for "three months" by the Illinois State Athletic Commission.

Chicago, IL:  Wednesday, October 25, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) …. George Dusette vs Rudy Kay (sub for Walter Palmer)

Chicago, IL:  Monday, October 30, 1944
(White City) … Polo Cordova vs Stan Buresh

Chicago, IL:  Wednesday, November 1, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Rudy Kay vs Julius Woronick

Chicago, IL:  Friday, November 3, 1944
(Cicero Stadium) … Wrestling shows resume under Billy Cepak (no more mention)

Chicago, IL:  Wednesday, November 8, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Jack (Bad Boy) Brown and Moctezuma vs Mel Peters and Chico Salzar

Chicago, IL:  Monday, November 13, 1944
(White City) … Mel Peters vs Miguel Torres

Chicago, IL:  Wednesday, November 15, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Walter Roxy vs. Kola Kwariani … Dale Wayne vs. Miguel Torres …
Polo Cordova vs. Hans Buesing

Chicago, IL:  Monday, November 27, 1944
(White City) … Swedish Angel vs Jack (Bad Boy) Brown … Dave Levin vs Miguel Torres …
Walter Roxy vs Gordon Hessel … Kid Chapman vs Pete Bartu … Sonny Myers vs Jack
Hobbs

Chicago, IL:  Wednesday, November 29, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Swedish Angel vs Dave Levin … Al Williams vs Walter Roxy … Jack
Hobbs vs Kid Chapman … Sonny Myers vs Polo Cordova

Chicago, IL:  Wednesday, December 6, 1944
(Rainbo Fronton) … Swedish Angel vs Rudy Kay … Dave Levin vs Al Williams

Chicago, IL: December 11, 1944
(White City) … Dave Levin vs Al Williams

Chicago, IL: December 25, 1944
(White City) … Dave Levin and Gordon Hessel vs Al Williams and Miguel Torres … Kola
Kwariani vs Jack (Bad Boy) Brown

NOTE: Several Madison A. C. clubs were researched by George Lentz.


Research by Don Luce, George Lentz, Tim Hornbaker
Chicago Wrestling Results - 1944