Los Angeles Wrestling Results

Los Angeles, California: Monday, January 4, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … Dick Daviscourt and George Kotsonaros drew (60:00) … John
Pesek b. Joe Zigmund (2-0) (Pesek won the first fall in 36:10) (Zigmund was billed
“Sigmond”) (Pesek’s west coast debut) … Professor Setsuzo Ota b. Roy Anderson (10:
00) … Reginald Siki and Martin Zikovitch drew (30:00) … (promoter: Lou Daro) …
(referee: Tom Travers)

Los Angeles, California: Monday, January 18, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … John Pesek b. Jack Sampson (2-0) (Pesek won the first fall in 59:
45, Pesek won the second in 2:36) … George Kotsonaros b. Jack Roller (38:30) …
Professor Setsuzo Ota b. Reginald Siki (5:40) (Jiu-Jitsu Match) … Chris Michael and Paul
Wilkins drew (30:00) … (promoter: Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, January 27, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … Ad Santel vs. Professor Setsuzo Ota (Santel was billed as the
World Jiu-Jitsu Champion, having won the title on a tour of Japan three years earlier)
(Santel weighed 180 pounds to Ota’s 145) … George Kotsonaros b. Jack Sampson (1:02:
22) … Reginald Siki b. Jack Roller (18-minutes) (Roller was billed as a “chubby 220
pounds”) … Chris Michaels b. Al Baffert (21-minutes) … (promoter: Lou Daro) …
(physician: Dr. Mace)

Los Angeles, California: Monday, February 15, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … Jim Londos b. George Kotsonaros when the latter was unable to
continue (1:15:16) … Jack Roller b. Battling Siki in a controversial match (4:20) … Felix
Lopez b. Cowboy Ray (less than one minute) (Lopez was a Mexican Amateur Champion,
who turned pro here) … Roy Anderson and Chris Hansen drew (30:00) (Anderson was
billed as an AEF Light Heavyweight Champion) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (referee:
Tom Travers) … (8,000 fans)

Los Angeles, California: March 1, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … George Kotsonaros b. Jack Lewis (2-0) (Kotsonaros won the first
fall in 43-seconds, Kotsonaros won the second in 55:30) … Felix Lopez b. Jack Roller (5:
38) … Chris Michaels b. Cowboy Ray (14:28) … Roy Anderson b. Paul Wilkins (24:18) …
(promoter: Lou Daro) … (3,500 fans)

Los Angeles, California: March 15, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … Jim Londos b. George Kotsonaros (2/3) (Londos was compared
to Fred Beell) … Jack Lewis vs. Harry Maxwell … Roy Anderson vs. Chris Michaels …
(promoter: Lou Daro) … (show ended at 11:45)

Los Angeles, California: April 7, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher vs. George
Kotsonaros … Chris Michaels vs. Orlando Miller … Henry Clausen vs. Elgia Greathouse
… (promoter: Lou Daro)

*Daro scheduled a show for Wednesday, April 21, 1926 headlined by Dick Daviscourt
and Tony DeVecchi, but was cancelled.

Los Angeles, California: May 5, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … John Pesek b. George Kotsonaros (Pesek won the first fall in 1:
31:10) … Nick Lutze b. Tony DeVecchi (3:08) … Roy Anderson and Chris Michaels drew
(30:00) … Joe Kessel b. Reginald Siki (1:40) (Greco-Roman rules match) (Kessel
reportedly weighed 407 pounds) … (promoter: Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California: May 19, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … Ivan Poddubny b. Dan Koloff (2-0) (Poddubny won the first fall in
24:40, Poddubny won the second in 11:35) … Nick Lutze b. Prince Gobar (9:05) … Frank
Aguayo b. Felix Lopez (2:10) … Joe Kessell and Al Stone drew (15:00) … Roy Anderson
and Kinjo Ikeda drew (30:00) … (promoter: Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California: June 2, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … Jim Londos b. Nick Lutze (2/3) (Londos won the first fall in 7-
seconds, Lutze won the second in 39:50, Londos won the third in 50:40) … Ivan
Poddubny b. Harry Maxwell (2:20) … Frank Aguayo b. Chris Michaels (30:33) …
(promoter: Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California: June 16, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher b. Ivan Poddubny (2-
0) (55:48, 4:48) … George Kotsonaros b. Prince Go-Go Gobar (43:05) … Frank Aguayo
and Chris Michaels drew (30:00) (Michaels was a substitute for Tony DeVecchi) …
(promoter: Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California: June 30, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … Nick Lutze vs. Jim Londos (2/3) (Lutze won the first fall in 1:14:
30) (No results provided in the Los Angeles Times) … Renato Gardini and George
Kotsonaros drew (60:00) … Frank Kice vs. (?) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (referee:
Tom Travers) … (In Attendance: Joe and Tony Stecher)

Los Angeles, California: July 14, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher b. Nick Lutze (2/3)
(Stecher won the first fall in 1:43:05) (No finish in Los Angeles Times at press time) …
Renito Gardini b. Frank Kice in 8:50 (George Kotsonaros challenged the winner) … Al
Baffert vs. Sailor Hitesman … (promoter: Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California: July 28, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … John Pesek b. Jack Taylor (33:48) … Renato Gardini b. George
Kotsonaros (1:14:16) … Wladek Zbyszko b. Ivan Poddubny (16:39) … Gilberto Martinez
b. Frank Kice (3:30) … (promoter: Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California: August 3, 1926
(Vernon Coliseum) … Walter Miller b. Joe Parelli (2/3) (Parelli won the first fall in 23:47,
Miller won the second in 33:27, Miller won the third in 6:49) … William Demetral b. Steve
Savage (35:56) (Savage was billed as a millionaire from Chicago) … Joe “Toots” Mondt
b. Herman Stroh (23:24) … (promoter: John DePalma)
Note: This promotion was a rival to the Stecher-Pesek-Daro promotion at the Olympic.

*Promoter DePalma had a show scheduled but postponed it for August 31, 1926. The
California State Athletic Commission needed a wrestler, who was scheduled to compete,
in the state seven days before the bout.

Los Angeles, California: August 11, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … John Pesek b. Nick Lutze (2/3) (Pesek won the first fall in 8:00)
(No finish in the Los Angeles Times at press time) … John Freberg and Charley Hanson
drew (45:00) … Gilberto Martinez and Stanley Pinto drew (30:00) … John Paxos b. Go-
Go Gobar (12:31) … (promoter: Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California: August 25, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher and John Pesek drew
(2-hours) (2/3) … Don Andres Castanos vs. Richard Schikat … Jack Taylor vs. Wladek
Zbyszko … (promoter: Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California: August 31, 1926
(Vernon Coliseum) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. Mike Romano (33-minutes of the first fall)
(Romano was unable to continue) … Wayne Munn b. Harry Cantonwine (knockout) (9:45)
… Joe “Toots” Mondt b. William Demetral (56:15) … (promoter: John DePalma) …
(referee: Tom Travers) … (physcian: Dr. Lloyd Mace) … (2,000 fans)

Los Angeles, California: September 8, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … Ad Santel b. Dan Koloff (18:10) (Japanese toehold) ... Wladek
Zbyszko b. John Freberg (14:20) ... Richard Schikat b. George Gustovich (15:17) ...
Renato Gardini b. Joe Zigmund (5:25) ... Paul Jones and George Kotsonaros drew (30:
00) ... Gilberto Martinez b. Jack Taylor (7:47) ... Stanley Pinto b. Reginald Siki (13:17) ...
(promoter: Lou Daro) ... (referee: Tom Travers)
Notes: Kotsonaros was originally booked against Don Andres Castanos and Charley
Hansen was scheduled to face Nick Lutze, but no results were giving in the Los Angeles
Times.

Los Angeles, California: September 14, 1926
(Vernon Coliseum) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. Wayne Munn (2-0) (Lewis won the first fall
in 32:19, Lewis won the second in 13:56) … Joe “Toots” Mondt b. Mike Romano (33:50)
… John Evko b. Hans Bauer (21:46) … (promoter: John DePalma) … (4,000 fans)

*On September 24, 1926, Dr. L.R. Mace, representing the California State Athletic
Commission, announced that Ed “Strangler” Lewis suffered a broken left arm while
working out with Toots Mondt at his training camp at Garden Grove. He would be off the
wrestling mats for at least six weeks. The injury took place on Monday, September 20,
but Lewis continued to train through Wednesday. The injury would cancel the schedule
wrestling match between Lewis and Joe Stecher scheduled for October 6. Billy Sandow
wanted to substitute Lewis with Toots Mondt.

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, October 6, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher b. John Pesek (2/3)
(Stecher won the third fall when he was thrown with an illegal strangle-hold, and Pesek
was disqualified) (Angry fans doused the ring with bottles and chair cushions) … Nick
Lutze b. Paul Jones (46:00) … Renato Gardini b. Joe Zikmund (21:00) (Zikmund was a
substitute for Charlie Hanson) … (promoter: Lou Daro)

*On Friday, October 8, 1926, the Chairman of the California State Athletic Commission,
Captain Seth Strelinger made a decision regarding the controversial Joe Stecher-John
Pesek match two days earlier. Strelinger announced that Pesek’s share of earnings, who
had been held-up, be given to him. Lou Daro had appeared before the chaiman to
discuss the match. Ed Lewis also appeared and said that he would not wrestle Stecher
within 60-days, as he had been scheduled. Strelinger informed Lewis that if he didn’t, he’
d lose his $5,000 guarantee. Lewis was not happy with the results of the Stecher-Pesek
match and was angry at the Stecher-Daro combine.

Los Angeles, California: October 13, 1926
(Vernon Coliseum) … Pat McGill vs. Joe “Toots” Mondt (Mondt was managed by Billy
Sandow) … Dennis Cook vs. Bull Montana … Jack Aylward vs. Wallace Duguid …
(promoter: John DePalma)

Los Angeles, California: October 20, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … Jim Londos b. Nick Lutze (2/3) (Londos won the first fall in 1:22:
40, Lutze won the second fall in 11:40, Londos won the third) … Paul Jones b. John
Paxos (31:44) … Richard Schikat b. Stanley Pinta (15:25) … Jack Hummell and Gilberto
Martinez drew (30:00) … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (referee: Paul Sickner)

Los Angeles, California: November 3, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … Paul Jones and Richard Schikat drew (2-hours) (1-1) (Schikat
won the first fall in 1:08:15, Jones won the second in 33:05) … Nick Lutze b. Carlos
Duane (18:41) … Russell Vis b. J. Elgin Greathouse (10:55) (Vis’s professional debut;
reportedly undefeated in seven years as an amateur) … Roy Anderson and Chris
Michaels drew … (promoter: Lou Daro) … (referee: Tom Travers)

Los Angeles, California: November 17, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … Jim Londos vs. Paul Jones (Winner to meet the scheduled winner
of Lewis-Stecher on December 1) (Jones claimed victories over Marin Plestina and Ed
Lewis in Houston) … Nick Karavas vs. Matty Matsuda … (promoter: Lou Daro)

Los Angeles, California: December 1, 1926
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher and Jim Londos drew
(1-1) … (promoter: Lou Daro)
Notes: Stecher was originally scheduled to wrestle Ed “Strangler” Lewis. According to
the March 27, 1927 edition of the St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, Billy Sandow talked
about how the Stecher-Lewis match didn’t happen. “We have been accused of runnng
out of a match with Stecher twice on the coast. That is not true. Lewis really broke his
arm while training assiduously for the event and it had not healed sufficiently to permit
him to wrestle on the date selected for the postponement. We feel very hurt about
Stecher taking down that $5,000 forfeit after that.”

Research by Tim Hornbaker
February 13, 2011

Los Angeles Wrestling Results - 1926