Maryland, United States of America: 1903-1909
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1900 (no results)
1901 (no results)
1902 (no results)
1903
MARCH 1903
MARCH 13, 1903 (FRIDAY)
Baltimore, Maryland
1 - Two on One Handicap
Joe Grant Vs. Two Baltimoreans,
Result Unknown
2 - 'Farmer' Burns Vs. 'The Russian Giant',
Reuslt Unknown
Note:
Grant is listed as the middleweight champion.
MARCH 21, 1903 (SATURDAY)
Naval Academy Gymnasium, Annapolis, Maryland
1 - Charles E. Soule (of Massachusetts) def. Ernest Durr (of Oregon) (00:15:00)
Note:
Also featured boxing.
DECEMBER 1903
DECEMBER 28, 1903 (MONDAY)
Baltimore, Maryland
1 - Catch-as-Catch-Can - Two out of Three Falls
Gus Schonlein 'Americus' def. Max Wiley (of Rochester, N.Y.),
Two Falls to None
Note:
Americus is listed as the Maryland Middleweight Champion.
1904 (no results)
1905
FEBRUARY 1905
FEBRUARY 8, 1905 (WEDNESDAY)
Germania Mannerchor Hall, Baltimore, Maryland
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Gus Schoenlein 'Americus' (of Baltimore) def. Edward Atherton (of Elmire, N.Y.),
Two Falls to None (F1 00:23:00 - F2 00:03:00 - C 00:26:00)
MARCH 1905
MARCH 8, 1905 (WEDNESDAY)
Baltimore, Maryland
1 - Three out of Five Falls
Columbus (of Baltimore) def. Hako,
Three Falls to One - Forfeit (F1 00:12:00 - F2 00:08:00 - F3 00:04:00 - C 00:24:00)
Notes:
Hako is listed as the Jiu Jitsu Champion.
Hako quit stating he was outmatched.
On March 10 it was printed in the New York Evening World that Mr. M.M. Kakihara, the manager of the New York School of Jiu Jitsu & Ken Jitsu, demanded an interview. In which he stated, his head instructer Prof. W. Hakoiwa was not the Hako who had been thrown in the above match. He want on to say the Hako who appeared was a fraud and nothing but a "Common Japanese."
APRIL 1905
APRIL 12, 1905 (WEDNESDAY)
Baltimore, Maryland
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Ben Finnick (of Baltimore) def. Emil Beck (of Camden, N.J.),
Two Falls to One - Forfeit (00:36:50)
NoteS:
Beck is listed as the American Featherweight Champion.
Beck gave up before the second bout started stating he could not throw Finnick.
MAY 1905
MAY 11, 1905 (THURSDAY)
Baltimore, Maryland
Referee: Harry Jeffreys
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Gus Schoenlin 'Americus' def. Fred Beell,
Two Falls to None - Disqualification
Note:
Referee disqualified Beell for usage of the stangle hold.
MAY 1905
MAY 11, 1905 (THURSDAY)
Baltimore, Maryland
Referee: Harry Jeffreys
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Gus Schoenlin 'Americus' def. Fred Beell,
Two Falls to None - Disqualification
Note:
Referee disqualified Beell for usage of the stangle hold.
1906 (no results)
1907 (no results)
1908
MARCH 1908
MARCH 21, 1908 (SATURDAY)
Baltimore, Maryland
1 - Handicap - Hackenschmidt to Throw Schoenlein in Fifteen Minutes
George Hackenschmidt (of Russia) Vs. Gus Schoenlein (of Baltimore),
Time-Limit - Hackenschmidt Failed to Throw Schoenlein (00:15:00)
APRIL 1908
APRIL 8, 1908 (WEDNESDAY)
The Lyric, Baltimore, Maryland
1 - Light Heavyweight Championship - Catch-as-Catch-Can - Two out of Three Falls
'Americus' Gus Scholein def. Fred Beell (c),
Two Falls to None (F1 00:21:00 - F2 00:02:00 - C 00:23:00) - NEW CHAMPION
1909
MARCH 1909
MARCH 17, 1909 (WEDNESDAY)
Albaugh's Theater, Baltimore, Maryland
1 - World Light Heavyweight Championship - Catch-as-Catch-Can - Two out of Three Falls
Americus (Gus Schoenlein) (c) def. Bob Monogoff (c),
Two Falls to None (F1 00:16:30 - F2 00:12:30 - C 00:19:00) - NEW CHAMPION
Notes:
Americus was billed as the American Light Heavyweight Championship, and Bob Monogoff as the champion of Europe and thus this was a unification match.
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Results from Maryland, United States of America: 1903-1909.
Updated: June 7, 2020.
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 Maryland, United States of America: 1903-1909.
Updated: June 7, 2020.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
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