Los Angeles Wrestling Results

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, January 8, 1941
(Olympic Auditorium) … Sandor Szabo b. Bobby Managoff (2/3) … Chief Little Wolf b.
Tarzan White (2/3) (White was unable to continue after the second fall) … The Golden
Terror b. Mike Mazurki (10:42) … Earl McCready and Tom Zaharias drew (30:00) …
Mitsugi Hamanaka b. Housepainter Hogan (9:19) (jiu-jitsu exhibition) …. Joe Woods b.
Ramon Sevilla (7:46) … Bobby Coleman b. Sonny Lamont (10:16) … (promoter: George
Zaharias) … (in attendance: Bronko Nagurski)
Notes: Managoff was reportedly known as the “boy who ignored Jack Dempsey’s
suggestion to turn boxer.” The Los Angeles Examiner stated that “The reason for
Managoff remaining in the grappling game after advised by Dempsey that he could be
groomed as a suitable opponent for Joe Louis is family tradition. His father once broke
the leg of the late Frank Gotch, but could never quite gain the mat title.” Managoff was 22
years old. Szabo was the “California heavyweight champion.” He “claims the world
heavyweight title, by virtue of a default victory over Jim Londos. Last November, the
Greek star failed to appear for a scheduled contest at the Olympic. Szabo immediately
filed claim for Londos’ crown, and was recognized as champion in several Eastern states.”
The winner of the Managoff-Szabo bout was going to meet Bronko Nagurski. Terror again
worked with a mask here.

Los Angeles, California: Thursday, January 9, 1941
(Eastside Arena) … Sandor Szabo b. Ignacio Martinez (2/3) … (promoter: Johnny Doyle)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, January 15, 1941
(Olympic Auditorium) … Bronko Nagurski b. Chief Little Wolf (2-0) … Tarzan White b. The
Golden Terror (decision) (Terror said he’d beat his opponent in 10 minutes) … Earl
McCready b. Tom Zaharias (Australian rules) (won on points after four six minute rounds)
… Vic Holbrook b. Sonny Lamont … Kay Bell b. Joe Woods … Bobby Coleman b. Dick
Kanthe … Mitsugi Hamanaka and Louie Miller drew (20:00) (jiu-jitsu) … (promoter:
George Zaharias) … (referee: Don McDonald)
Notes: Nagurski was looking for a title match with Jim Londos. Holbrook was said to be an
All-American in swimming and Woods was from South Africa.

Los Angeles, California: Thursday, January 16, 1941
(Eastside Arena) … Vincent Lopez b. Karl Davis (2-0) … El Diablo b. Rudy LaDitzi … Hard
Boiled Haggerty and Tom Zaharias drew … Pedro Brazil b. Pete Peterson … Cardiff Giant
b. Boxcar Jacobs … Kay Bell b. Myron Cox … (promoter: Johnny Doyle)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, January 22, 1941
(Olympic Auditorium) … Bronko Nagurski b. The Golden Terror (2-0) (second fall by DQ)
… Chief Little Wolf and Bobby Managoff drew (60:00) (1-1) … Tarzan White and Tom
Zaharias drew … Earl McCready b. Luigi Bacigalupi (Australian rules) … Howard
Cantonwine b. Kay Bell (11:57) … Vic Holbrook b. Tiny Roebuck (6:55) … Bobby Coleman
b. Mike Collins (12:11) … Mitsugi Hamanaka b. Dick Kanthe (7:58) … (promoter: George
Zaharias) … (referee: Dick Rutherford) … (7,500 fans)
Notes: Nagurski wanted to wrestle Londos next, if he beat The Golden Terror. The
California State Athletic Commission “rules that Londos must first take on State Champion
Sandor Szabo.” Londos was called “District Champion No. 7125.” Zaharias reportedly
convinced Howard Cantonwine “to come out of retirement.” Kanthe was a German from
Detroit.

Los Angeles, California: Thursday, January 23, 1941
(Eastside Arena) … Mexican Heavyweight Champion Vincent (Vicente) Lopez vs. Pedro
Brazil (2/3) … El Diablo vs. Tom Zaharias … (promoter: Johnny Doyle)
Note: Lopez was “defending his Mexican championship crown” here.

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, January 29, 1941
(Olympic Auditorium) … California Heavyweight Champion Sandor Szabo and The Golden
Terror were both counted out in the third fall (1-1) … Tarzan White b. Tom Zaharias (14:
44) … Howard Cantonwine b. Cliff Olson (8:01) (Olson was a substitute for Bobby
Managoff) … Chief Little Wolfe and Earl McCready drew (Australian rules, six, six-minute
rounds) … Mitsugi Hamanaka b. Bobby Coleman (7:32) … Vic Holbrook b. Louie Miller (9:
58) … Kay Bell b. Ramon Sevilla (8:53) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (referee: Dick
Rutherford)

Los Angeles, California: Thursday, January 30, 1941
(Eastside Arena) … El Diablo b. The Yellow Terror (Terror was unable to continue) …
Danno O’Mahoney b. Tom Zaharias … (promoter: Johnny Doyle)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, February 5, 1941
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Sandor Szabo (2/3)
(match lated 1:03:34) … The Golden Terror b. Tarzan White (24:35) … Howard
Cantonwine and Earl McCready drew … Cliff Olson b. Joe Woods (10:02) … Vic Holbrook
b. Willie Meehan (1:16) … Wayne Haley b. Sonny LaMonte (10:51) … Arturo Merjil b. Dick
Kanthe (9:57) … (promoter: George Zaharias) … (9,500 fans)
Notes: The Los Angeles Examiner stated that “Londos was a main event star 20 years
ago – he has held the title for 11 years – and on the street, he could easily pas for a chap
in his thirties.” Meehan was said to be the Golden Terror’s manager.

Los Angeles, California: February 20, 1941
(Eastside Arena) … Jim Casey vs. Danno O’Mahoney … El Diablo vs. Vincent Lopez
(Diablo had to beat Lopez in 20-minutes or forfeit his purse) … Bill Sledge vs. Tom
Zaharias … Karl Davis vs. Pat Kelly … Don Sugi Matsuda vs. Mike Works … (promoter:
Johnny Doyle)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, March 5, 1941
(Olympic Auditorium) … The Golden Terror and Bobby Managoff drew (1-1) … Man
Mountain Dean b. Chief Little Wolf (9:09) … Wayne Haley b. Tom Zaharias (15:25) … Vic
Holbrook b. Luigi Bacigalupi (11:32) … Bobby Coleman b. Sonny Lamont (18:22) … Tiny
Roebuck b. Vic Hill (10:42) … Pete Mehringer b. Al George (10:36) … (referee: Pat
McKee) … (8,000 fans)

Los Angeles, California: March 20, 1941
(Eastside Arena) … Pedro Brazil vs. Danno O’Mahoney … Karl Davis vs. Bobby Managoff
… (promoter: Johnny Doyle)

Burbank, California: Tuesday, August 5, 1941
(Elks Hall) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ray Steele vs. Mike Mazuarki … Vic
Christy vs. Lou Newman … Hardy Kruskamp vs. Mayes McLain … Rudy LaDitzi vs. Raoul
Lopez … (promoter: Louie Miller)
Note: Said to be Miller’s first show at the Elks Hall.

*The August 5, 1941 edition of the Los Angeles Times stated that National Wrestling
Association World Heavyweight Champion Sandor Szabo wanted to wrestle Jim Londos for
the undisputed title. “Last Saturday at San Diego, the State Athletic Commission voted to
become affiliated with the National Boxing Association. Now the National Wrestling
Association is making a determined bid for California. If this state joins the NWA, as it
joined the NBA, it means that Sandor Szabo will be recognized as world’s heavyweight
champion, instead of Jim Londos. As matters stand now, Szabo’s title claims are
recognized only in those states which belong to the NWA.”

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, August 6, 1941
(Olympic Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ray Steele vs. Hans Schnabel
Notes: Szabo “won his claim from Bronko Nagurski in St. Louis recently,” and “will be
making his first appearance at the Olympic since gaining the share of world honors which
goes with that title.”

Los Angeles, California: Thursday, August 7, 1941
(Eastside Arena) … El Diablo vs. Vincent Lopez … Vic Holbrook vs. Hans Schnabel …
(promoter: Johnny Doyle)
Note: Holbrook was called the “21-year-old Norwegian sensation.”

*On September 2, 1941, Ray Fabiani took over the wrestling promotions of the Olympic
Auditorium in Los Angeles from George Zaharias. Nick Lutze served as his matchmaker.

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, September 24, 1941
(Olympic Auditorium) … NWA World Heavyweight Champion Sandor Szabo b. Bronko
Nagurski (2/3) … El Diablo failed to throw both Karl Davis and Otto Schnabel in 20:00 and
forfeitted his purse … Abe Kashey b. Pete Peterson (1:41) … Laverne Baxter b. Al
George (7:53) … Hans Schnabel b. Hank Metheny (13:21) … Hardy Kruskamp and Tom
Zaharias drew … (referee: Ed “Strangler” Lewis)
Notes: The Szabo-Nagurski bout was said to be part of an “elimination campaign to clarify
the world’s heavyweight wrestling situation.” Szabo’s National Wrestling Association
championship was not recognized in California, but the title was on the line here. Joe
Savoldi challenged the winner of the main event.

Los Angeles, California: Thursday, September 25, 1941
(Eastside Arena) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. Hans Schnabel (DQ) (36:10) … Vincent Lopez
b. Dick Raines (27:04) … (matchmaker: Johnny Doyle)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, November 26, 1941
(Olympic Auditorium) … Pat Kelley b. Hans Schnabel (2/3) … Karl Davis b. Mayes McLain
(3:24) … Rube Wright b. Jules Strongbow (3:59) (piledriver) … Kolo Stasiak b. Otto
Schnabel (1:10) … Babe Zaharias b. Hugo Schnabel (11:54) … Dan O’Connor and Tom
Zaharias drew (20:00) … Ted Christy and Bill Sledge drew (20:00) … (promoter: Ray
Fabiani) … (referee: Mickey McMasters)
Notes: Corral was called an “ex-bull fighter.” Pat Kelley was “raised in Nashville, Tenn.,
and learned his wrestling fundatmentals in the YMCA gym there.” Frank Judson, who was
now a “mat scout,” said that Kelley “will be the talk of the game if he watches his step.
Kelley was “wrestling’s newest Irish sensation.”

Los Angeles, California: Thursday, November 27, 1941
(Eastside Arena) … Vincent Lopez b. Abe Kashey (2-0) … Chief Little Wolf b. Babe
Zaharias … Alberto Corral vs. Jules Strongbow … El Pulop vs. Hank Metheny … Ted
Christy vs. Doc Bernardi … Vic “Boom Boom” Hill vs. Tiny Roebuck … (matchmaker:
Johnny Doyle)
Notes: Doyle wanted to pit the winner of the Kashey-Lopez bout with Ed Lewis. According
to the Los Angeles Examiner, Doyle said that Jim Londos “refused to wrestle at the
Eastside Club.”

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, December 3, 1941
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Alberto Corral (2-0)
(first fall in 39:47 and the secon din 29 seconds) … Pat Kelley b. Karl Davis (24:20) …
Hans Schnabel and Babe Zaharias drew (20:00) … Kolo Stasiak b. Harry Kruskamp (14:
05) … “Boom Boom” b. Dr. Fred Meyers (15:35) … Hard Boiled Haggerty b. Vic Hill (4:32)
… Dan O’Connor b. Hank Metheny (10:11) … (promoter: Ray Fabiani)
Notes: Corral, reportedly, had a bid in from a Buenos Aires promoter for a South
American tour if he won the championship. He was from Mexico. Londos “has been
champion of the world for a decade and has not lost a match in that time,” the Los
Angeles Examiner stated. Zaharias, in his match with Schnabel, used a folding chair on
his opponent.

Los Angeles, California: Thursday, December 4, 1941
(Eastside Arena) … Vincent Lopez b. Chief Little Wolf (2/3) … Babe Zaharias b. El Pulpo
… Abe Kashey b. Karl Davis … Pantaleon Manlapig b. Dr. Fred Meyers … Ted Christy
and Tiny Roebuck drew … Paul Matty b. Ralph Hickey … (matchmaker: Johnny Doyle)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, December 10, 1941
(Olympic Auditorium) … Pat Kelley b. Masked Boom Boom (2/3) (Kelley won the first fall in
9 seconds, lost the second in 12:10, and won the third in 1:33) (Kelley unmasked Boom
Boom to reveal Don Lee) … Alberto Corral and Hans Schnabel were both counted out (1-
1) … Kolo Stasiak b. Juan Juarez (2:01) … Ted Christy and Hard Boiled Haggerty drew
(20:00) … Dan O’Connor and Karl Davis drew (20:00) … Lou Newman b. Sonny LaMont
(10:45) … Joe Zomar b. Nick Parros (4:35) … (promoter: Ray Fabiani) … (2,500 fans)
Notes: The Los Angeles Examiner stated that Pat Kelley was “hailed as the best propsect
of the year among the young heavyweights,” and that Jim Londos himself “has come out in
praise of Kelley as a wrestling prospect, something which the champion seldom does.” He
was a “former YMCA athlete who has caught national attention from wrestling experts with
his performances during the past six months.” The Masked Boom Boom was managed by
the “eccentric sports character called Count Rossi.” After the masked wrestler was
unmasked to reveal Don Lee, the Examiner stated that he was the “same guy who was
unmasked last week at both Pasadena and Long Beach.” Zomar was called the “tent
maker.”

Los Angeles, California: Thursday, December 11, 1941
(Eastside Arena) … Abe Kashey vs. Vincent Lopez (2/3) … Ted Christy vs. Alberto Corral
… Pantaleon Manlapig vs. Babe Zaharias … Karl Davis vs. Tiny Roebuck … Paul Matty
vs. Jack Terry … “Hurry-Up” Foster vs. Frank Hickey … (matchmaker: Johnny Doyle)
Notes: According to the newspaper, “Lopez has registered an amazing string of victories
at the Eastside Club. He is unbeaten in several years of wrestling there.”

*It was announced shortly after the December 11 show that wrestling would be
discontinued at the Eastside Arena, Olympic Auditorium, and the Municipal Auditorium in
Long Beach until after the first of the new year because of the new blackout regulations.

*On Sunday, December 14, 1941, Eastside Arena matchmaker Johnny Doyle announced
that he was going to stage a wrestling program Thursday night. California Athletic
Commission Chairman Jerry Giesler “urged wrestling and boxing promoters to continue
running their shows, rather than cancel them during the national emergency,” according to
the Los Angeles Examiner. The commission met on Sunday in a special session.

Los Angeles, California: Thursday, December 18, 1941
(Eastside Arena) … Vincent Lopez b. Abe Kashey (2/3) … Hans Schnabel b. Chief Little
Wolf … Rube Wright and Tom Zaharias drew … Jack Terry b. “Hurry-Up” Foster … Ted
Christy and Kolo Stasiak vs. Karl Davis and El Pulpo (team match) … (matchmaker:
Johnny Doyle)
Notes: Lopez was said to be defending a title here against Kashey. Kashey “has been
wrestling 14 years,” according to the Los Angeles Examiner. “He won eight amateur titles
in New Jersey before turning pro.”

Los Angeles, California: Thursday, December 25, 1941
(Eastside Arena) … Chief Little Wolf vs. Hans Schnabel (2/3) … Vincent Lopez vs. Kolo
Stasiak (2/3) … El Pulpo vs. Rube Wright (2/3) … Karl Davis vs. Abe Kashey … Ralph
Hickey vs. Jack Terry … (matchmaker: Johnny Doyle)
Notes: This was the “last round of the interclub matches.” Vincent Lopez was called the
“Eastside champion.” Stasiak was “unbeaten in California rings.” Rube Wright was the
“Beach champion.”

Research by Tim Hornbaker
October 14, 2010

Los Angeles Wrestling Results - 1941