Nebraska, United States of America: 1900-1909
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1900
MAY 1900
MAY 4, 1900 (FRIDAY)
Washington Hall, Omaha, Nebraska
Attendance: 'Packed'
1 - Graeco-Roman - Handicap - Olsen to Thrown Klank in Fifteen Minutes
Magnus Bech-Olsen (of Copenhagen) def. Emil Klank (of Omaha)
(00:02:30)
2 - Graeco-Roman
Magnus Bech-Olsen (of Copenhagen) def. Michael Crowe (of Omaha)
(00:08:45)
3 - Magnus Bech-Olsen (of Copenhagen) def. H.P. Hansen
(00:13:00)
Notes:
Hansen is noted as Olsen's trainer.
Olsen is listed as the World Graeco-Roman Champion.
Crowe is listed as the South Omaha Champion.
Hansen also gave an exhibition in lifting dumbbells, and there was a display of Indian Club swinging given in between matches.
1901
APRIL 1901
APRIL 20, 1901 (SATURDAY)
Miaco's Trocadero Theater, Omaha, Nebraska
Attendance: 'Large'
Tickets: $0.25, $0.35, $0.50, $1.000
Referees: E.R. Morgan & Eddie Robinson
Seconds: Dan Baldwin and George Moore (Burns) & Frank Shoemaker & Charles Gilmore (Coleman)
1 - Tom Mitchell Vs. Hans Nelson,
Time-Limit Draw
2 - American Middleweight Championship - Two out of Three Falls
'Farmer Burns' (c) def. Frank Coleman 'the Clever Omaha Wrestler',
Two Falls to One (F1 00:29:00 - F2 00:06:00 - F3 00:11:00 - C 00:46:00)
Note:
Also featured boxing.
1902 (no results)
1903 (no results)
1904 (no results)
1905 (no results)
1906 (no results)
1907
MARCH 1907
MARCH 5, 1907 (TUESDAY)
Omaha Auditorium, Ohama, Nebraska
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Pete Loch
1 - Gray Vs. Johanson (of Omaha),
Time-Limit Draw (00:15:00)
2 - Billings (of Omaha) def. Miller (of Des Moines),
(00:14:30)
3 - Raymond Burns Vs. Charles Burns,
Result Unknown
3 - Catch-as-Catch-Can - Two out of Three Falls
Farmer Burns (of Big Rock, Ia) def. Jim Parr,
Two Falls to One (F1 00:21:00 - F2 00:13:00 - F3 00:24:00 - C 00:58:00)
Notes:
Burns is listed as the American Middleweight Champion.
Parr is listed as the English Champion.
Frank Gotch, the American Champion, challenged the winner.
Raymond and Charles are the 11 and 13 year old sons of the Farmer.
The Pete Loch Quartet performed during intermissions.
MARCH 12, 1907 (TUESDAY)
Omaha, Nebraska
Attendance: 4,000
1 - Catch-as-Catch-Can - Two out of Three Falls
Frank Gotch def. Farmer Burns,
Two Falls to None (F1 00:30:00 - F2 00:30:00 - C 01:00:00)
Note:
Gotch is listed as "The champion."
MARCH 29, 1907 (FRIDAY)
Omaha Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Pete Loch
1 - Johanson Vs. McGraw,
Time-Limit Draw - One Fall Each (F1 00:02:00 - F2 00:07:00 - TL ??:??:??)
2 - Morgan def. Powers
(00:11:00)
3 - Billings (of Omaha) def. Light (of Tekamah)
(00:06:00)
4 - Two out of Three Falls
Farmer Burns (of Big Rock) def. Jim Parr,
Two Falls to One (F1 00:36:00 - F2 00:15:00 - F3 00:13:00 - C 01:04:00)
Notes:
Parr is listed as the English Champion.
The Harry Counseman troupe gave an acrobatic performance also and Counseman himself performed a wrestling match with himself. "He worked half nelsons and toe holds on himself to his heart's content."
MARCH 30, 1907 (SATURDAY)
Hastings, Nebraska
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Farmer Burns def. M.A. Simmer,
Two Falls to None (F1 00:20:00 - F2 00:14:00 - C 00:34:00)
APRIL 1907
APRIL 5, 1907 (FRIDAY)
Lincoln, Nebraska
1 - Oscar Wasem (St. Louis) def. Emil Klank (of Omaha)
APRIL 1907
APRIL 5, 1907 (FRIDAY)
Lincoln, Nebraska
1 - Oscar Wasem (St. Louis) def. Emil Klank (of Omaha)
SEPTEMBER 1907
SEPTEMBER 2, 1907 (MONDAY)
Grand Wrestling Tournament: Catch-as-Catch-Can Style for $2,500 - Opening Day
Promoter: Rewick
Lincoln Auditorium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Master of Ceremonies: "Farmer" Burns
Referee: "Farmer" Burns (matches 1 & 2) & Matt A. Simmer (match 3)
1 - Two out of Three Falls
John Erickson def. Peter Donke,
Two Falls to One (F1 JE 00:09:07 - F2 PD 00:04:00 - F3 JE 00:03:14 - C 00:16:21)
2 - Two out of Three Falls
George Faulkner def. John Byrnes,
Two Falls to None (F1 GF 00:07:20 - F2 GF 00:03:15 - C 00:10:35)
3 - Two out of Three Falls
"Farmer" Burns def. John Voss,
Two Falls to None (F1 FB 00:05:00 - F2 FB 00:04:10 - C 00:09:10)
Notes:
This is held in conjunction with the state fair week.
The wrestlers arrived at various times during the day.
Teilnehmer / Participants:
Frank Gotch,
"Farmer" Burns,
George Faulkner (of Canada),
John Erickson (of South Dakota),
Paul/Peter Donke/Dunke (of Minnesota),
John Byrnes (of Grinnell, Ia.),
John Voss (of Rock Island, Ill.),
Matt A. Simmer.
In the Nebraska State Journal on September 1 Gotch is listed as the World Heavyweight Champion, and on the September 3 he is listed as the United States Champion. The Licoln Star also refers to Gotch as the American Champion "and a disputant with Hackenschmiudt for the championship of the world."
Burns is listed as the World Middleweight Champion.
Faulkner is listed as the Canadian Heavyweight Champion.
Erickson is listed as the Dakotas Heavyweight Champion.
Donke is listed as the Dakotas Middlewieght Champion.
Byrnes is listed as the Iowa Middleweight Champon.
Voss is listed as the Illinois Middleweight Champion.
Simmer is listed as the World's Strongest Man at heavyweight lifting and said to be a "mixed wrestler without a peer in America."
Gotch is to go onto the mat 2 nights, while Burns is to wrestle 3 nights.
The show starts at 20:30.
Erickson won with a half-Nelson in fall one.
Dunke won with a scissors hold in fall two.
Erickson used a crotch and collar hold for the final fall.
The above results are from the Nebraska State Journal. The Star said "Dunke won from John Erickson."
Simmer gave a demosntration and a lecture, where he lifted "huge dumb bells over his head with one hand, and did some fancy stunts with a large iron bar that required three men to lift off the floor."
Faulkner used a crotch hold for both falls.
Burns won with a leg hold in the first fall and a crotch and collar in the second.
Gotch appeared and "made a few remarks."
SEPTEMBER 3, 1907 (TUESDAY)
Grand Wrestling Tournament: Catch-as-Catch-Can Style for $2,500 - Day 2
Promoter: Rewick
Lincoln Auditorium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Master of Ceremonies: "Farmer" Burns
Referee: "Farmer" Burns
1 - Two out of Three Falls
John Voss def. John Byrnes,
Two Falls to One (F1 JB 00:07:40 - F2 JV 00:08:40 - F3 JV 00:09:12 - C 00:25:32)
2 - Two out of Three Falls
George Faulkner def. Peter Donke,
Two Falls to None (F1 GF 00:09:23 - F2 GF 00:09:10 - C 00:18:33)
3 - "Farmer" Burns def. John Erickson,
Two Falls to None (F1 FB 00:04:15 - F2 FB 00:05:05 - C 00:09:20)
Notes:
"Tonight the winners as well as the losers of last night's contests will meet and on Saturday night the winners of the preceding bouts will wrestle."
For this show Byrnes is called John Burns and said to be the cousin of "Farmer" Burns.
Byrnes won with a crotch and half-Nelson hold in the first fall.
Voss won the second with a scissors hold.
In the third Voss used a combination hammerlock and crotch hold.
Faulkner won the first fall with a crotch and half-Nelson, and the second with a hammerlock.
Burns won both bouts with a crotch and half-Nelson.
Both Matt A. Simmer and Burns made lectures during the show and provided demonstrations.
SEPTEMBER 4, 1907 (WEDNESDAY)
Grand Wrestling Tournament: Catch-as-Catch-Can Style for $2,500 - Day 3
Promoter: Rewick
Lincoln Auditorium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Attendance: "Fairly Well Filled"
Master of Ceremonies: "Farmer" Burns
Referee: "Farmer" Burns
1 - Two out of Three Falls
John Voss def. John Byrnes,
Two Falls to None (F1 JV 00:07:45 - F2 JV 00:06:22 - C 00:14:07)
2 - Frank Gotch def. John Erickson
(00:05:00)
3 - Frank Gotch def. George Faulkner
(00:13:00)
Notes:
"Winners of last night's matches will battle among themselves tonight, Champion Gotch to choose his opponent from the list of winners. The champion will appear every night until the close of the show Saturday night, and 'Farmer' Burns will also be an attraction each evening."
SEPTEMBER 5, 1907 (THURSDAY)
Grand Wrestling Tournament: Catch-as-Catch-Can Style for $2,500 - Penultimate Day
Promoter: Rewick
Lincoln Auditorium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Attendance: "Fairly Large" / "Well Patronized"
Tickets: $0.50, $0.75 & $1.00
Master of Ceremonies: "Farmer" Burns
Referee: "Farmer" Burns (match 1 & 2) & Matt A. Simmer (match 3)
1 - Two out of Three Falls
John Voss def. Peter Dumke,
Two Falls to One (F1 JV ??:??:?? - F2 PD ??:??:?? - F3 JV ??:??:?? - C ??:??:??)
2 - Two out of Three Falls
George Faulkner def. John Erickson,
Two Falls to None
3 - Two out of Three Falls - To A Finish
Frank Gotch def. "Farmer" Burns,
Two Falls to None (F1 FG 00:09:44- - F2 FG 00:10:00- - C 00:19:44)
Notes:
Matt A. Simmer to give an exhibition and lecture.
Burns is said to be 47 years old.
Dumke is said to be 19 years old, and is 170lbs.
Gotch used an English cross lock for the first fall, and a variation of a crotch and collar hold for the second.
One of three papers said the Gotch-Burns match was for Gotch's American Championship.
SEPTEMBER 6, 1907 (FRIDAY)
Grand Wrestling Tournament: Catch-as-Catch-Can Style for $2,500 - Final Day
Promoter: Rewick
Lincoln Auditorium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Attendance: "Small Crowd"
Tickets: $0.50, $0.75 & $1.00
Master of Ceremonies: "Farmer" Burns
Referee: "Farmer" Burns
1 - Two out of Three Falls - To A Finish
John Erickson def. John Voss,
Two Falls to None
2 - Two out of Three Falls
George Faulkner def. Peter Dumke,
Two Falls to One
3 - Graeco-Roman - One Fall
Frank Gotch def. Matt A. Simmer
(00:09:18)
4 - One Fall
Frank Gotch def. "Farmer" Burns
(00:14:48)
Notes:
Matt A. Simmer to give an exhibition and lecture.
It's said Voss has a hurt leg going into his match.
This is said to be Gotch's last appearance and billed as possibly the last time Gotch will appear in Lincoln prior to his upcoming match with [Georges] Hackenschmidt.
It's said there had been much demand for a Graeco-Roman match.
One paper said Gotch used an English cross lock and cross buttock to win.
It's said this is Simmer's first loss.
Gotch-Burns was advertised as two out of three falls to a finish, but it did not come off that way.
One paper said Gotch beat Burns with an English cross lock and cross buttock, another said he used a toehold.
Who won the $2,500 is never said.
NOVEMBER 1907
NOVEMBER 20, 1907 (WEDNESDAY)
Lincoln, Nebraska
Attendance: "Large"
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Oscar Wasem def. M.J. Dwyer,
Two Falls to One
NOVEMBER 1907
NOVEMBER 20, 1907 (WEDNESDAY)
Lincoln, Nebraska
Attendance: "Large"
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Oscar Wasem def. M.J. Dwyer,
Two Falls to One
1908
MARCH 1908
MARCH 16, 1908 (MONDAY)
Licoln, Nebraska
1 - Handicap - Beell to Throw Wasem Three Times in Sixty Minutes
Fred Beell def. Oscar Wasem
(00:55:00)
MARCH 17, 1908 (TUESDAY)
Omaha Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Griswold
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Ed Morgan def. Jack Kinney,
Two Falls to None (F1 00:08:10 - F2 00:06:50 - C 00:15:00)
2 - World Light Heavyweight Championship - Two out of Three Falls
Martin Burns def. Fred Beell (c),
Two Falls to One (F1 00:32:15 - F2 00:35:50 - F3 00:03:50 - C 01:11:55) - NEW CHAMPION
Notes:
"What the Wrestlers Say,
'That was a deadly lock I happened to get on Mr. Beell, and he had to come,' said the Farmer.
'I would like another chance,' said Mr. Beell when he had a chance to make his talk. Some thought he wanted another chance for the third fall and some thought he wanted another match.
Beell admits the referee's decision is final and does not deny he was thrown fairly, but wants anothr match for $1,000.
'I have friends who will put up $1,000 that I can throw Beell again,' said Farmer Burns."
Between the falls of the main match Counseman and Burlew gave exhibitions of country wrestling, tumbling and balancing.
MARCH 30, 1908 (MONDAY)
Lincoln Auditorium, Lincoln, Nebraska
Attendance: 590
1 - Handicap - Klank to Throw Ducray in Fifteen Minutes
Emil Klank (of Omaha) Vs. Frank Ducray (of Lincoln),
Time-Limit - Klank Failed to Throw Ducray (00:15:00)
2 - Two out of Three Falls
Fred Beell def. Jim Parr,
Two Falls to None (F1 00:16:00 - F2 00:05:00 - C 00:21:00)
Note:
Parr is listed as the English champion.
APRIL 1908
APRIL 10, 1908 (FRIDAY)
Lincoln, Nebraska
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Klank def. DuGray,
Two Falls to None
Notes:
Klank dislocated a rib fifteen minutes into the contest.
Possibly happened prior to April 10.
APRIL 17, 1908 (FRIDAY)
Omaha Gun Club, Omaha, Nebraska
1 - Practice Shoot
Featured: Jack Carkeek, Frank Harrison, S.A. Tucker, Bert Dixon, Charles Allen, Thorpe, F. Weatherland, Sharpe, J.W. Lewis, Close, Kerr, Nordstrom, Damon, Townsend & Loomis
2 - Shooting Match Race
Bert Dixon def. Charles Allen
3 - Shoot Match Race - 100 Birds at Nineteen Yards with Sixteen Gauge Guns
Jack Carkeek def. Frank Harrison & S.A. Tucker
Notes:
Carkeek used a gun valued at $450.
Scores for the matches:
1 - Practice Shoot
(JC) 20, 25, 21, 21-87
(FH) 15, 14, 18, 16-63
(Th) 24, 20, 28, 23-90
(BD) 21, 24, 18, 19-82
(FW) 24, 25, 24, 24-97
(Sh) 21, 23
(JL) 21, 23, 19
(Cl) 15, 17, 11, 18-61
(Ke) 21, 23, 19, 20-83
(No) 19, 13, 16, 18-65
(CA) 13, 23, 20, 21-76
(ST) 15, 13, 16, 20-54
(Da) 19, 19, 21, 18-77
(To) 25, 23, 26, 23-96
(Lo) 20, 21, 20, 23-83
2 - Bert Dixon Vs. Charles Allen
(BD) 21, 24, 18, 19-82
(CA) 21, 23, 16, 20-77
3 - Jack Carkeek Vs. Frank Harrison Vs. S.A. Tucker
(JC) 20, 25, 21, 21-87
(FH) 20, 19, 18, 20-77
(ST) 20, 18, 20, 73-81
APRIL 18, 1908 (SATURDAY)
Promoters: Emil Klank & Gillan
Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska
Tickets: $0.50, $0.75, $1.00 & $1.50
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Charles Truseau def. Kid Herman,
Two Falls to None (F1 00:03:05 - F2 00:01:20 - C 00:04:25)
2 - Two out of Three Falls
Fred Beell "the Wisconsin Wonder" def. Jack Carkeek,
Two Falls to None - Forfeit (00:08:10)
3 - "Boy in White" def. "The Other"
Notes:
Featured "High class preliminaries."
Carkeek was billed as the former two-time world's champion at Cornish style. It's said he is a real oldtimer of the game, being roughly the same age as Farmer Burns. In a later article Carkeek is listed as having held the Catch-as-Catch-Can, Graeco-Roman and Cornish World Titles.
Even though it was previously reported Beel lost his title to Americus, he was listed as the American Light Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Champion. Then later he is again noted as losing the title to Americus.
Carkeek suffered a dislocated shoulder and when Beel threw him for the first fall the referee awarded the match to him also.
Match 3's participants are described as "Two seventy-eight-pound lads."
1909
FEBRUARY 1909
FEBRUARY 5, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Promoters: Jack Curley/Gillan
Omaha Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Griswold
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Herbert Johanson (of Council Bluffs) Vs. Jack Toliver (of Omaha),
Time-Limit Draw - One Fall Each (F1 00:30:00 - F2 00:10:00 - TL 00:45:00)
2 - Handicap - Mahmout to Throw Rouen Twice in Sixty Minutes
Yussiff Mahmout 'the Turk' Vs. Raoul de Rouen,
Time-Limit - Mahmout Scored Only One Fall (F1 00:55:00 - TL 01:00:00)
MARCH 1909
MARCH 26, 1909 (FRIDAY)
Omaha, Nebrasa
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Frank Gotch def. John Parreli,
Two Falls to None (F1 00:12:00 - F2 00:09:00 - C 00:21:00)
Note:
Parreli was introduced as the Italian champion.
MAY 1909
MAY 24, 1909 (MONDAY)
Omaha Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska
1 - Two out of Three Falls
Charles Jensen def. Charles Chapman,
Two Falls to One (F1 00:09:00 - F2 00:05:15 - F3 00:05:00 - C 00:19:15)
2 - Two out of Three Falls
Frank Gotch def. Charles Olsen,
Two Falls to None (F1 00:21:42 - F2 00:14:30 - C 00:36:12)
Notes:
It's also announced that Gotch is retiring fromt he mat for a year and thus will not meet Georg Hackenschmidt at Melbourne, Australia in January. He is just fulfilling a series of commitments before he takes the year off. The time off is due to problems breathing which will be alleviated through two surgical procedures to his nose.
The Teddy brothers also performed a burlesque wrestling match.
NOVEMBER 1909
NOVEMBER 27, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Washington Hall, Omaha, Nebraska
Attendance: "Very Small"
Referee: John Holden
1 - Mark/Mike Chester Vs. William Rubie,
Time-Limit Draw - One Fall Each (F1 00:17:30 - F2 00:14:00 - F3 00:10:00 - C 00:41:00)
2 - Two out of Three Falls
"The Blacksmith" Jack Meyers def. "The Policeman" C.A. Jensen "Pride of the Force",
Two Falls to None (F1 00:07:40 - F2 00:04:30 - C 00:12:10)
NOVEMBER 1909
NOVEMBER 27, 1909 (SATURDAY)
Washington Hall, Omaha, Nebraska
Attendance: "Very Small"
Referee: John Holden
1 - Mark/Mike Chester Vs. William Rubie,
Time-Limit Draw - One Fall Each (F1 00:17:30 - F2 00:14:00 - F3 00:10:00 - C 00:41:00)
2 - Two out of Three Falls
"The Blacksmith" Jack Meyers def. "The Policeman" C.A. Jensen "Pride of the Force",
Two Falls to None (F1 00:07:40 - F2 00:04:30 - C 00:12:10)
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Results from Nebraska, United States of America: 1900-1909.
Updated: July 11, 2020.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
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Results from Nebraska, United States of America: 1900-1909.
Updated: July 11, 2020.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
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