Hawaii, US: 1907-1909
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Pre-1907
"Western-style professional wrestling did not appear in Honolulu until 1907. Previously to that there was Japanese-style wrestling (sumo) matches, exhibitions and tournaments. In the 1890s Professor Max Loheide conducted athletic clubs in Honolulu, taught Greco-Roman wrestling, and held amateur wrestling tournaments. Among his top wrestlers were James Spencer, K. Nakuina and Willie Wilder. It is also noted that sailors from visiting ships would hold wrestling and boxing contests among themselves for entertainment." - Mark Hewitt
1907
JUNE 1907
JUNE 18, 1907 (TUESDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
John Papas is here with the 10th Infantry
Notes:
Papas claims to be the Lightweight Champion of Massachuseets.
Papas issued a challenge to "the best wrestler in Honolulu," with a $100 side bet.
JUNE 21, 1907 (FRIDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
John Papas challenged James Spencer, who was considered “the champion of Honolulu”
Notes:
Spencer was a protégé of Prof. Loheide and “for years has held the amateur wrestling championship of the Hawaiian Islands.”
Papas wants to face Spencer in a mixed match-catch-as-catch-can versus Greco-Roman style for $50 to $100 a side, winner-take-all.
He further challenged to throw him three times in one hour at catch wrestling, and if failing to accomplish that task, to meet him under Greco-Roman rules.
JUNE 25, 1907 (TUESDAY)
Orpheum Theater, Honolulu, Hawaii
Attendance: "A small crowd attended, largely made up of soldiers who bet heavily on their favorites"
Referee: Harry Cobb
1 - Catch-as-Catch-Can - 180lbs
"Soldier" James H. Snell (of Fort McKinley) def. "Soldier" Chester A. Perry (of Fort McKinley),
Two Falls to None
2 - Greco-Roman - Winner Receives 60% of the Gate
John Papas def. James Spencer,
Two Falls to None (F1 JP 00:19:55 - F2 JP 00:05:30 - C 00:25:25)
Notes:
In order to maintain his amateur status, Spencer stipulated that if he won, he’d donate his purse to charity.
Papas weighed in at 148 pounds to Spencer’s 158.
“The local man was sadly out of condition...Papas was no crack at the art of wrestling but still was the better of the two” - Evening Bulletin.
Perry and Snell were 180-pound soldiers from Fort McKinley.
This card was “the first affair of its kind in Honolulu.” - The Advertiser
1908
FEBRUARY 1908
FEBRUARY 19, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hans Froelicher is here seeking matches
Notes:
He is claiming to be “the 168-pound wrestling champion of the world.”
He reportedly came to Hawaii to challenge Japanese sumo champion Hitchayama on his return to Japan after touring North America and Europe.
However, Hitchayama returned to his homeland across Siberia.
Froelicher is said to specialize in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, as well as being a jiu-jitsu expert.
Born in Switzerland to a Scotch father and German mother, he immigrated to the US and has been serving in the Navy for the past two years.
Eddie “Kid” Tate is acting as his manager and is ready to back Froelicher against “the best Japanese wrestler in the islands.
Under catch-as-catch-can rules, adding that they won’t “bar jiu-jitsu.”
FEBRUARY 27, 1908 (THURSDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Eddie “Kid” Tate is in negotiations with Willie Vida, who represents an “Unknown Jap” with heavy financial backing.
Notes:
They propose to arrange a catch-as-catch-can bout between Hans Froelicher and the unknown, “by the laws of the International Wrestling Association”, at catchweights, and for the promoter making the best offer.
Challenges to wrestle have also been issued by William “Sailor” Roberts of the USS Iroquois and Will Prestidge, who claims to be “Honolulu’s wrestling champion.”
MARCH 1908
MARCH 4, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Joe Cohen was awarded the bid to promote the Hans Froelicher/”Unknown Jap” contest.
The latter was identified as Mitsuka.
Cohen offered 55% of the gate as a purse.
The contest will be two ot of three falls, catch-as-catch-can style, at catchweights, winner-take-all.
Both men are required to post $50 forfiets.
Heavy betting has already begun on the outcome.
MARCH 24, 1908 (TUESDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Talk is circulating of matching Hans Froelicher against Frank Kanae, “the champion hammer-thrower of the islands, and an all-around strong man”
APRIL 1908
APRIL 1, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Mitsuka’s backers have failed to come to terms for the proposed contest with Hans Froelicher and the bout has been called off.
Notes:
Negotiations are underway to match Froelicher with Frank Kanae, called “the strongest living Hawaiian”.
Mitsuka’s camp still wants a match.
Will Prestidge is after a wrestling bout.
A Japanese sportsmen is proposing a mixed contest between a boxer and a jiu-jitsu expert.
An effort is being made to bring Leopold McLaglen, “the champion white jiu-jitsu wrestler of the world” to Hawaii” to tackle “the best man the Territory can produce in a catch-as-catch-can bout”.
The combat sports scene in Hawaii is heating up.
APRIL 2, 1908 (THURSDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Amosa Kauahi issues an open challenge
Notes:
He is a longshoreman.
The challenge is to wrestle “any haole*, Japanese or Hawaiian for the championship of the Islands” for a $150 side bet.
He also has a ten-year-old boy he will match against any boy up to 15 years of age.
Koa, a Hawaiian from Kohala is out with a challenge for a wrestling match.
Capt. J. Kanae of the Honolulu Police Department challenged to wrestle Hans Froelicher.
If defeated he wants Froelicher to wrestle his son Frank.
[haole: non-native Hawaiian]
APRIL 18, 1908 (SATURDAY)
Promoter: Joe Cohen
Orpheum Theater, Honolulu, Hawaii
Attendance: "Large Crowd"
Referees: Harry Cobb (Catch) & Mitsuka (Sumo)
Seconds: Professor Pete Baron & August Reinecke (Froelicher) & Will Prestidge & James Spencer (Kanae)
1 - Exhibition - 10 Minute Time Limit
Hans Froelicher Vs. Sailor Roberts,
Result Unknown
2 - Japanese Style [Sumo]
Isoharas def. Masekeyama
3 - Catch-as-Catch-Can
Sailor Roberts def. Amasa Kauahi,
Two Falls to None
4 - Hawaiian Catch-as-Catch-Can Championship
Hans Froelicher def. Frank Kanae,
Two Falls to None (F1 HF 00:08:00 - F2 HF 00:12:00 - C 00:20:00)
Notes:
Froeiecher weighed 165lbs, Kanae 190lbs.
Roberts weighed in at 177 pounds.
Kauahi, billed as “the longshoreman champion” tipped the bean at 170lbs.
The sumo contest was a substitute for a scheduled boxing exhibition.
Heavy betting is noted.
A challenge from Mitsuka to the winner of the main event was read to the crowd.
Froelicher is returning to the mainland, but plans to come back to Hawaii in a few months
MAY 1908
MAY 2, 1908 (SUNDAY)
Promoter: Joe Cohen
Orpheum Theater, Honolulu, Hawaii
Referees: Harry Cobb (wrestling) & Eddie “Kid” Tate (boxing)
1 - Boxing - Four Rounds - Exhibition
Young Scott Vs. "Greek" Anderson,
Result Unknown
2 - Japanese Style (Sumo) - Tournament
Isoarashi def. Ichinoto,
Two Falls to One (F1 Is ??:??:?? - F2 Ic ??:??:?? - F3 Is ??:??:?? - C ??:??:??)
3 - Japanese Style (Sumo) - Tournament
Akiraka def. Mashikiyama,
Two Falls to One (F1 Ak ??:??:?? - F2 Ma ??:??:?? - F3 Ak ??:??:?? - C ??:??:??)
4 - Japanese Style (Sumo) - Tournament Final
Isoarashi def. Akirake,
One Fall to None
5 - Catch-as-Catch-Can
Sailor Roberts def. Mitsuka,
Two Falls to None.
Notes:
Roberts weighed 180lbs.
His opponent came in at 195lbs.
The “Sailor” trained with Prof. Pete Baron.
Mitsuka prepared for the bout with Will Prestidge and James Spencer.
Cohen offered a purse of 50% of the gate, minus expenses split 75-25%, winner-loser.
Each wrestler was required to post a $50 forfeit.
They met at catchweights, under International Wrestling Association catch-as-catch-can rules with the strangle hold, hammerlock, flying mare, full Nelson and “leg-up-the-back” barred.
Roberts and Mitsuka “rushed at each other like wild steers."
”The Jap was there with the strength and aggressiveness, but Roberts had it on him in skill, and skill won out.” - The Advertiser
Isoarashi was billed as the ex-champion.
Mashikiyama was called “the champion of Maui”.
Akihara was labeled an undefeated “dark horse”.
Ichinoto was a professional sumo wrestler from Japan.
The sumo final was held for only one fall as Isoarashi had injured his shoulder in his first match.
A “large crowd” attended the card.
MAY 1908
MAY 2, 1908 (SUNDAY)
Promoter: Joe Cohen
Orpheum Theater, Honolulu, Hawaii
Referees: Harry Cobb (wrestling) & Eddie “Kid” Tate (boxing)
1 - Boxing - Four Rounds - Exhibition
Young Scott Vs. "Greek" Anderson,
Result Unknown
2 - Japanese Style (Sumo) - Tournament
Isoarashi def. Ichinoto,
Two Falls to One (F1 Is ??:??:?? - F2 Ic ??:??:?? - F3 Is ??:??:?? - C ??:??:??)
3 - Japanese Style (Sumo) - Tournament
Akiraka def. Mashikiyama,
Two Falls to One (F1 Ak ??:??:?? - F2 Ma ??:??:?? - F3 Ak ??:??:?? - C ??:??:??)
4 - Japanese Style (Sumo) - Tournament Final
Isoarashi def. Akirake,
One Fall to None
5 - Catch-as-Catch-Can
Sailor Roberts def. Mitsuka,
Two Falls to None.
Notes:
Roberts weighed 180lbs.
His opponent came in at 195lbs.
The “Sailor” trained with Prof. Pete Baron.
Mitsuka prepared for the bout with Will Prestidge and James Spencer.
Cohen offered a purse of 50% of the gate, minus expenses split 75-25%, winner-loser.
Each wrestler was required to post a $50 forfeit.
They met at catchweights, under International Wrestling Association catch-as-catch-can rules with the strangle hold, hammerlock, flying mare, full Nelson and “leg-up-the-back” barred.
Roberts and Mitsuka “rushed at each other like wild steers."
”The Jap was there with the strength and aggressiveness, but Roberts had it on him in skill, and skill won out.” - The Advertiser
Isoarashi was billed as the ex-champion.
Mashikiyama was called “the champion of Maui”.
Akihara was labeled an undefeated “dark horse”.
Ichinoto was a professional sumo wrestler from Japan.
The sumo final was held for only one fall as Isoarashi had injured his shoulder in his first match.
A “large crowd” attended the card.
JUNE 1908
JUNE 18, 1908 (THURSDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hans Froelicher is reported to be in training in San Francisco
JUNE 1908
JUNE 18, 1908 (THURSDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hans Froelicher is reported to be in training in San Francisco
JULY 1908
JULY 12, 1908 (SUNDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
J.A. Rash, superintendent of the Palava Mission, has a Japanese wrestler he’d like to match against “any of the local champions”
Notes:
The challenge is for a mixed-style contest-first fall at Japanese style, second at catch and the third to be determined by a coin toss.
JULY 19, 1908 (SUNDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
B.J. Charlesworth of the SS Georgia issued a challenge to wrestle Sailor Roberts
Notes:
Charlesworth weighs in at 158lbs and claims to be the wrestling champion of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
JULY 21, 1908 (TUESDAY)
Independence Hall (Jack Scully’s Pavilion), Honolulu, Hawaii
Referee: Jack McFadden
1 - Sailor Roberts Vs. B.J. Charlesworth,
Draw
2 - Sailor Roberts def. Faber,
Two Falls to None (F1 SR 00:07:00 - F2 SR 00:02:40 - C 00:09:40)
Notes:
Also featured boxing bouts.
Roberts, 175 pounds, “the local heavyweight champion” agreed to meet both Faber, “the fleet champion”, from USS Virginia, and Charlesworth of the USS Georgia in separate finish matches.
Roberts refused to continue wrestling Charlesworth after being unable to secure a single fall.
“They rolled and tugged on the mat...and then Roberts quit cold, with a look of despair, in which disgust was mingled on his face.” - The Gazette
Charlesworth was carried from the mat by his enthusiastic shipmates.
It was noted that Roberts even resorted to using strangle holds in an attempt to win.
JULY 31, 1908 (FRIDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Dr. B.F. Roller of Seatlle, one of the leading heavyweight wrestlers in the world is in Honolulu for a vacation
Notes:
He will remain for a few months.
JULY 1908
JULY 12, 1908 (SUNDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
J.A. Rash, superintendent of the Palava Mission, has a Japanese wrestler he’d like to match against “any of the local champions”
Notes:
The challenge is for a mixed-style contest-first fall at Japanese style, second at catch and the third to be determined by a coin toss.
JULY 19, 1908 (SUNDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
B.J. Charlesworth of the SS Georgia issued a challenge to wrestle Sailor Roberts
Notes:
Charlesworth weighs in at 158lbs and claims to be the wrestling champion of the Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
JULY 21, 1908 (TUESDAY)
Independence Hall (Jack Scully’s Pavilion), Honolulu, Hawaii
Referee: Jack McFadden
1 - Sailor Roberts Vs. B.J. Charlesworth,
Draw
2 - Sailor Roberts def. Faber,
Two Falls to None (F1 SR 00:07:00 - F2 SR 00:02:40 - C 00:09:40)
Notes:
Also featured boxing bouts.
Roberts, 175 pounds, “the local heavyweight champion” agreed to meet both Faber, “the fleet champion”, from USS Virginia, and Charlesworth of the USS Georgia in separate finish matches.
Roberts refused to continue wrestling Charlesworth after being unable to secure a single fall.
“They rolled and tugged on the mat...and then Roberts quit cold, with a look of despair, in which disgust was mingled on his face.” - The Gazette
Charlesworth was carried from the mat by his enthusiastic shipmates.
It was noted that Roberts even resorted to using strangle holds in an attempt to win.
JULY 31, 1908 (FRIDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Dr. B.F. Roller of Seatlle, one of the leading heavyweight wrestlers in the world is in Honolulu for a vacation
Notes:
He will remain for a few months.
AUGUST 1908
AUGUST 7, 1908 (FRIDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Dr. B.F. Roller is training under the supervision of Prof. Pete Baron
Notes:
He is preparing for a rematch with champion Frank Gotch.
AUGUST 12, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Fredie Smith is promoting a boxing card in Honolulu for August 29 and hopes to include a wrestling match between Dr. B.F. Roller and Sailor Roberts as a preliminary
AUGUST 26, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Dr. B.F. Roller gave a demonstration of wrestling holds at a private gathering.
AUGUST 28, 1908 (FRIDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Arrangements are being made for Dr. B.F. Roller to take on Sailor Roberts, Frank Kanae and Mitsuka, “the three best men in the islands”
Notes:
It'll be in a handicap contest on September 7, 1908.
Roller stated, “I did not come to Honolulu to give a wrestling exhibition, I came here to build myself up and prepare for another match with Gotch. But I have been literally pestered to give an exhibition here and I have consented because I see a chance to do some good missionary work for the grand sport and show the people here just how good and how clean a wrestling match is when it is properly conducted.” - The Advertiser
Roller offered Roberts $250 if he can last one hour without being thrown and $50 if he can last 15 minutes.
The other two men are offered $50 if they last 15 minutes.
Roller will put $350 in escrow at a local bank to cover the proposed purse.
The three opponents are required to post forfeits.
Ono is representing Kanae and Mitsuka.
Harry Cobb has been recruited to act as the referee.
Prof. Baron says Roller is in great condition under his training and “can throw Atlas himself” - The Advertiser
AUGUST 29, 1908 (SATURDAY)
Central Athletic Club Boxing Card
Open Air Pavilion, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dr. B.F. Roller was introduced to the crowd.
Notes:
Roller was initially asked to referee the fights but declined.
SEPTEMBER 1908
SEPTEMBER 1, 1908 (TUESDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
The Dr. Roller versus Sailor Roberts, Frank Kanae and Mitsuka contest has been called off
Notes:
Kanae and Mitsuka failed to post their forfeits and Roberts was unable to raise the funds.
Roller offered to meet Roberts for $250 a side and guarantee to throw him twice in one hour “in private or public”.
He then upped the challenge to five times in one hour for a $500 side bet.
Roller also challenged Roberts to meet his 175-pound pupil in Seattle in a handicap contest for $100 a side.
Roller will back his protégé to win five falls in one hour.
Roller stated that upon his return to Seattle, he will issue a defi to wrestle or box any man in the world.
Promotion: Daimond Head Athletic Club
Odd Fellows Hall, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dr. B.F. Roller gave a lecture
SEPTEMBER 1908
SEPTEMBER 1, 1908 (TUESDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
The Dr. Roller versus Sailor Roberts, Frank Kanae and Mitsuka contest has been called off
Notes:
Kanae and Mitsuka failed to post their forfeits and Roberts was unable to raise the funds.
Roller offered to meet Roberts for $250 a side and guarantee to throw him twice in one hour “in private or public”.
He then upped the challenge to five times in one hour for a $500 side bet.
Roller also challenged Roberts to meet his 175-pound pupil in Seattle in a handicap contest for $100 a side.
Roller will back his protégé to win five falls in one hour.
Roller stated that upon his return to Seattle, he will issue a defi to wrestle or box any man in the world.
Promotion: Daimond Head Athletic Club
Odd Fellows Hall, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dr. B.F. Roller gave a lecture
OCTOBER 1908
OCTOBER 7, 1908 (THURSDAY)
YMCA, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dr. B.F. Roller gave a lecture
OCTOBER 11, 1908 (SATURDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Dr. B.F. Roller departed for the mainland.
Notes:
He is accompanied by his wife and Professor Pete Baron and his wife.
Roller is hoping to face champion Frank Gotch in a return match and also plans to break into the boxing game and challenge champion Jack Johnson.
His manager Joe Carroll (aka Ole Marsh, J.C. Marsh) will meet him in San Francisco.
Baron will oversee Roller’s training.
Upon his arrival in Honolulu it was reported that Roller had recently defeated the self-proclaimed jiu-jitsu champion of the world Leopold McLaglen.
It was actually Leopold’s brother Victor “Sharkey” McLaglen (the wrestler, boxer and future movie star) that Roller had won against-twice in fact.
OCTOBER 16, 1908 (FRIDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
A.V. Gear issued a challenge on behalf of Hindu wrestler Bok Singh
Notes:
The challenge is to meet any man on the islands or in the fleet, guaranteeing that he will win two falls or forfeit his share of the purse.
OCTOBER 19, 1908 (MONDAY)
Old Fishmarket, Honolulu, Hawaii
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: E.J. Braun (wrestling), Paddy Ryan (boxing)
1 - Sailor Roberts Vs. J.H. Schindle,
Draw (01:05:00)
Notes:
Plus boxing and tug-of-war contests.
Schindle was a sailor on the USS Maryland and claimed to be the champion heavyweight wrestler of the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
He was from Baltimore, MD and had cut his grappling teeth taking on the barnstorming pros when they came through town.
He weighed in at 170 pounds for the contest.
Braun was from the USS South Dakota.
They met at catch-as-catch-can with the strangle hold barred.
There was a “substantial side bet put up to assure that the men are out for blood”.
”Until the bell announced that the go was over it might have been any man’s game. One minute it would seem Schindle had victory in his grasp; the next instant Roberts would worm around and turn the tables completely”.
Sandberg of the USS Maryland challenged to wrestle any man in the Navy at 165 pounds.
The card was held as “free entertainment” and was arranged by Paddy Ryan.
OCTOBER 1908
OCTOBER 7, 1908 (THURSDAY)
YMCA, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dr. B.F. Roller gave a lecture
OCTOBER 11, 1908 (SATURDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Dr. B.F. Roller departed for the mainland.
Notes:
He is accompanied by his wife and Professor Pete Baron and his wife.
Roller is hoping to face champion Frank Gotch in a return match and also plans to break into the boxing game and challenge champion Jack Johnson.
His manager Joe Carroll (aka Ole Marsh, J.C. Marsh) will meet him in San Francisco.
Baron will oversee Roller’s training.
Upon his arrival in Honolulu it was reported that Roller had recently defeated the self-proclaimed jiu-jitsu champion of the world Leopold McLaglen.
It was actually Leopold’s brother Victor “Sharkey” McLaglen (the wrestler, boxer and future movie star) that Roller had won against-twice in fact.
OCTOBER 16, 1908 (FRIDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
A.V. Gear issued a challenge on behalf of Hindu wrestler Bok Singh
Notes:
The challenge is to meet any man on the islands or in the fleet, guaranteeing that he will win two falls or forfeit his share of the purse.
OCTOBER 19, 1908 (MONDAY)
Old Fishmarket, Honolulu, Hawaii
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: E.J. Braun (wrestling), Paddy Ryan (boxing)
1 - Sailor Roberts Vs. J.H. Schindle,
Draw (01:05:00)
Notes:
Plus boxing and tug-of-war contests.
Schindle was a sailor on the USS Maryland and claimed to be the champion heavyweight wrestler of the combined Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
He was from Baltimore, MD and had cut his grappling teeth taking on the barnstorming pros when they came through town.
He weighed in at 170 pounds for the contest.
Braun was from the USS South Dakota.
They met at catch-as-catch-can with the strangle hold barred.
There was a “substantial side bet put up to assure that the men are out for blood”.
”Until the bell announced that the go was over it might have been any man’s game. One minute it would seem Schindle had victory in his grasp; the next instant Roberts would worm around and turn the tables completely”.
Sandberg of the USS Maryland challenged to wrestle any man in the Navy at 165 pounds.
The card was held as “free entertainment” and was arranged by Paddy Ryan.
1909
JANUARY 1909
JANUARY 26, 1909 (TUESDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Leopold McLaglen claimed that Dr. B.F. Roller backed out of a match “some time ago”
Notes:
Roller responded, “I will wrestle Leopold McLaglen for $2500 at any of the following games: jiu-jitsu, catch as catch can, rough and tumble, or Marquis of Queensbury rules. I will gladly come to Kansas City, pay my own transportation and let the loser of the match pay the referee anything he may ask up to $5000. I suggest as referee Farmer Burns, Fred Beell, J.J. Corbett, Charles Hackenschmidt or Ed. Smith. All I ask is a fair deal.” - Vancouver Daily World
McLaglen based his claim to the jiu-jitsu championship on this contest.
[Leopold McLaglen barnstormed North America as “the jiu-jitsu champion of the world” taking on all comers in rough-and-tumble, “anything goes” bouts.
One such bout was described as “kicking, strangling, throwing a man in the air and jumping on him...trying to twist an opponent’s limbs off...a brutal sport.”]
Honolulu, Hawaii
Harry Papke issued a challenge to Sailor Roberts on a behalf of William Jornell, a Russian working as a stevedore in Honolulu
JANUARY 30, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sailor Roberts accepted the challenge of William Jornell to meet at catch-as-catch-can at 170 pounds
MARCH 1909
MARCH 6, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Orpheum Theater, Honolulu, Hawaii
Referee: Will Prestidge
1 - Boxing
???? Vs. ????,
Result Umknown
2 - Boxing
???? Vs. ????,
Result Unknown
3 - Hawaiian Islands Championship
Sailor Roberts (c) def. William Hornell,
Two Falls to None (F1 SR 00:06:00 - F2 SR 00:04:25 - C 00:10:25)
MARCH 1909
MARCH 6, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Orpheum Theater, Honolulu, Hawaii
Referee: Will Prestidge
1 - Boxing
???? Vs. ????,
Result Umknown
2 - Boxing
???? Vs. ????,
Result Unknown
3 - Hawaiian Islands Championship
Sailor Roberts (c) def. William Hornell,
Two Falls to None (F1 SR 00:06:00 - F2 SR 00:04:25 - C 00:10:25)
APRIL 1909
APRIL 24, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hans Froelicher is returning to Hawaii soon along with Professor Pete Baron.
Notes:
Froelicher seeks a match with Sailor Roberts or “any wrestler of the Islands, catch-as-catch-can”.
Baron had parted ways with Dr. B.F. Roller and he and Froelicher had been touring Canada exhibiting moving pictures of the Frank Gotch/George Hackenschmidt contest.
Roberts replied that he was ready for Froelicher’s game.
APRIL 1909
APRIL 24, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hans Froelicher is returning to Hawaii soon along with Professor Pete Baron.
Notes:
Froelicher seeks a match with Sailor Roberts or “any wrestler of the Islands, catch-as-catch-can”.
Baron had parted ways with Dr. B.F. Roller and he and Froelicher had been touring Canada exhibiting moving pictures of the Frank Gotch/George Hackenschmidt contest.
Roberts replied that he was ready for Froelicher’s game.
JULY 1909
JULY 10, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sailor Roberts issued a challenge to wrestle any man in Maui
JULY 1909
JULY 10, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Sailor Roberts issued a challenge to wrestle any man in Maui
AUGUST 1909
AUGUST 24, 1909 (TUESDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
E.M. Howard of the USS Colorado sent a challenge to wrestle at 143 pounds
Notes:
He wants Police Gazette catch-as-catch-can rules, strangle hold barred, $50 a side.
Howard claims the welterweight championship of the US Pacific Fleet.
OCTOBER 1909
OCTOBER 4, 1909 (MONDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
A contest was planned between Sailor Roberts and Sandberg
Notes:
They are rival claimants to the Pacific Fleet heavyweight championship to take place at Aloha Park in Honolulu but apparently did not occur.
OCTOBER 1909
OCTOBER 4, 1909 (MONDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
A contest was planned between Sailor Roberts and Sandberg
Notes:
They are rival claimants to the Pacific Fleet heavyweight championship to take place at Aloha Park in Honolulu but apparently did not occur.
DECEMBER 1909
DECEMBER 11, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Professor Pete Baron is back in Honolulu
Notes:
He had been associated with Dr. B.F. Roller, until they had a falling out.
Baron had briefly run an athletic school in Seattle, then toured the western US and Canada with sports moving picture films.
"He played the small towns and made good money.” - The Advertiser
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All research has been completed by the Professional Wrestling Historical Society or by a trusted contributor.
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Results from Hawaii, United States of America: 1907-1909.
Updated: January 17, 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 Hawaii, United States of America: 1907-1909.
Updated: January 17, 2019.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
"The Honolulu research files are dedicated to the memory of the late J Michael Kenyon.'JMK was “the daddy of ‘em all' in the pro wrestling research field. J Michael passed away May 3, 2017, at his home in Port Orford, OR. I never met the great man personally but we corresponded for years via email. JMK was a tremendous source of information on any and all topics, wrestling, boxing, barnstorming baseball and basketball teams, history, current events, etc. In our last email exchange, a week before he died, he commented that he had been very busy working on a basketball book project and stated, 'I’m living vicariously through your researches these days.' He added, 'I got word through the grapevine that the Spelling Police are interested in taking a HARD squint at all your 1930s Hawno-woo-woo (Elmer Fudd pronunciation) stuph…don’t be surprised if there is a late night knock at your laboratory door.'" - Mark Hewitt
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