Quebec, Canada: 1909
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January 1909
JANUARY 11, 1909 (MONDAY)
Ville St. Louis CLub House, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Cyclone Burns def. Charles Simard,
Two Falls to None
JANUARY 15, 1909 (FRIDAY)
First Show of the Year
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attendance: 2,500
1 - Eugene Tremblay def. Hansen (of Chicago),
Two Falls to None
Note:
it's said Hansen won the Welterweight Championship at the London Olympics.
JANUARY 29, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: Police Captain Landriault
1 - Dufour Vs. Beauchamp,
Draw
2 - St. Louis def. Daviar
3 - Monterfaut def. Drotte,
Two Falls to None
4 - Palmrest def. Wallace,
Two Falls to None
5 - Torcotte def. Savard,
Two Falls to None
6 - Fred Beell def. Harold Pagos (190lbs),
Two Falls to None
February 1909
FEBRUARY 2, 1909 (TUESDAY)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Wrestling Combine Formed
Montreal, Through George Kennedy, Included In Big Circuit
Cincinnati, February 1.---If plans of several local sporting men do not miscarry, Cincinnati will in the near future become a wrestling center second to no city in this country. Jack Curley, the well-known fight manager and promoter of all kinds of athletic affairs, arrived in the city yesterday and soon was busy consulting local sporting men over the wrestling situation in Cincinnati. Curley is secretary of the Empire Athletic Association, which was recently formed for the good of the mat game. The Association controls the leading wrestling clubs in America and a mat artist barred from the organization for wrong-doing of any kind finds himself unable to secure engagements which would pay him in remain in the game.
Joe Coffey, matchmaker for the Empire Athletic club, of Chicago, Jim Scoville of Kansas City, Sandy Griswold, of Omaha, Earl Ruben of Des Moines, and George Kennedy, of Montreal, are the members of the Empire Athletic Association. Each one of these gentlemen named in matchmaker of the club in his own city, and Jack Curley, Silvy Ferrell, Izzy Herk, Dave Porteous and Claude Johnson, act as a consulting board.
Curley, Ferrell and Herk are connected with Joe Coffey, Dave Porteous and Claude Johnson are partners of Scoville at Kansas City.
Said Curley last night: “The Empire Athletic Association is not in any sense a trust. Each club is allowed to offer its own purses and there is no agreement to hold down any matchmaker from making a big offer, either in the way of a guarantee or percentage. If Kansas City feels like offering 90 per cent of the gross receipts for a match, their matchmaker has a perfect right to do so. If Chicago offers a $10,000 purse for Gotch to meet Yussiff Mahmout, any of the other clubs, although members of the Empire Athletic Association, can outbid the offer if they so choose.
“Only one thing is binding in the Association, and there is no appeal from it. If a wrestler is billed to appear and has signed articles to that effect, he must carry out his contract or
be barred from ever appearing before any of the clubs of the Association. If the majority of the sporting editors in any city write up a match as looking shady the wrestler blamed for doing wrong will never again be given a match. In plain words, the Empire Athletic Association is in existence to protect the public that supports the game, and will not tolerate any wrongdoing in the game. The idea is simply copied from the rules of the turf associations and baseball bodies, and will be strictly enforced.”
Speaking of the wrestling game Curley said that the game never was in a healthier condition, and that the timely arrival of Mahmout and the way he has toppled over every grappler of note has worked in favor of mat shows, and when Mahmout meets Frank Gotch, a match which will most likely be staged the latter part of March, the biggest crowd that ever assembled for a wrestling show will greet the wrestlers." — The Gazette
FEBRUARY 12, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attendance: 4,000
1 - Boxing
Simard def. Seguin,
Disqualification (Round 5)
2 - Mixed Styles
Raoul deRouen def. Emil (Rough House) Henders,
Two Falls to None
FEBRUARY 15, 1909 (MONDAY)
Matinee Show
Theatre Royal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: Eugene Tremblay
1 - Frank Gotch def. Dubois & Beauchamp
(Du 00:01:30 - Be 00:04:20 - C 00:05:50)
FEBRUARY 16, 1909 (TUESDAY)
Matinee Show
Theatre Royal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Frank Gotch def. "Local Mat Artist" & "Local Mat Artist"
(00:08:00)
Evening Show
Theatre Royal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Frank Gotch def. Beauchamp
(00:06:00)
FEBRUARY 17, 1909 (WEDNESDAY)
Evening Show
Theatre Royal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Purse: $%0
1 - Handicap - Gotch to Throw "The Unknown" in Fifteen Minutes
Frank Gotch Vs."The Unknown" (215lbs - of Chicago),
Time-Limit - Gotch Failed to Throw "The Unknown" (00:15:00)
Note:
"The Unknown" received the purse.
FEBRUARY 18, 1909 (THURSDAY)
Evening Show
Theatre Royal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Handicap - Graeco-Roman - Gotch to Throw Brown & "The Unknown" in Fifteen Minutes
Frank Gotch Vs. Brown (of Quebec) & "The Unknown",
Time-Limit - Gotch Only Threw Brown (Br 00:01:00 - TL 00:15:00)
Notes:
George Kennedy would not allow "The Unknown" to wrestle Catch due to his match with deRouen on Friday.
Likewise Kennedy would not allow John Perrelli to meet Gotch because of his boxing match with Simard.
FEBRUARY 19, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: Lepage
1 - Boxing
John Perrelli Vs. Simard,
Draw (10 Rounds)
2 - Mixed Styles
Raoul deRouen def. "The Unknown",
Two Falls to None
FEBRUARY 20, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Matinee Show
Theatre Royal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Frank Gotch Vs. John Parelli,
Result Unknown
FEBRUARY 26, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: Arthur Briere
1 - Seguin def. Dan Wilson,
Technical Knockout (Round 7)
2 - Boxing
Tom Davis Vs. Sailor Chapman,
Draw (10 Rounds)
3 - Catch
Raoul deRouen def. Hjalmar Lundin,
Two Falls to None
March 1909
MARCH 5, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attendance: 1,800
1 - Boxing
Kid Thomas def. Price,
Technical Knockout (Round 9)
2 - Boxing
Sailor Chapman def. Tom Davis,
Knockout (Round 2)
3 - Graeco-Roman
Emile Maupas def. Simard,
Two Falls to None
Note:
Simard was a substitute for Selva.
MARCH 19, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: Sandy Ferguson
1 - Boxing
Mike Barry def. Sailor Chapman,
Knockout (Round 6)
2 - Boxing
Kid Thomas Vs. Kid Hubert,
Draw (10 Rounds)
3 - Handicap - Graeco-Roman - deRouen to Throw Mahmout Twice in Sixty Minutes
Raoul deRouen Vs. Yussiff Mahmout,
Time-Limit - deRouen Failed to Throw Mahmout (01:00:00)
MARCH 26, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attendance: 3,500
1 - Boxing
Kid Ashton def. Kid Hermann,
Decision (Round 10)
2 - Boxing
George O'Malley Vs. Jim Fisher,
Draw (10 Rounds)
3 - Boxing
Dick Logan def. Mike Barry,
Knockout (Round 10)
4 - Yussiff Mahmout def. Fred Beell,
Two Falls to None
April 1909
APRIL 17, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Victoria Rifles Armory (Catheart Street), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - George LePage Vs. George Richard,
Result Unknown
APRIL 30, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Boxing
Kid Fleming def. Kid Hubert,
Technical Knockout (Round 9)
2 - Boxing
Armand def. Dawe,
Decision (Round 10)
3 - Boxing
Dick Long Vs. Mike Barry,
(R1 00:02:00 - R2 00:02:00 - R3 00:02:00 - R4 00:02:00 - R5 00:02:00 - R6 00:02:00 - R7 00:02:00 - R8 00:02:00 - R9 00:02:00 - R10 00:02:00 - C 00:20:00)
4 - Eugene Tremblay def. Ted Tonneman,
Two Falls to None
May 1909 (no results)
June 1909 (no results)
July 1909
JULY 16, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Dominion Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Boxing Exhibition
Tom Davis Vs. Billy Armstrong,
Result Unknown (3 Rounds)
2 - Exhibition
George Lepage Vs. George Fisher,
Draw (00:02:00)
3 - Bag Punching
Featuring Bob Cuthbertson
Note:
This show was put on to interest fans.
JULY 16, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Dominion Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Boxing Exhibition
Tom Davis Vs. Billy Armstrong,
Result Unknown (3 Rounds)
2 - Exhibition
George Lepage Vs. George Fisher,
Draw (00:02:00)
3 - Bag Punching
Featuring Bob Cuthbertson
Note:
This show was put on to interest fans.
August 1909 (no results)
September 1909
SEPTEMBER 24, 1909 (FRIDAY)
First Show of the Season
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attendance: 1,800
1 - Handicap
Johnny Billeter def. Bonneville (148lbs), Wickes (155lbs) & Bernier (152lbs)
(Bo 00:05:15 - Wi 00:06:00 - Be 00:01:30 - C 00:12:45)
2 - Eugene Tremblay def. Jack Billeter,
Two Falls to None
Note:
Jack and Johnny are said to be brothers.
Originally Tremblay was scheduled to face O'Connell.
O'Connell is said to be the wrestling instructor at Yale.
O'Connell is said to weigh around 142lbs.
October 1909
OCTOBER 15, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
" Kenny In The Balkans
Promoter Is Still On The Hunt For Wrestling Champion
According to post cards received here yesterday George Kennedy, the local wrestling promoter, is still on his hunt for a man good enough to defeat Frank Gotch. Kennedy had been four days up in the Balkans when he wrote. He had a party with him made up of two soldiers, a wrestler and an interpreter. For two nights the party had been sleeping out in the open. Kennedy states that he has met some good men, but not the right one as yet." - The Gazette
OCTOBER 19, 1909 (TUESDAY)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Has Champion Wrestler
George Kennedy Says He Secured Real Find In Balkans
In a letter to The Gazette from Constantinople, George Kennedy announces briefly that he has returned from the mountains, and had with him a number of wrestlers, one of whom, he was confident, would prove a real champion. The Montreal promoter did not state what his future plans were, but it is likely he will be back in Montreal before very long. The letter was dated October 15th.
Mustapha Mehmedoff, the Turk that Kennedy sent over before he left France, will be given a chance to show his worth in a match here this week. He will meet Lundin, the Swede, at catch-as-catch-can style at Sohmer Park next Friday night. The match will be best two out of three falls." - The Gazette
OCTOBER 22, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Mustapha Mehmedoff def. Hjalmar Lundin,
Two Falls to None
OCTOBER 29, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ralph Quimet
1 - Eberle Vs. Mustapha,
Result Unknown
2 - World Lightweight Championship
Eugene Tremblay (c) def. Johnny Billeter,
Two Falls to None
Notes:
The main event started at 10:05PM.
There was one long intermission and the show didn't end until close to 01:00.
November 1909
NOVEMBER 5, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Promoter: George Kennedy
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: Dr. Gadbois
1 - Billy Saxon def. Bob Sommerville
2 - Chaakir (of Turkey) def. Carl Abs,
Two Falls to None
3 - Pengal (of Turkey) def. Eberle (of Germany),
One Fall to None
4 - Additional Bout
Pengal (6'1.5'' - 235lbs - of Turkey) def. Chaakir (185lbs - of Turkey)
(00:17:00)
Notes:
Eberle left the ring. Returned to the dressing room. Got dressed and left the building after winning the first fall.
Eberle was said not to want to wrestle from the start.
Kennedy said Pengal ws ill from a 25 day trip to Constinople.
It's said Kennedy's trip to bring back Pengal and Chaakir took 73 days and cost $4,000.
Pengal is said to be 35 years old.
It's said Pengal had defeated Padoubny two years prior in Palermo.
NOVEMBER 12, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
"Maxout Murat, a Turkish heavyweight brought back by Antonio Pierri, became homesick and sailed back to his homeland. A deal between George Kennedy and Pierri to share expenses and bring back a wrestler to defeat Frank Gotch fell apart. It was said that Murat was losing so much weight, Pierri sent him back home before he became a featherweight." - The Gazette
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Chaakir Vs. Fritz Mohl,
Cancelled(?)
2 - World Lightweight Championship
Eugene Tremblay (c) Vs. Billy Saxon,
Cancelled
Notes:
The match was called off due to Saxon, the Welsh Champion, being unable to make weighht limit.
Saxon will try again next week to make 135lbs.
It's said Saxon had just started serious training since his arrival from England.
NOVEMBER 19, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Chaakir def. Fritz Mohl,
Two Falls to None
2 - World Lightweight Championship
Eugene Tremblay (c) def. Billy Saxon,
Two Falls to None (F1 ET 00:35:00 - F2 ET 00:41:00 - C 01:16:00)
NOVEMBER 26, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Handicap
Chaakir def. Lamothe & Beauchamp
(La 00:02:30 - Be 00:22:30 - C 00:25:00)
2 - Handicap - Graeco-Roman - Zbysco to Throw deRouen & Pengal in Sixty Minutes
Stanislaus Zbysco Vs. Raoul deRouen & Pengal (of Turkey),
Time-Limit - Zbysco Failed to Throw deRouen & Pengal (01:00:00)
Notes:
Zbysco chose to face deRouen first.
deRouen stayed the full sixty minutes so Pengal never had to wrestle.
December 1909
DECEMBER 3, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attendance: 2,000
1 - Beauchamp def. Lamothe
2 - World Lightweight Championship
Eugene Tremblay (c) Vs. Max Luttbeg,
Cancelled
DECEMBER 4, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Mntreal, Quebec, Canada
"Wrestler Luttbeg Left Hotel, But Did Not Reach Sohmer Park
Crowd Got Money Back
Promoters were Kept busy for over an hour paying off 2,000 spectators
Max Luttbeg, who once wrestled here as “The Unknown,” took on a new role as “The Mysterious” when he failed to turn up at Sohmer Park last night to keep an engagement with Eugene Tremblay, the local champion. Wrestlers billed for Montreal have before missed connections with the city. In Luttbeg’s case, however, there was real mystery last night, for the Cincinnati wrestler reached Montreal all right, and was in communication with Dr. Gadbois, of the Canadian Athletic Club, as late as 7 o’clock in the evening. At 7:45 Luttbeg left his hotel in the downtown district to board a street car for the park. A bell boy at the hotel escorted him to the car; information as to his movements ends there.
Up to Midnight the club had had no explanation from Luttbeg as to his failure to appear.
So many made for the exits after the main bout was declared off that few were left to see the Tremblay-Richard go, and it was finally declared off." - The Gazette
DECEMBER 10, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Graeco-Roman
Giovanni Raicevich def. Koch,
Two Falls to None
DECEMBER 17, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Last Show of the Year
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: Stanley Forget & Bartaliet
1 - Giovanni Raicevich def. Finley (of New York),
Two Falls to None
2 - Raoul deRouen def. Koch,
Two Falls to None
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Results from Quebec, Canada: 1909.
Updated: December 14, 2018.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
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Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Quebec, Canada: 1909.
Updated: December 14, 2018.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
