Waterloo, IA: May 14, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Bronko Nagurski beat Joe Dusek (23:00) ... Rudy Strongberg
drew with Mark Hoesly (30:00) ... Ted Key beat Joe Millich ... (referee-Wally Karbo) ... (first
outdoor card of the season)

Waterloo, IA: May 21, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Ali Baba beat Rudy Strongberg (33:35) ... Ralph Garibaldi drew
with Mark Hoesly (30:00) ... Ted Key beat Johnny Marrs ... (referee-Wally Karbo) ... (Att.
-4,000)

Waterloo, IA: May 28, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... (non title) Earl Wampler beat Caifson Johnson* (25:33) ... Ted
Key vs Ralph Garibaldi (nc) ... Al Bisignano beat Gabe Zeller ... (referee-Bob Jessen) ...
NOTE: Caifson Johnson won his claim to the world’s light heavyweight title in Waterloo
from George Sauer.

Waterloo, IA: June 4, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Earl Wampler beat Al Bisignano (26:27) (won Iowa state title) ...
Ted Key beat Ed Kruml ... Joe Dusek drew with Otto Kuss (30:00) ... (referee-Bob Jessen)

Waterloo, IA: June 11, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Earl Wampler beat Ted Key (31:58) ... Joe Dusek beat Otto Kuss
... Ralph Garibaldi beat Joe Hubka ... (referee-Bob Jessen)

Waterloo, IA: June 18, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Ali Baba vs Joe Dusek ... Dick Raines vs Mark Hoesly (of Monroe,
WI) ... Ralph Garibaldi vs Johnny Marrs ... (canceled due to bad storm)

Waterloo, IA: June 27, 1939 (Tuesday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Earl Wampler beat Joe Dusek (25:00) ... Mark Hoesly drew with
Rudy Strongberg ... Ralph Garibaldi beat Johnny Marrs ... (referee-Benny Leonard) ...
NOTE: The card was rained out Sunday. Hoesly was to face Dick Raines and Garibaldi to
meet Don McIntyre on that card.

Waterloo, IA: July 2, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Ali Baba beat Earl Wampler (34:50, dq) ... Abe Kashey drew with
Rudy Strongberg (30:00) ... Dick Raines beat Mark Hoesly ... (referees-Mark Hoesly and
matchmaker Andy George) (subs for Bob Jessen)

Waterloo, IA: July 9, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Dick Raines beat Joe Cox (21:00) ... Otto Kuss beat Abe Kashey
(dq) ... Ted Key drew with Ralph Garibaldi (30:00) ... (referee-Wally Karbo)

Waterloo, IA: July 16, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Dick Raines beat Abe Kashey (25:00) ... Joe Dusek beat Ted Key
... Otto Kuss beat Rudy Strongberg ... (referee-Wally Karbo)

Waterloo, IA: July 23, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Dick Raines beat Otto Kuss (34:00) ... Joe Dusek drew with Mark
Hoesly ... Don McIntyre beat Ralph Garibaldi (dq) ... (referee-Wally Karbo)
Waterloo, IA: July 30, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Dick Raines beat Earl Wampler (33:40, dq) ... Joe Dusek beat
Mark Hoesly ... Pete Schuh beat Johnny Marrs ... (referee-Wally Karbo)

Waterloo, IA: August 6, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Earl Wampler beat Pete Schuh (33:10) ... Ted Key beat George
Sauer ... Otto Kuss drew with Aristides Lenares (20:00) ... (referee-Caifson Johnson)

Waterloo, IA: August 13, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Earl Wampler vs Joe Dusek ... Pete Schuh beat Ted Key ...
George Sauer vs Aristides Lenares ... (referee-Wally Karbo) ... (result found 8-17)

Waterloo, IA: August 20, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Earl Wampler vs Pete Schuh ... Otto Kuss vs Mark Hoesly ...
George Sauer vs Bob Foster ... (referee-Wally Karbo) ... (likely rained out)

Waterloo, IA: August 27, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Lou Plummer beat Earl Wampler (23:10) ... Jack Kennedy beat
Pete Schuh ... Joe Corbett vs Ed White (no contest) ... (referee-Wally Karbo)

Waterloo, IA: September 3, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Lou Plummer beat Jack Kennedy (27:58) ... Don McIntyre beat
Pete Schuh ... Bob Foster (of Marshalltown, IA) beat George Sauer ... (referee-Bob
Jessen)

Waterloo, IA: September 10, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Lou Plummer beat Jack Kennedy (21:00) ... Cliff Olsen beat Don
McIntyre ... Joe Corbett beat Ed Kruml ... NOTE: An unidentified fan jumped into the ring
and attacked Plummer which halted the bout for 10 minutes.

Waterloo, IA: September 17, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Lou Plummer beat Cliff Olsen (15:00) ... Earl Wampler beat Jack
Kennedy ... Bill Sledge drew with Joe Corbett (30:00) ... (referee-Wally Karbo)

Waterloo, IA: September 24, 1939 (Sunday)
(Electric Park Arena) ... Earl Wampler beat Lou Plummer (dq) ... Chief Saunooke beat Bill
Sledge ... Joe Corbett drew with Jack Kennedy (sub for Gabe Zeller) ... (referee-Tony
Ligouri) ... (last card of the season)
NOTE: Pinkie George seemed to be busy as manager of boxer Lee Savold. Andy George
was doing most of the matchmaking this year. Earl Wampler was often billed as the
Scranton rabbit puncher. This was Scranton, Iowa not Pennsylvania. J. Michael Kenyon
confirmed that the correct spelling was Mark Hoesly, and not Hoesley or the various other
spellings used.

Waterloo Daily Courier research-Don Luce
Waterloo Wrestling Results - 1939