Babe Zaharias (Real name Chris Davros)
Born: 8/23/1914
Deceased: Died 8/9/57, buried 8/13/57
Buried: Roselawn Cemeterey
Pueblo, CO
USA

Just trying to get the name right of this particular member of the Zaharias wrestling clan of
Colorado, is an act in research in and of itself. Chris Davros was a legitimate nephew of
George, Tom and Chris Zaharias, and thusly dubbed the baby or “Babe” of the bunch.
Enter Chris’s uncle’s (George Zaharias’) wife, the famous female golfer, Babe Didrikson
turned Zaharias. Yes, you will find golf clubs and courses bearing the name Babe Zaharias,
but please don’t let it distract you into thinking that there was never a famous fourth of the
Zaharias boys. In fact, Davros actually became known as “Crybaby” Zaharias (yet another
nickname) because of his vocal reminders that he was the only Babe Zaharias that
mattered, whilst the other Babe was making headway as one of the pioneer women athletes
of the 20th century.

The name game does not stop there, as Davros was also Gus Zaharias, and there is some
debate and speculation that he used the name Chris Davelis or even Chris Davies, also. I
can find records of a Kostas Davelis on some of the same cards with other Zaharias
members so that lends some small amount of credence that there was at least a theoretical
possibility, that this may have been Davros.

A letter dated January 11th, 1957, to the United States Justice Department, from Katye
Zaharias, Babe’s wife, protested the monopolies that certain promoters held on wrestling,
and that this was preventing her husband, who came from a notable and respected
wrestling family, from making a regular living in their area (Chatanooga, TN). This letter
coupled with that of Antone “Ripper” Leone, which basically corroborated the story, and the
case of Sonny Myers VS the NWA, helped radically shake the foundations of the NWA
forever.

Babe Zaharias died in Savannah, GA, 8/9/57, had a match the night prior, against Bibber
McCoy.

McCoy told police that Zaharias complained of pains in his chest and under his arms after
they left the ring, presumably not the regular aches and pains which accompany the brutal
sport.

Biography by Robert Murillo
Babe Zaharias Wrestling History