Poland: 1908
#PWHS #Results #Europe #Poland #PL #Lodz #Warsaw #Wroclaw #Breslau #Wrestling #ProWrestling #GrecoRoman #GraecoRoman
JANUARY 1908
JANUARY 1, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
German Graeco-Roman Championship Tournament: Final Day
Promoter: Carl Jänecke
Troupe: John Pohl
Victoria-Theatre, Wroclaw (Breslau), Lower Silesian, Poland
1 - Final
John Pohl def. Iwan Chemjakin
Notes:
This is the last day of the tournament which started on December 1, 1907.
Platzierung / Placement:
1. John Pohl.
2. Iwan Chemjakin.
3. Georg Strenge.
4. Glinkin-Pugatschev.
[Click Here for the opening day of the tournament]
JANUARY 11, 1908 (SATURDAY)
Großer Preis von Thorn / Grand Prix of Torun: Graeco-Roman Tournament - Day ??
Troupe: Michael Hitzler
Schützenhaus, Torun (Thorn), Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Third/Fourth Place
Anton Gerigkoff def. Constant le Boucher
JANUARY 13, 1908 (MONDAY)
Großer Preis von Thorn / Grand Prix of Torun: Graeco-Roman Tournament - Day ??
Troupe: Michael Hitzler
Schützenhaus, Torun (Thorn), Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Final
Albert Sturm def. Massimo Roberto Raicevich
Notes:
Platzierung / Placement:
1. Albert Sturm.
2. Massimo Roberto Raicevich.
3. Anton Gerigkoff & “Constant le Boucher”.
JANUARY 15, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Großer Preis von Thorn / Grand Prix of Torun: Graeco-Roman Tournament - Final Day
Troupe: Michael Hitzler
Schützenhaus, Torun (Thorn), Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland
Notes:
This is the last day of the tournament which started on December 21, 1907.
JANUARY ??, 1908 (????)-JANUARY ??, 1908 (????)
Graeco-Roman Tournament
Concordia-Theatre, Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland
Platzierung / Placement:
1. Georg Strenge.
2. Ali Kali Oglui.
3. Emil Nitschke.
4. Karl Saft.
Teilnehmer / Participants:
Georg Strenge,
Ali Kali Oglui, [Pista Horvat]
Emil Nitschke,
Karl Saft,
Michael Hitzler,
Madrali, [Ferdinand Zumbusch]
Anton Gerigkoff,
Heinrich von Berg.
Ende Hinweise / End Notes:
This tournament finished in late January 1908.
FEBRUARY 1908
FEBRUARY 1908
FEBRUARY 26, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Opening Day
Troupe: Alexander Aberg
Circus Ciniselli, Warsaw (Warschau), Masovia, Poland
Notes:
This is the first day of the tournament which ends on April 15, 1908.
Teilnehmer / Participants:
Alexander Aberg,
Ursus [Peter] Jankowsky,
Kara Mustafa,
Victor Solovjev,
Nikolai Turban, [Nikita Tulumbassov]
Raoul de Rouen,
Josef Smejkal,
Marinus van Riel,
Ali Hassan,
McDonald,
Pierrard le Colosse, [Jean-Pierre Pierrard]
Hadji Halil,
Arvid Anderson,
Heinrich Lobmayer,
Jean Sabatier,
Wana Kramer.
MARCH 1908 (no results)
APRIL 1908
APRIL 1908
APRIL 15, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Final Day
Troupe: Alexander Aberg
Circus Ciniselli, Warsaw (Warschau), Masovia, Poland
Notes:
This is the last day of the tournament which started on February 26, 1908.
Platzierung / Placement:
1. Alexander Aberg.
2. Ursus Jankowsky.
3. Kara Mustafa.
4. & 5. Victor Solovjev & Nikolai Turban.
APRIL 1908
APRIL 15, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Final Day
Troupe: Alexander Aberg
Circus Ciniselli, Warsaw (Warschau), Masovia, Poland
Notes:
This is the last day of the tournament which started on February 26, 1908.
Platzierung / Placement:
1. Alexander Aberg.
2. Ursus Jankowsky.
3. Kara Mustafa.
4. & 5. Victor Solovjev & Nikolai Turban.
MAY 1908
MAY 1908
MAY 1, 1908 (FRIDAY)-MAY 30, 1908 (SATURDAY)
Großer Preis von Breslau
/ Grand Prix of Wroclaw: Graeco-Roman Tournament
Impresario: Heinrich Eberle
Troupe: Heinrich Eberle & Nicolai Petroff
Liebich's Etablissement, Wroclaw, Breslau County, Poland
Platzierung / Placement:
1. Heinrich Eberle.
2. Dirk van den Berg.
3. Nicolai Petroff.
4. Omer de Bouillon.
Teilnehmer / Participants:
Heinrich Eberle,
Dirk van den Berg,
Nicolai Petroff,
Omer de Bouillon, [Omer Garitte]
Karl Saft,
Andersen,
Raoul de Cahors,
Paul Degenkolb,
Josef van Dem,
Gustav Fristensky,
Karl Fürst,
Emil Gehrmann,
Frank Jackson,
August Kielbasson, [Kielbassa]
Charles Lammens,
Erik Larson,
Josef Moritz,
Pawnee Bill,
Markus Randolf,
Franz Sauerer,
John Sullivan,
Terrikow Kossak.
JUNE 1908 (no results)
JULY 1908
JULY 19, 1908 (SUNDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Opening Day
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
Notes:
This is the start of the tournament that finishes on August 30, 1908.
Teilnehmer / Participants:
Jakob Koch,
Karl Saft,
Alphonse Steurs,
Pista Horvat,
Iwan Michailoff,
Paul Albano,
Olof Björnson,
Van den Brook,
Georg Eichler,
Lucien Gambier, [Vranken]
Reinhold Hintze,
Jean le Brasseur,
Franz Karbinostet,
Karl Kornatzki, [Kornatz]
Albin Kutschke,
Oskar Luppa,
Francone Milo,
Pietro le Basque,
Fritz Woldt,
Simon Antonitch (appeared outside of the tournament).
JULY 24, 1908 (FRIDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Olof Björnson
JULY 26, 1908 (SATURDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Van den Brook
JULY 28, 1908 (MONDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Oskar Luppa
JULY 29, 1908 (TUESDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Franz Karbinostet
JULY 30, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch Vs. Pista Horvat,
Draw
AUGUST 1908
AUGUST 1, 1908 (FRIDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promoter: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Pista Horvat
AUGUST 1, 1908 (SATURDAY)-AUGUST 26, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Großer Preis von Szczecin / Grand Prix of Stettin: Graeco-Roman Tournament
Promoter: Emil Voss
Bellevue-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Final
Georg Strenge def. Max Schneider
Platzierung / Placement:
1. Georg Strenge.
2. Max Schneider.
3. Leon de Wolff.
4. Jack Lewis.
Teilnehmer / Participants:
Georg Strenge,
Max Schneider,
Leon de Wolff,
Jack Lewis,
Toni Achner,
Anderson,
Apollon le Colosse,
Bolowsky,
Max Bordel,
Ernst Erlenkamp,
Emil Gehrmann,
Josef Hansen-Esch,
Reiber Hartel, [Leonhard Reiber]
Hans Roszak,
Jean Sabatier,
Feodor Schmidt,
Paul Schibilski,
Van der Ruthen,
Fred Marcussen.
AUGUST ??, 1908 (????)-AUGUST ??, 1908 (????)
Graeco-Roman Tournament
Bromberg (Bydgoszcz), Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland
Platzierung / Placement:
1. Anastace Anglio.
2. Emil Nitschke.
3. Emil Bau.
Teilnehmer / Participants:
Anastace Anglio,
Emil Nitschke,
Emil Bau,
Georg Altmann,
Karl Fürst,
Hawporcy,
Vincent Illa,
Kaschan,
Michaelsen, [Michael Paradanoff]
Max Schwarz.
AUGUST 2, 1908 (SATURDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Fritz Woldt
AUGUST 4, 1908 (MONDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch Vs. Alphonse Steurs,
Draw
AUGUST 5, 1908 (TUESDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Albin Kutschke
AUGUST 6, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Alphonse Steurs
AUGUST 7, 1908 (THURSDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Reinhold Hintze
AUGUST 9, 1908 (SATURDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch Vs. Karl Saft,
Draw
AUGUST 10, 1908 (SUNDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Alphonse Steurs
AUGUST 11, 1908 (MONDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Lucien Gambier
AUGUST 13, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch Vs. Paul Albano,
Draw
AUGUST 15, 1908 (FRIDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Paul Albano
AUGUST 16, 1908 (SATURDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch Vs. Iwan Michailoff,
Draw
AUGUST 18, 1908 (MONDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Karl Saft
AUGUST 19, 1908 (TUESDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Iwan Michailoff
AUGUST 25, 1908 (TUESDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Karl Kornatzki (Kornatz)
AUGUST 26, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch Vs. Simon Antonitch,
Draw
Note:
This match took place outside of the tournament.
AUGUST 28, 1908 (FRIDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Day ??
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Simon Antonitch
Note:
This match took place outside of the tournament.
AUGUST 30, 1908 (SUNDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Final Day
Promotor: Otto Friedrich
Impresario: Jakob Koch
Troupe: Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Szczecin (Stettin), West Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Jakob Koch def. Karl Kornatzki
Notes:
This is the last day of the tournament which started on July 19, 1908.
Platzierung / Placement:
1. Jakob Koch.
2. Karl Saft.
3. Alphonse Steurs.
4. Pista Horvat.
SEPTEMBER 1908
SEPTEMBER 1, 1908 (TUESDAY)-SEPTEMBER 21, 1908 (MONDAY)
Großer Preis von Beuthen / Grand Prix of Bytom: Graeco-Roman Tournament
Varieté – Hotel Sanssourci, Bytom (Beuthen), Silesian, Poland
1 - Final
August Kielbassa def. Paul Hoffmann
Platzierung / Placement:
1. August Kielbassa.
2. Paul Hoffmann.
3. Hermann Spitzer.
Teilnehmer / Participants:
August Kielbassa,
Paul Hoffmann,
Hermann Spitzer,
Jess Eriksen,
Gustav Parschau,
Willi Sowada,
Paul Kaddatz,
Oskar Luppa,
Josef Trippold,
Walter Sedlon,
Mathieu Bernard,
Moritz.
OCTOBER 1908
OCTOBER 9, 1908 (FRIDAY)-OCTOBER 15, 1908 (THURSDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament
Impresario: Harry van der Heyden
Concert House (Konzerthaus), Gliwice (Gleiwitz), Silesian, Poland
1 - Final
Ernst Siegfried def. Urban Christoph
2 - Alphonse Steurs def. Urban Christoph
Platzierung / Placement:
1. Ernst Siegfried.
2. Alphonse Steurs.
3. Urban Christoph.
4. Carlos.
Teilnehmer / Participants:
Ernst Siegfried, [Ernst Reiter]
Alphonse Steurs,
Urban Christoph, [Josef Krumm]
Carlos,
Karol Nagy,
Carl Grunewald,
Willy Urbach,
Bernard le Boucher,
Jean Andres,
Frank Jackson.
NOVEMBER 1908
NOVEMBER 1, 1908 (SUNDAY)-NOVEMBER 30, 1908 (MONDAY)
1st International Wrestling Championat / 1st International Graeco-Roman Championship Tournament
Troupe: Stanislaus Zbyszko & Jakob Koch
Apollo-Theatre, Poznan (Posen), Greater Poland, Poland
1 - Third/Fourth Place
Karl Saft def. Karl Kornatzki
2 - Final
Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Jakob Koch
Teilnehmer / Participants:
Stanislaus Zbyszko,
Jakob Koch,
Karl Saft,
Karl Kornatzki, [Kornatz]
Lucien Gambier, [Vranken]
Mathieu Bernard,
Paul Jankowski,
Piet van Andrée,
Markus Randolfi, [Randolf]
Orloff,
Olaf Christensen, [Eugen Servanné]
Paul Busch, [Ferdinand Zumbusch?]
Victor Marchand,
Tom Jackson, [Henry Plake]
Vincent Illa,
Milo,
Franz Solar,
Max Bordel,
Paul Albano,
Boleslaus Rogalski.
DECEMBER 1908
DECEMBER 12, 1908 (SATURDAY)
Graeco-Roman Tournament: Opening Day
Troupe: Massimo Roberto Raicevich
Schützenhaus, Torun (Thorn), Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland
1 - Siegfried II def. Feodor Schmidt
2 - Final
Massimo Roberto Raicevich def. Willy Hans
Notes:
This is the first day of the tournament which ends on January 21, 1909.
Teilnehmer / Participants:
Massimo Roberto Raicevich,
Willy Hans,
Siegfried II, [Bernhard Leib]
Hans Erdmann,
Josef Winter,
Wilhelm Collon,
Franz Schott, [Jack Scott]
Emil Leconde,
John Berg,
Franconi,
Van der Hutten,
Christensen,
Tom Jackson, [Henry Plake]
Hermann Lonczyk,
Feodor Schmidt.
[Click Here for the final day of this tournament]
Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
All research has been completed by the Professional Wrestling Historical Society or by a trusted contributor.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Poland: 1908.
Updated: September 11, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
All research has been completed by the Professional Wrestling Historical Society or by a trusted contributor.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Poland: 1908.
Updated: September 11, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
Click Here for Pre-1900.
Click Here for 1900-1905.
Click Here for 1906.
Click Here for 1907.
Click Here for 1909.
Click Here for 1910-1912.
Click Here for 1913-1919.
