Chicago, Illinois:  January 5, 1934
(Community Recreation Center) … Boxing and Wrestling Show … Johnny Fitzpatrick vs. Sammy
Levine (eight rounds) (128 pounds) … George Haberski vs. John Mirabel (four rounds)
(featherweight) … Steve Roberts vs. Eddie Wade (four rounds) (170 pounds) … Hank Bueker vs.
Gene Higgins (four rounds) (147 pounds) … Frank Almarez vs. Jose Floros (four rounds (120
pounds) … George Kohler vs. Al Williams (wrestling) ... (promoter:  Gene Harrison)
Notes:  The facility was at 4711 Madison Street.  It marked the debut of Gene Harrison as promoter.  
Wade was making his pro debut as a boxer.

Chicago, Illinois:  January 5, 1934
(Wonderland Hall) … Amateur Boxing and Wrestling Show … Paul Frazier vs. Tony Zale (five
rounds) (middleweight) … Joe Jaski vs. Lynn Sandford (five rounds) (welterweight) … Howard
McConnell vs. George Nelson (three rounds) … Stanley Smik vs. Frank Talaber (wrestling) …
(promoter:  Pep Kerwin)
Notes:  The facility was at 2934 Milwaukee Avenue.  Zale was from Gary, Indiana.  Frank Talaber
was the son of former middleweight champion Lou Talaber.


Chicago, Illinois:  Thursday, January 25, 1934
(Mozart Arena) … Fred Kohler vs. Jack McAdams … Andy Sparks vs. Lou Talaber
Note:  Fred Kohler, reportedly, hadn’t lost a match in two years.

Chicago, Illinois:  Friday, January 26, 1934
(Arcadia Gardens) … Ole Oleson vs. Gus Sonnenberg … Buckets Goldenberg vs. Art Miller

Chicago, Illinois:  Wednesday, January 31, 1934
(Chicago Stadium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Joe Savoldi (21:40) …
Everette Marshall b. Jim McMillen (dec., 30:00) … “Killer” Karl Davis b. Dutch Hefner (decision) …
Ernie Dusek b. Matros Kirilenko (24:00) … Joe Malcewicz b. Milo Steinborn (9:06) … (promoter:  Ed
White) … (referee:  Emil Thiry) … (judges:  Sam Clapham, Watler Evans) … (20,200 fans) … (gate:  
$32,000)

Chicago, Illinois:  Wednesday, February 21, 1934
(Chicago Stadium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Browning b. Joe Stecher … Everette
Marshall b. Abe Coleman … George Zaharias b. Wee Willie Davis … (5,800+ fans)

Springfield, Illinois:  Thursday, February 22, 1934
( ) … Ray Steele b. Milo Steinborn … Cliff Olson b. Pat O’Shocker … Albert Coleman b. Lou
Plummer by decision in 30-minutes

Chicago, Illinois:  February 28, 1934
(Rainbo Fronton) … Fred Kohler vs. Johnny Meyers … Gorilla Parker vs. Lou Talaber … Franz Hart
vs. Alex Kasaboski … George Jonason vs. Zack Malkov … Jack McAdams vs. Al Williams … Rudy
Kay vs. Mephisto

Chicago, Illinois:  Wednesday, March 21, 1934
( ) … Sammy Stein and George Zaharias drew (30:00)

Chicago, Illinois:  Wednesday, March 28, 1934
( ) … Alex Kasaboski b. A. McNeil … Bull Curry and John Swenski were both disqualified

Chicago, Illinois:  Friday, April 20, 1934
( ) … Everette Marshall b. Cliff Olson (19:39)

Chicago, Illinois:  Wednesday, May 2, 1934
(Rainbo Fronton) … Jack Brown b. Frank Hart (17:37) … Archie Campbell b. Al Williams (10:57) …
Dan McDonald and Roy Miller drew (30:00) … Joe Zehenfher b. Bill Jenson (18:00) … Frank Cooper
b. Jack Ross (12:00) … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  June 12, 1934
(White City Arena) … Julius “Mephisto” Woronick vs. Charley Peterson … Stanley Buresch vs.
George Jonasen … Bull Curry vs. Frank Clemens … Ralph Garibaldi vs. Karl Von Lehman … Jimmy
Creta vs. Jimmy Demetral … (promoters:  Dunk Boyle, Mique Malloy)
Note:  This show “inaugurated wrestling at the White City Arena, 63d street and South Park
avenue).  Woronick was scheduled to wrestle Al Stecher, but the latter was injured when he fell from
the ring in a recent bout.

Chicago, Illinois:  June 19, 1934
(White City Outdoor Stadium) … Frank Hart b. Dale Haddock (26:39) … Lou Talaber b. Jack
Zaravich (18:30) … Phil Grueber b. Jack Adams (11:46) … Ed Van Herrick b. Bucky O’Neil (12:16)
… (promoter:  Mique Malloy)

Chicago, Illinois:  June 26, 1934
(White City Arena) … Frank Hart b. Pierre LaBelle (31:22) … Bob Wagner b. Ernie Arthur (16:30) …
Ralph Garibaldi b. Ed Martin (18:35) … Bill Gruber b. Jimmy Peters (18:00) … Tony Haydich and
Leo Umbles drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Mique Malloy)

Chicago, Illinois:  July 3, 1934
(White City Arena) … Bobby Chick vs. Karl Von Lehman … Ralph Garibaldi vs. Frank Wolf) … Bill
Brooks vs. Ed Martin … Two other matches … (promoter:  Mique Malloy)

Chicago, Illinois:  July 11, 1934
(Marigold Gardens) … George Dusette vs. Karl Von Lehman … Bill Brooks vs. Frankie Hart … Jack
Brown vs. Jack Kennedy … Ralph Garibaldi vs. Dale Haddock … Steve Passas vs. Al Williams …
(promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, July 17, 1934
(White City Arena) … Jack Brown b. Frankie Hart (2/3) … Ralph Garibaldi b. Dale Haddock (24:25)
… Bill Brooks b. Dick Gamin when the latter was injured … John Yarkovich b. Al Williams (17:00) …
Gorilla Parker b. Rudy Kay (17:52) … (promoter:  Mique Malloy)

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, August 7, 1934
(White City Arena) … Jack “Bad Boy” Brown vs. Ralph Garibaldi … Bull Curry vs. Bill Jensen … Al
Woznica vs. John Yarkovich … (promoter:  Mique Malloy)

Chicago, Illinois:  Wednesday, August 8, 1934
(Marigold Gardens) … Stanley Buresch vs. Julius “Mephisto” Woronick … Jack Kennedy vs. Al
Williams … Lefty Pacer vs. Al Stecher … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, August 14, 1934
(White City Arena) … Julius “Mephisto” Woronick b. Al Williams (2/3) (Williams unable to continue in
the third fall after falling from the ring) … Walter Roxy b. George Schwab (26:12) … Dick Gannon b.
Mike London (dec., 30:00) … Bill Brooks b. John Yurkovich (18:30) … (promoter:  Mique Malloy)

Chicago, Illinois:  August 21, 1934
(White City Arena) … Jack “Bad Boy” Brown vs. Julius “Mephisto” Woronick … Lou Talaber vs. Zack
Malkov … Tommy Carter vs. Mike London … Bill Brooks vs. Buck O’Neill … (promoter:  Mique Malloy)

Chicago, Illinois:  August 28, 1934
(White City Arena) … Jack “Bad Boy” Brown vs. Lefty Pacer … George Dusette vs. Karl Von Lehman
… George Schwab vs. Lou Talaber … Mike London vs. Ed Martin … (promoter:  Mique Malloy)

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, September 4, 1934
(White City Arena) … Bill Brooks vs. Mike London … Les Fischbaugh vs. Ralph Garibaldi … Zack
Malkov vs. George Schwab

Chicago, Illinois:  Wednesday, September 5, 1934
(Marigold Arena) … Bull Curry vs. George Dusette … Jimmy Demetral vs. Lefty Pacer … Rudy Kay
vs. Al Kimball … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  Thursday, September 6, 1934
(Western Stadium) … Jim McMillen b. Dick Raines … Gus Clem b. Lou Tucker … Ole Olson and
Jack Smith drew … Hans Bauer and Lou Plummer drew … Pete Schuh b. Jack Zeravich …
(promoter:  Doc Krone) … (referee:  Ted Tonneman)

*On September 9, 1934, Jim Londos trained at Renahan’s Lodge in Round Lake, Illinois with Bobby
Bruns, Lou Plummer, Dick Raines, and Hans Bauer.  He was training in preparation for his bout with
Ed “Strangler” Lewis.

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, September 11, 1934
(White City Arena) … Julius “Mephisto” Woronick b. Count Von Lehman (28:00) … (promoter:  
Mique Malloy)

Chicago, Illinois:  Wednesday, September 12, 1934
(Marigold Gardens) … George Dusette and Charles “Midget” Fischer drew (60:00) … Jack “Bad
Boy” Brown b. Jack Kennedy (15:16) … Frankie Hart b. Mike London (14:00) … Al Williams b. Ed
Martin (15:00) … Stanley West b. Al Kimball (16:00) … (promoter:  Fred Kohler)

Chicago, Illinois:  Monday, September 17, 1934
(Ashland Arena) … Pete Holtz vs. Ernie Peterson … Billy Schmitz vs. Jack Zeravich … Jack Ross vs.
George Schwab … Al Kaiser vs. Tom Rolowicz

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, September 18, 1934
(White City Arena) … Lou Talaber b. Lefty Pacer (41:00) … Jimmy Demetral vs. Jack Kennedy …
George Jonasen vs. Lefty Pacer … Henry Forman vs. Buck O’Neil … (promoter:  Mique Malloy)
Note:  Talaber was originally booked to wrestle Zack Malkov of Chicago.

Chicago, Illinois:  Wednseday, September 19, 1934
(Marigold Gardens) … George Dusette b. Jack “Bad Boy” Brown … Dick Gamon vs. Mike London …
(promoter:  Fred Kohler)
Notes:  Dusette was said to be a Boston wrestler.  Gamon was from Butte, Montana and London
from California.

Chicago, Illinois:  Thursday, September 20, 1934
(Wrigley Field) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Ed “Strangler” Lewis (49:27) … Ed
Don George and Jim McMillen drew (30:00) (referee:  Jack Dempsey) … Johnny Stanton b. Geno
Salvatore in a four round boxing match … King Levinsky b. Art Sykes in a ten round boxing match …
Leo Rodak b. Everett Rightmire in a ten round boxing match … Henry Rothler b. Eddie Stiegel in a
four round boxing match … (promoter:  Ed White) … (referees:  Ted Tonneman, Jack Dempsey) …
(judges:  George Donoghue, Captain Willard Malone) … (in attendance for the show:  Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Friedrich and their two daughters, boxer Tommy Ryan, Jack Curley, Paul Bowser, Tom Packs,
Lou Daro, Nick Londos, Gabe Kaufman, Ray Fabiani, Charles Rentrop, Jack Herman, Jack
Corcoran, Walter Taylor, Jack Roller, Tony Stecher, Buster Connors, Joe “Toots” Mondt, Henry
Weber, Dave Schlessinger, Pinkie George, Herman Katz, Mrs. James J. Corbett, NWA President Col.
Harry J. Landry) … (35,265 fans) … (gate:  $96,302, a national record)
Notes:  Lewis was accompanied to the ring by Lou Talaber and Joe “Toots” Mondt and Londos was
accompanied by Ed White, Bobby Bruns, and Hans Bauer.  McMillen was accompanied by Bronko
Nagurski.  The show set a record for attendance and for gate.  More than $20,000 went to charity.  
In preparation for the bout, Lewis trained with Lou Talaber, “who has supervised the Strangler’s
training for many previous bouts,” Pete Schuh, and Chief Sanooke.

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, September 25, 1934
(White City Arena) … Zack Malkov vs. Lou Talaber … (promoter:  Mique Malloy)

Chicago, Illinois:  October 2, 1934
(White City Arena) … World Light Heavyweight Champion Charles “Midget” Fischer b. Zack Malkov
(44:03) … Lou Talaber b. Casey Jones (12:14) … Ralph Garibaldi and Clarence Smith drew (30:00)
… Buck O’Neill b. Ernie Peterson (15:20) … (promoter:  Mique Malloy)

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, October 16, 1934
(White City Arena) … Frankie Hart b. Casey Jones (42:00) (Hart was originally scheduled to wrestle
Dale Haddock) … Zack Malkov and Clarence Smith drew (30:00) … Jack Kennedy b. George
Schwab (16:00) … Dick Gamin b. Rudy (Kay?) (23:00) … (promoter:  Mique Malloy)

Chicago, Illinois:  Friday, October 19, 1934
(Loyola University Gymnasium) … Jim McMillen b. Abe Coleman (39:12) … Hans Bauer and Leo
Numa drew (20:00) … Jack Smith b. George Tragos (20:48) … Orville Brown b. Karl Davis (15:19)
… Fred Grobmier and Whitey Hewitt drew 30:00) … (promoter:  “Doc” Krone) … (2,100 fans)

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, October 23, 1934
(White City Arena) … Frankie Hart b. Mike London (37:45) … Bill Hogan b. Dick Gamon (19:12) …
Clarence Smith b. Babe Kasaboski (18:22) … Ed Van Herrick b. Roy Griswold (25:15)

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, October 30, 1934
(White City Arena) … Frankie Hart b. Jack Brown (26:08) … Clarence Smith b. Lefty Pacer (23:22)
… Ralph Garibaldi and Rudy Kay drew (30:00) … Jack Hagen b. Ernie Peterson (10:20)

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, November 13, 1934
(White City Arena) … Eddie Malone vs. Clarence Smith … Buck O’Neill vs. Hy Sharman … Silent
Rattan vs. Ed Van Herrick … Fred Kimball vs. Frank Malcewicz … Nick George vs. Jack Ross …
(promoter:  Mique Malloy)

Chicago, Illinois:  Thursday, November 15, 1934
(Chicago Coliseum) … Ernie Dusek vs. Jim McMillen … (promoter:  Maurice Feldman)Note:  Maurice
Feldman was the front for Ed White, who was a member of the “Trust” and the official manager of
Jim Londos.

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, November 20, 1934
(White City Arena) … Clarence Smith b. Eddie Malone (6:00) … Silent Rattan b. Larry Tillam (10:00)
… Hy Sharman b. Bobby Novak (28:30) … Leo Donoghue b. Dick Garber (15:00)

Chicago, Illinois:  Monday, December 3, 1934
(Chicago Coliseum) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Jack Smith … Everette Marshall
b. Hans Kampfer

Chicago, Illinois:  Tuesday, December 4, 1934
(White City Arena) … Clarence Smith b. Jack Brown (26:02) … Swede Hanson b. Martin Howard (23:
00) … Rudy Kay and Ernie Peterson drew (30:00) … Bobby Novak b. Henry Forman (13:20)

Chicago, Illinois:  Wednesday, December 5, 1934
(Marigold Arena) … World Light Heavyweight Champion Charles “Midget” Fischer vs. Frankie Hart

Chicago, Illinois:  December 11, 1934
(White City Arena) … Frankie Hart vs. Clarence Smith … Kaiser Hoffman vs. Silent Rattan … Enrico
Marchi vs. Buck O’Neill … Ernie Peterson vs. George Schwab

Chicago, Illinois:  December 18, 1934
(White City Arena) … Clarence Smith and Lou Talaber drew (60:00) … Ernie Peterson b. Henry
Foreman (22:04) … George Schwab b. Joe Marsh (16:24) … Rudy Kay and Buck O’Neill drew (30:
00)


Research by Tim Hornbaker
December 30, 2007
Chicago Wrestling Results - 1934