Quebec, Canada: 1911
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january 1911
JANUARY 27, 1911 (FRIDAY)
First Card of the Yaar
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - St. Louis def. Belanger,
Two Falls to None
2 - Beauchamp def. Deschaine,
Two Falls to None
3 - Lapage def. Bonneville,
Two Falls to None
4 - Alphonse Steurs def. Maurice Deriaz,
Two Falls to None (F1 AS 00:29:00 - F2 AS 00:14:00 - C 00:43:00)
february 1911
FEBRUARY 15, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Beauchamp def. Lamothe,
Two Falls to None
2 - Handicap
Pare def. Duchesne
(00:18:00)
3 - Ricard def. Bonneville,
Two Falls to None
4 - St. Louis Vs. Frisco,
Draw (00:15:00)
5 - George Hackenschmidt def. Alphonse Steurs,
Two Falls to None (F1 GH 00:15:00 - F2 GH 00:15:00 - C 00:30:00)
Notes:
Hackenschmidt won the first fall by disqualification.
march 1911
MARCH 10, 1911 (FRIDAY)
Canadian Club Gym, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Bantamweights
St. Louis Vs. Frisco,
Draw
2 - Beauchamp def. Lamothe,
Two Falls to None
3 - World Mixed Styles (Catch-as-Catch-Can/Jiu-Jitsu) Light Championship (c)
Eugene Tremblay (c) def. Will Bingham,
Two Falls to None (F1 ET 00:34:00 - F2 JJ 00:13:00 - C 00:47:00)
MARCH 15, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Weightlifting
Hector Decarie (of St. Henri) def. George Hackenschmidt
Notes:
Each won 3 times in six weightlifting events.
Decarie lifted a total of 1,208lbs, while Hackenschmidt lifted a total of 1,191.
MARCH 29, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Attendance: "Fair Crowd"
1 - Beauchamp Vs. Richard,
Draw (00:30:00)
2 - St. Louis def. Nelson
(00:05:00)
3 - Stanislaus Zbyszko def. Dr. B.F. Roller,
Tow Falls to None (F1 SZ 00:05:00 - F2 SZ 00:36:00 - C 00:41:00)
april 1911
APRIL 19, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Fred Lapointe Vs. Landry,
Result Unknown
2 - Spartos Vs. Denley,
Result Unknown
3 - Kid Nelson Vs. St. Louis,
Result Unknown
4 - Weightlifting
Cabana "Montreal Policeman" lifted 275lbs
5 - Eugene Tremblay def. John Kilonis,
Forfeit - One Fall to None
Notes:
Cabana broke the record of Louis Cyr.
Kilonis was unable to continue.
APRIL 26, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Canadian Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Frisco Vs. St. Louis,
Result Unknown
2 - Fred LaPointe def. Landry,
Two Falls to None
may 1911 (no results)
june 1911 (no results)
july 1911 (no results)
august 1911 (no results)
september 1911
SEPTEMBER 21, 1911 (THURSDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - World Lightweight Chmapionship
Eugene Tremblay (c) Vs. John Billeter,
Postponed
SEPTEMBER 27, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: John Birks
1 - Graeco-Roman
Raymond Cazeaux def. Shad Link,
Two Falls to None
2 - World Lightweight Championship
Eugene Tremblay (c) def. John Billeter,
Two Falls to None
Notes:
Before the Cazeaux-Link bout, John Paul Abs, a 260lb German wrestler, stepped through the ropes and challenge Cazeaux.
This led to George Kenedy, manager of the Canadian Athletic Club, ordering abs from the ring.
A fight broke out between Abs, Kennedy, Link, Cazeaux and Birks.
october 1911
OCTOBER 4, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: John Birks
1 - Graeco-Roman
Raymond Cazeaux def. John Paul Abs (of Germany),
Two Falls to One
Notes:
Abs weighs 260lbs.
Both wrestlers threw a chair at each other.
The referee stopped the bout and the orchestra struck up a tune.
Finally George Kennedy announced that Birks had given a flal to each grappler and after a ten minute interval the match would continue.
OCTOBER 11, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - ???? Vs. ????,
Result Unknown
2 - ???? Vs. ????,
Result Unknown
3 - ???? Vs. ????,
Result Unknown
4 - ???? Vs. ????,
Result Unknown
5 - Raymond Cazeaux (of France) def. John Perrelli,
Two Falls to None (F1 RC 00:19:00 - F2 RC 00:22:00 - C 00:41:00)
OCTOBER 18, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: Bourke
1 - St. Louis def. Baker
2 - Frisco def. Barnet,
Two Falls to One
3 - Duchesne Vs. Thiery,
Draw
4 - Catch-as-Catch-Can
Raymond Cazeaux def. John Paul Abs,
Two Falls to One (F1 RC 00:00:30 - F2 RC 00:37:00 - C 00:37:00)
OCTOBER 25, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: Jack Munro
1 - St. Louis def. Barnet
(00:27:00)
2 - Derry def. Lapointe,
Two Falls to None
3 - Two-On-One Handicap - Mixed Styles - Pedersen to Throw Abs Twice at Catch & Cazeaux Twice at Graeco-Roman within One Hour and Twenty-Five Minutes
Jess Pedersen Vs. John Paul Abs & Raymond Cazeaux,
Time-Limit - Pedersen Threw Abs Twice, Pedersen Failed to Throw Cazeaux (F1 JA 00:25:00 - F2 JP 00:09:00 - TL 01:25:00)
Notes:
The time Pedersen had to throw his men also included the rest period.
Pedersen only had a 5 minute rest following the first fall.
It's reported he had "quite a long rest before he came out to face Cazeaux."
Thus he only had 25 minutes to throw Cazeaux.
november 1911
NOVEMBER 1, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Promoter: George Kennedy
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Lightweights
St. Louis def. Dion
2 - Diery (of Austria) def. Duchesne,
Two Falls to None
3 - John Kilonis Vs. Lepage,
Draw (00:30:00)
4 - Graeco-Roman
Raymond Cazeaux def. Dr. B.F. Roller,
Two Falls to None (F1 RC 00:42:00 - F2 RC 00:15:00 - C 00:57:00)
Notes:
The film of Frank Gotch versus George Hackenschmidt was shown.
NOVEMBER 8, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Richaud Vs. Ross,
Result Unknown
2 - Duchesne def. Bonneville
3 - Dionne def. Hurteau
4 - St. Louis def. Albino,
Two Falls to One
5 - Two out of Three Falls
Eugene Tremblay def. Kilonis (of Greek),
Two Falls to One (F1 00:35:00 - F2 00:06:25 - F3 00:15:25 - C 00:57:00)
Notes:
Tremblay is listed as the World Lightweight Champion.
Kilonis is listed as the American Welterweight Champion.
NOVEMBER 15, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Ernest Roeber's Unknown def. Shad Link,
Two Falls to None
2 - Handicap - Graeco-Roman - Courdareli to Throw Cazeaux Four Times in Sixty Minutes
Mehmet Courdareli "the Giant Turk" Vs. Raymond Cazeaux,
Time-Limit - Courdareli Failed to Throw Cazeaux (01:00:00)
Notes:
It's said that Courdareli has just arrived from his native land and this is his first appearance following his challenge to the world.
It's also said Courdareli is 37 years old.
He is managed by Antonio Pierri.
Also featured several local grapplers in preliminary matches and some vaudeville entertainment.
NOVEMBER 22, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: Bourque
1 - Catch-as-Catch-Can
Raymond Cazeaux def. Ernest Roeber's Unknown, [Steinbach]
Two Falls to None (F1 RC 00:35:00 - F2 RC 00:13:00 - C 00:48:00)
NOVEMBER 29, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: Bourque
1 - Mehmet Courdareli def. Rory O'More,
Two Falls to None
2 - Paul Schmidt def. August Faust,
Two Falls to None
3 - Jess Pedersen def. Raymond Cazeaux,
Two Falls to None (F1 JP 00:32:00 - F2 JP 00:33:00 - C 01:05:00)
Notes:
Pedersen won the first fall by disqualification.
december 1911
DECEMBER 6, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Duchesen def. Dion
(00:15:00)
2 - Duchesen def. Legal,
Two Falls to None
3 - Featherweights
St. Louis def. Gagnon
(00:15:00)
4 - Eugene Tremblay def. Chicago, Sandow,
Two Falls to None (F1 ET 00:41:00 - F2 ET 00:17:00 - C 00:58:00)
5 - Graeco-Roman
Raymond Cazeaux def. Emil Maupas,
Two Falls to None (F1 RC 00:30:00 - F2 RC 00:17:00 - C 00:47:00)
Notes:
The two Duchesens are brothers.
DECEMBER 13, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Thiery def. Legal,
Two Falls to None
2 - Graeco-Roman
Raymond Cazeaux def. Paul Schmidt,
Two Falls to None (F1 RC 00:34:30 - F2 RC 00:23:00 - C 00:57:00)
Notes:
Schmidt was reported to be 6 foot 6 inches and 260 pounds.
DECEMBER 20, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 - Raymod Cazeaux Vs. Ivan Romanoff,
Cancelled
DECEMBER 27, 1911 (WEDNESDAY)
Sohmer Park, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Referee: Bourque
1 - Thiery Vs. Richard,
Draw (00:30:00)
2 - Graeco-Roman
Raymond Cazeaux def. Ivan Romanoff,
Two Falls to One (F1 RC 00:27:00 - F2 IR ??:??:?? - F3 RC 00:26:00 - C 00:53:00+)
Notes:
Cazeaux was disqualified in the second fall.
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Results from Quebec, Canada: 1911.
Updated: December 17, 2018.
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