Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, February 6, 1951 (Sales Pavilion) … Tony Angelo b. Don Sugai (2/3) (Angelo received some outside help from his tag team partner Frank Marconi) … Fritz Schnabel b. Lou Sjoberg (2/3) … Ted Evans b. Frank Marconi (2/3) (third fall by DQ) … Larry Jacobson b. Steve Bellman … (promoter: Al Oeming) … (referee: Lefty Pacer) Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, February 13, 1951 (Sales Pavilion) … Don Sugai b. Tony Angelo (2/3) (judo jackets match) … Ted Evans b. Fritz Schnabel (DQ) (Schnabel attacked the referee) … Lou Sjoberg b. Danny Viloski (6: 00) (Viloski was a substitute for Bob DeMarce) … Larry Jacobson b. Nick Albert (DQ) … Johnny Bartolovich and Steve Bellman drew … (promoter: Al Oeming) … (referee: Butch Higgins) … (3,000 fans) Notes: Danny Viloski was born in Edmonton. Fritz Schnabel was stated to be “probably the greatest villain ever to appear in Edmonton.” Bob DeMarce was held up at the Canadian boarder and unable to wrestle on the show. Sugai reportedly owned a nightclub in Seattle. Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, February 20, 1951 (Sales Pavilion) …`Mars Bennett b. Millie Stafford (2/3) … Canadian Champion Albert Mills b. Frank Marconi (2-0) … Don Sugai b. Bob DeMarce (2/3) … Ted Evans b. Tony Angelo … Danny Viloski b. Dallard Oulette … (promoter: Al Oeming) … (referee: Butch Higgins) … (4,000 fans) (soldout) (3,000 fans turned away) Notes: Al Mills was billed as the Canadian champion. Mars Bennett “several times has appeared with Ringling Bros. Circus as the ‘Woman With The Iron Jaw.’” Edmonton, Alberta: Monday, February 26, 1951 (Sales Pavilion) … Sky-Hi Lee b. Al Mills to capture the Canadian Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Mills’s foot was entangled in the ropes during the third fall, leading to the finish) … Ted Evans b. Lou Sjoberg (2/3) … Mr. X b. Lefty Pacer … Joe Troskur b. Barney Ostby … (promoter: Al Oeming) … (referees: Tiger Goldstick, “Chesty” Jack Jackson) … (4,000 fans) Notes: Sky-Hi Lee, according to the newspaper, was “seldom seen without his cowboy clothes and often rides a horse up main street whenever the mood strikes him. He is reputed to have a valuable collection of antique guns.” He was also billed as a former Texas Ranger, standing 6’8” and weighing nearly 300 pounds. It was reported that it was Mills’s first loss in six years. “He took the Canadian tiara away from Whipper Billy Watson last year.” Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, March 6, 1951 (Garden) … Al Mills b. Sky-Hi Lee to regain the Canadian Heavyweight Title (2/3) … Ted Evans and Don Sugai drew (1-1) … Lou Sjoberg b. Tony Angelo (DQ) (Angelo attacked the referee) … Mr. X b. Bob DeMarce … Danny Viloski b. Joe Troskur (DQ) … (promoter: Al Oeming) … (referees: Tiger Goldstick, Butch Higgins, Dave Ruhl) … (5,000+ fans) Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, March 13, 1951 (Sales Pavilion) … Canadian Heavyweight Champion Al Mills b. Sky-Hi Lee (2/3) (Mills hit his opponent with the timekeeper’s bell during the third fall) .. Roy McClarity (spelled McLarrity) b. Tony Angelo … Mr. X and Don Sugai drew (45:00) … Dallard Oullette b. Joe Troskur (DQ) … … (promoter: Al Oeming) … (referee: Jack Jackson) Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, March 20, 1951 (Sales Pavilion) … Roy McClarity b. Mr. X and Frank Hurley (handicap match) (2/3) (McClarity was originally booked to wrestle Sky-Hi Lee) … Frank Hurley and Mr. X b. Ted Evans and Don Sugai (2/3) … Steve Bellman and Larry Jacobson drew … (promoter: Al Oeming) Note: Sky-Hi Lee suffered torn cartilage during an afternoon workout at a local gymnasium. Edmonton, Alberta: Tuesday, March 27, 1951 (Sales Pavilion) … Al Mills and Mr. X b. Ted Evans and Roy McClarity (2/3) … Frank Hurley b. Don Sugai (2/3) … Bob DeMarce b. Bill Sherriff (10:15) … (promoter: Al Oeming) … (referee: Tex Wilkins) Research by Tim Hornbaker August 28, 2010 |
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