Missouri, United States of America: 1930-1938
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1930
JULY 1930
JULY 30, 1930 (WEDNESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Lloyd Burdick def. Paul Harper (of Houston, Texas)
(00:09:00)
2 - Jimmy Londos def. Clinstock
(00:42:00)
Notes:
Londos is listed as the National Boxing Association World Heavyweight Champion.
Burdick is said to be a University of Illinois football player and wrestler and that this was his professional debut.
SEPTEMBER 1930
SEPTEMBER 12, 1930 (FRIDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Casey Berger (of Phoenix, Ariz.) Vs. George Tragos (of St. Louis),
Time-Limit Draw (00:30:00)
2 - Rudy Dusek (of Omaha) def. Matros Kerilenko (of Russia)
(00:45:00)
1931
JULY 1931
JULY 8, 1931 (WEDNESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - George Trafton def. George Kogut
2 - Hank Bruder def. Charley Peterson (of Chicago)
(00:20:15)
3 - Frank Judson Vs. Joe Malcewicz (of Utica),
Time-Limit Draw (00:45:00)
4 - Stanley Stasiak (of Poland) def. Allen Eustace (of Kansas)
JULY 29, 1931 (WEDNESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Paul Harper (of Texas) def. Tony Catalino (of St. Louis)
(00:13:00)
2 - George Tragos (of St. Louis) def. Joe Cox (of Kansas City)
(00:13:00)
3 - Hans Kampfer (of Germany) def. Jim Clinstock (of Oklahoma City)
(00:12:00)
4 - George Zaharias (of Colorado) def. Paul Jones (of Texas),
Time-Limit Draw (00:45:00)
5 - Jim McMillan (of Chicago) def. Kola Kwariani (of Russia)
(00:56:00)
AUGUST 1931
AUGUST 19, 1931 (WEDNESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Earl McCready (of Oklahoma) def. Milo Steinborn (of Germany)
(00:11:30)
2 - Pat O'Shocker (of Salt Lake City) def. George Zaharias (of Colorado)
(00:48:08)
AUGUST 24, 1931 (TUESDAY)
Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 6,000
1 - Jumping Joe Savoldi (of Three Oaks, Mich.) def. Don Oskovy (of Warsaw, Poland)
(00:12:36)
2 - World Heavyweight Championship - Two out of Three Falls
Ed 'Strangler' Lewis (of Los Angeles) (c) def. Dr. Karl Sarpolis (of Cincinnati),
Two Falls to One
Note:
Said to be the opening card in the local wrestling season.
SEPTEMBER 1931
SEPTEMBER 2, 1931 (WEDNESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Ernie Dusek (of Omaha) def. Charlie Fox (of Cleveland)
(00:06:27)
2 - Earl McCready (of Oklahoma) def. George Tragos (of St. Louis)
(00:15:10)
3 - Hans Kampfer (of Germany) def. Joe Mondt (of Colorado)
(00:11:02)
4 - Rudy Dusek (of Omaha) def. Pat O'Shocker (of Salt Lake City)
(00:33:22)
SEPTEMBER 16, 1931 (WEDNESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Joe Toots Mondt (of Colorado) def. John Zarnas (of Youngstown, Ohio)
(00:25:53)
2 - Hans Kampfer (of Germany) def. Rudy Dusek (of Omaha)
(00:26:22)
SEPTEMBER 30, 1931 (WEDNESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Jim Londos (of Greece) def. Hans Kampfer (of Germany)
(01:11:00)
OCTOBER 1931
OCTOBER 22, 1931 (THURSDAY)
Kansas City, Missouri
1 - Abe Coleman (of Los Angeles) def. Eddie Worth (of Chicago)
(00:17:00)
2 - Wladek Zbyszko (of Chicago) def. Derna Ostopavitch (of Lithuania)
3 - Two out of Three Falls
Joe Savoldi (of Three Oaks, Mich.) def. Wong Bock Chaung (of China),
Two Falls to One (F1 00:02:10 - F2 00:03:45 - F3 00:00:10)
1932
AUGUST 1932
AUGUST 24, 1932 (WEDNESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Sandor Szabor (of Hungary) def. Tiny Roebuck
(00:16:35)
2 - Earl McCready (of Canada) def. Roland Kirschmeyer (of Texas)
(00:51:42)
SEPTEMBER 1932
SEPTEMBER 7, 1932 (WEDNESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Vic Christy (of California) def. George Hills (of Canada)
2 - Paul Jones (of Texas) Vs. Rudy Dusek (of Nebraska),
Time-Limit Draw (00:30:00)
3 - George Zaharias (of Colorado) def. Jack Hader (of New York)
(00:12:00)
4 - Gino Garibaldi (of New York) Vs. Hans Kampfer (of Germany),
Time-Limit Draw (00:30:00)
5 - Ray Steele (of California) def. Jim McMillen (of Illinois)
(00:42:00)
SEPTEMBER 8, 1932 (THURSDAY)
Convention Hall, Kansas City, Missouri
Attendance: 4,000
1 - World Heavyweight Championship - Two out of Three Falls
Jim Londos (of Greece) (c) def. Abe Coleman (of Los Angeles),
Two Falls to None
OCTOBER 1932
OCTOBER 5, 1932 (WEDNESDAY)
Kansas City, Missouri
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Everett Marshall (of La Juna, Colo.) def. Joe Devito (of Boston),
Two Falls to One (F1 00:11:00 - F2 00:14:25 - F3 00:03:00 - C 00:28:25)
1933
OCTOBER 1933
OCTOBER 23, 1933 (MONDAY)
Kansas City, Missouri
1 - Jimmie Demetral (of New York via Greece) Vs. Earl Lacy (of Noss City, Kan.),
Draw
2 - Charlie Fischer (of Butternut, Wis.) def. Johnny Atkins (of Kansas City)
Notes:
Demetral is listed as the champion.
Fischer is listed as claiming the light heavyeweight and middleweight championships.
OCTOBER 24, 1933 (TUESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Chief Chewcki (of Oklahoma) def. Jack Zarnas (of Ohio)
2 - Fred Peterson (of Missouri) Vs. Darna Ostopavich (of Lithuania),
Draw
3 - Dr. Karl Sarpolis (of Pennsylvania) def. Ernies Heffner (of Texas)
4 - Ray Steele (of California) def. George Zaharias (of Colorado)
NOVEMBER 1933
NOVEMBER 6, 1933 (MONDAY)
Kansas City, Missouri
1 - Johnny Plummer (of Central City, Ia.) Vs. Pat Mahoney (of Philadelphia),
Draw
2 - Jimmie Demetral (of New York) def. Chief Ray Houston (of Texas)
3 - Richard Shikat (of Philadelphia) def. Count Drnak Harkovsky (of Russia)
NOVEMBER 8, 1933 (WEDNESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Everett Marshall (of La Junta, Colo.) def. Dr. Carl Sarpolis (of Glen Lyon, Pa.)
(00:05:40)
NOVEMBER 9, 1933 (THURSDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Orville Brown (of Kansas) def. Chief Chewchki (of Oklahoma)
Note:
It's reported how the Chief was thrown from the ring and attempted to eat a hat of a fan at ringside. He used the remains to choke Brown. Later he was again thrown outside and the fans gave him a black eye. When the guards tried to rescure him, the Chief attacked the guard who also gave him a beating.
NOVEMBER 13, 1933 (MONDAY)
Kansas City, Missouri
1 - Johnny Plummer (of Central City, Ia.) Vs. Billy Wolfe (of Kansas City),
Draw
2 - Earl Lacy (of Ness City, Kan.) def. Jackie Fields (of Dallas)
(00:06:32)
3 - Nanjoo Singh (of India) def. Jack Noche (of Toronto)
(00:09:40)
4 - Fred Peterson (of Holt, Mo.) def. Buck Olson (of Minneapolis)
(00:14:30)
5 - The Red Devil (of San Francisco) def. Dutch Hefner (of Sherman, Texas)
(00:21:45)
NOVEMBER 20, 1933 (MONDAY)
Kansas City, Missouri
1 - Johnny Plummer (of Central City, Ia.) Vs. Pat Honey (of Philadelphia)
2 - Dick Shikat (of Philadelphia) def. Tex Cashman (of Salt Lake City)
3 - Charles Fischer Vs. Nanjoo Singh (of India),
No Contest
4 - Fred Peterson (of Holt, Mo.) Vs. Dr. Karl Sarpolis (of New York),
Draw
5 - Everette Marshall (of La Junta, Colo.) def. The Red Devil (of San Francisco)
Notes:
Fischer is listed as both the World Middleweight and World Light Heavyweight Champion.
Singh was hit with a chair that an audience member threw at him. The match had ot be stopped as Singh was knocked out cold.
NOVEMBER 23, 1933 (THURSDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Fred Peterson (of Missouri) def. Jack Russell (of Texas)
2 - Dick Shikart (of New York) def. Frank Speers (of Georgia)
3 - George Zaharias (of Colorado) Vs. Orville Brown (of Kansas)
4 - Ray Steele (of California) def. John Pesek (of Nebraska)
(00:47:35)
NOVEMBER 27, 1933 (MONDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Ed 'Strangler' Lewis def. Rollen Kirschmeyer (of Oklahoma)
(00:30:06)
Kansas City, Missouri
1 - Jack Iku Ryan (of Nome, Alaska) def. Dan McShain (of Vancouver)
2 - Jimmy Hefner (of Sherman, Tex.) def. Bobby Hess (of Portland, Ore.)
3 - Charlie Fischer (of Butternut, Wis.) def. Earl Lacy (of Ness City, Kan.)
DECEMBER 1933
DECEMBER 4, 1933 (MONDAY)
Kansas City, Missouri
1 - Billy Evans (of Drumright, Okla.) Vs. Pat Mahoney (of Philadelphia),
Draw
2 - Nanjoo Singh (of India) def. Hans Siebert (of Germany)
3 - The Red Devil (of San Francisco) def. George Gostovich (of Pittsburgh, Pa.)
DECEMBER 7, 1933 (THURSDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Ray Steele (of Glendale, Cal.) def. Jim McMillen (of Chicago)
DECEMBER 11, 1933 (MONDAY)
Memorial Hall, Joplin, Missouri
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Cliff Maupin (of Iowa) def. Ken Hollis (of Arizona),
Two Falls to One
2 - Two out of Three Falls
Tuffy Cleat (of Birmingham, Ala.) def. Sweslka (of Canada),
Two Falls to One
DECEMBER 13, 1933 (WEDNESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Ed 'Strangler' Lewis (of Glendale, Cal.) def. Mayes McLain (of Pryor, Okla.)
(00:33:20)
DECEMBER 18, 1933 (MONDAY)
Kansas City, Missouri
1 - Jimmy Hefner (of Sherman) def. Jack Knoche (of Toronto)
2 - Dutch Hefner (of Sherman, Texas) Vs. George Gostovich (of Pittsburgh),
Draw
1934
JULY 1934
JULY 26, 1934 (THURSDAY)
Kansas City, Missouri
1 - Two out of Three Falls
John Pesek (of Ravenna, Neb.) def. Tiny Roebuck (of Oklahoma),
Two Falls to None
NOVEMBER 1934
NOVEMBER 19, 1934 (MONDAY)
Kansas City, Missouri
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Karl Davis (of New York) def. 'Chief' Chewecki (of Bartlesville, Okla),
Two Falls to One
1935
DECEMBER 1935
DECEMBER 19, 1935 (THURSDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Paul Jones (of Houston) def. Billy Middlekauff (of Jacksonville)
2 - Orville Brown (of Kansas) Vs. Cy Williams (of Florida),
Draw
3 - Ernie Zeller (of Terre Haute) def. Lou Plummer (of Baltimore)
4 - George Zaharias Vs. Sandor Szabo (of Hungary),
Draw
5 - Ed Strangler Lewis (of California) def. Man Mountain Dean (of Georgia)
1936
SEPTEMBER 1936
SEPTEMBER 17, 1936 (THURSDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Billy Bartush (of Chicago) def. Abe Goldberg (of New York)
(00:08:05)
NOVEMBER 1936
NOVEMBER 9, 1936 (MONDAY)
Kansas City, Missouri
1 - The Cardiff Giant (of Iowa) def. Warren Bockwinkle (of Chicago)
2 - Orville Brown (of Wallace, Kansas) def. Lee Wykoff (of Nevada, Mo.)
1937
NOVEMBER 1937
NOVEMBER 10, 1937 (WEDNESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Rudy Strongerk (of Germany) def. Shunichi Shikuma (of Japan)
2 - Young Frank Gotch def. Chris Zaharias (of Colo.)
3 - Orville Brown (of Kansas) def. Dan O'Connor (of Boston)
4 - Ed Don George (of Buffalo, N.Y.) def. Frank 'Powerhouse' Sexton (of Columbus, O.)
5 - Lou Thesz (of St. Louis) def. George Zaharias (of Colo.)
NOVEMBER 26, 1937 (FRIDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Everett Marshall (of Colorado) def. Danno O'Mahoney (of Ireland)
(00:29:50)
DECEMBER 1937
DECEMBER 29, 1937 (WEDNESDAY)
Promoter: Tom Packs
Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri
Attendance: 7,534
Gate: $7,712.70
Referee: Lou Spandle
1 - Harry Kruskam[ (of Columbus, Ohio) Vs. Joe Cox (of Mountain View, Mo.),
Draw (00:20:0)
2- Alabama Bill Lee (of Eutaw, La.) def. Jules Strongbow (of Oklahoma city)
(00:10:52)
3 - Ernie Dusek (of Omaha, Neb.) Vs. Ivan Managoff (of San Francisco),
Draw (00:30:00)
4 - Danno O'Mahoney (of Ireland) def. Paul Jones (of Houston)
(00:09:56)
5 - World Heavyweight Championship
Lou Thesz (of St. Louis) def. Everett Marshall
Countout (00:53:48) - NEW CHAMPION
Notes:
Cox weighs 225lbs and Kruskamp 215.
Lee weighs 220lbs and Strongbow 320.
Lee won with flying tackles.
Dusek weighs 230lbs and Managoff 215.
O'Mahoney weighs 225lbs and Kones 221.
O'Mahoney won with a body block.
It's said the winner of the last match will be presented with the "American Wrestling Association's diamon-ruby-sapphire studded belt, emblematic of the world title and valued at $10,000." - The Globe-Democrat
The belt was "recently donated by the association, has neber been placed in competition before." - The Globe-Democrat
Thesz is said to be 21 or 22 years old.
Marshall was managed by Billy Sandow.
Prior to the match Thesz signed an agreement which guaranteed Marshall a rematch within 60 days should Thesz win.
Thesz applied an airplane spin, then tried to apply a second, but Marshall "savagely" punched at his head. That caused both men to fall into the ropes, Thesz fell to the mat, but Marshall fell outside of the ring and was then counted out.
Upon winning Thesz instructed his father and business advisor, Martin, to cancel all immediate matches, so he could "rest up for a brief spell with his family."
It's said Thesz is recognized as the champion in 38 states with this win in the Stars And Times.
It's also said Thesz is the first native of St. Louis to hold a world championship.
"Quoting Sandow and Marshall:
'This surprising turn of events makes Thesz recognized as champion by Illinois, Missouri, Colorado, the Carolinas, Virginia, Florida, Wyoming, Nevada, Texas and Mississippi State Athletic Commissions, by 108 different rasslin' promoters, by several city athletic comissions, and by the Midwest Wrestling Association.'" - The Post-Dispatch
[It is initially reported in the Boston Globe that Thesz won the AWA Championship, however it is quickly forgotten about and other plans go ahead.
The Globe-Democrat of St. Louis, mentioned the above quote credited to them on the day of the match, but does not mention the AWA title in their match report]
Show financial breakdown:
- Gross Receipts: $7,712.70
- Federal Tax: $733.01
- State Tax: $336.25
- City Tax: $155.14
- Sales Tax: $135.58
- Leaving: $6,352.72
1938
OCTOBER 1938
OCTOBER 19, 1938 (WEDNESDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Everett Marshall (of La Junta, Colo.) def. Lee Wyckoff (of Nevada, Mo.)
(00:15:41)
DECEMBER 1938
DECEMBER 9, 1938 (FRIDAY)
St. Louis, Missouri
1 - Abe Coleman (of Brooklyn) def. Ivan Managoff (of San Francisco)
(00:26:25)
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Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Missouri, United States of America: 1930-1938.
Updated: July 5, 2020.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
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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 Missouri, United States of America: 1930-1938.
Updated: July 5, 2020.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
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