1/11/35-Abilene Athletic Club Arena (AAC)   promoter: Benny Wilson
Benny Wilson, 157 lbs. vs. Ken Gaston, 153 lbs….Andy the Wrestling Bear vs. Lew
Kodrick and Eddie O’Shea…Jimmy Murphy, 156 lbs. vs. Mervin Barackman, 153 lbs.
Note: Barackman is the wrestling bear’s owner and trainer.

1/18/35-AAC
Mervin Barackman vs. Ken Gaston…Ramon Vitela vs. Jimmy Murphy…Jack Gorman vs.
Dutch Altman.
Notes: Barackman’s championship belt was put on display in the Neely-Barnes show
window. Gorman just finished a Mexican tour.

1/ /35-AAC
Mervin Barackman NC Benny Wilson.

2/8/35-AAC   promoter: Ross Williams
Mervin Barackman beat Benny Wilson…Jimmy Black vs. Luis De La Torre.

2/15/35-AAC   
Charlie Heard vs. Eddie O’Shea…Mervin Barackman vs. Pug Hester.
Notes: Heard is called “the fastest wrestler of his size in the United States”. He has just
returned from a 14 week Mexican tour where he won 18 out of 20 contests; losing only to
Yaqui Joe and Sheik Mar Allah.

2/22/35-AAC   (Williams)
Charlie Heard beat Charlie Thornton…Joe Morali drew Gene LaBelle.

3/1/35-West Texas Athletic Association Arena (WTAA)
Charlie Thornton, “Arizona Wildcat” vs. Gene LaBelle, Montreal…Joe Morali vs. Mervin
Barackman…Eddie O’Shea vs. Pug Hester,
Notes: Thornton is said to be a former mat and football star at Arizona University. Morali
is billed as hailing from San Diego, being Yaqui Joe’s cousin and also a Hollywood movie
actor. Barackman is called “the middleweight champion in 8 mid western states”.

3/1/35-AAC   (Wilson)
Sailor Barto, USS Wyoming beat Billie “Cyclone” Burns…Henry Burke drew Tuffy Hedrick.
Note: Sailor Barto is Barto Hill. He’s billed as the wrestling champion of the Pacific Fleet.

3/8/35-WTAA
Joe Morali vs. Pug Hester…Charlie Thornton vs. Gene LaBelle…Blondy Chrane vs.
Chief Black Hawk…Ace Abbott vs. Eddie O’Shea.

3/8/35-AAC   (Wilson)
Sailor Barto (Hill), 192 lbs. vs. Henry Burke, 180 lbs….Buddy Edwards, 160 lbs. vs. Tuffy
Hedrick, 160 lbs.

3/15/35-WTAA
Gene LaBelle vs. Eddie O’Shea…Mervin Barackman vs. Joe Morali…Charlie Thornton
vs. Blondy Chrane.

3/15/35-AAC   (Wilson)
Marvin Westenberg vs. Ivan Vakturoff…Sailor Barto (Hill) vs. Bruce Noland, Phoenix,
AZ…Cliff Chambers vs. Henry Burke.

3/22/35-WTAA
Mervin Barackman vs. Gene LaBelle…Count Von Bromberg vs. Pug Hester…Eddie O’
Shea (sub for Charley Heard) vs. Speedy Walker.
Notes: Heard was unable to appear as he instead embarked on a tour in Mexico.
Barackman claims the middleweight championship of the Midwest. He was awarded a belt
emblematic of this title by the Western Nebraska Business Men’s Association on
July 23, 1922 after triumphing in a tournament. During the tourney Barackman defeated
George Kinney-Spaulding, NE; Ed Downs-White River, SD; Joe Stakes-Wheatland, WY;
Bessil, Haswell, CO; and Vernon Davis, Glen Elder, KS. He has successfully defended
the belt against Billy Wolfe, Gus Pappas and Benny Wilson among others.

3/22/35-AAC   
Sid Nabors vs. Ivan Vakturoff…Pat “Doc” Mullikin, LA, 190 lbs. beat Harry Cadell.
Notes: Mullikin is said to be a jiu-jitsu expert. He is supposed to have been the coach of
the Japanese wrestling team during the 1932 Olympics held in Los Angeles. He had been
wrestling on Pacific coast for at least a decade. This was his first Texas tour. Mullikin is
also said to be a chiropractor.

3/28/35-Fort Worth
P.A. “Doc” Mullikin beat Jack Spurgeon.

3/29/35-AAC   promoter: Ross Williams
P.A. “Doc” Mullikin, 185 lbs., “a master jiu jutsu performer” beat Jack Spurgeon, 190 lbs….
Sailor Barto (Hill) beat Bill Hodge (sub for Ivan Vakturoff.
Notes: In the pre-match publicity it was noted that Mullikin has wrestled four times in
Dallas, once in Abilene and once in Fort Worth and only Cadell had stayed with him
longer than three minutes. His other matches were won in under one minute.

3/29/35-WTAA   
Count Von Bromberg beat Chief Blackhawk…Mervin Barackman beat Pug
Hester…Blondy Chrane beat Sparky Walker…referee: Jess Willard.

4/5/35-AAC   (Williams)
“Doc” Mullikin vs. Roy Graham…Sailor Barto (Hill) vs. Jack Spurgeon.
Note: This card was canceled when promoter Ross Williams was indefinitely suspended
by the State Labor Commissioner P.E. Nichols and the deputy athletic commisoner Jim
Wakefield. In lieu of the wrestling matches, Mullikin gave a free grappling demonstration.

4/5/35-WTAA
Joe Parelli beat Dutch Tennant, Dallas AC wrestling and jiu-jitsu instructor…Mervin
Barackman drew Count Von Bromberg… “Tiger” Billy McEuin beat Eddie O’Shea.

4/26/35-AAC
Marvin Westenberg, “heavyweight champion of the south” beat Ivan Vakturoff… “Doc”
Mullikin drew Sailor Barto (Hill)…Roy Graham beat Jack Spurgeon…Davis vs. Tucker-15
minute contest.

4/26/35-WTAA
Mervin Barackman vs. Gene Labelle…Buddy Harrison vs. Claude Swindell…“Tiger” Billy
McEuin vs. Ernie Arthur.
Note: McEuin was active as both a wrestler and a boxer.

5/24/35-WTAA
Mervin Barackman vs. Gene LaBelle…Gorilla Pogi vs. Eddie O’Shea…Pug Hester vs.
Dale Tennant.

Notes: There is some confusion about who was promoting in which venue. Ross Williams
or Benny Wilson?



Research by Mark S. Hewitt
Abilene Wrestling Results - 1935