Los Angeles Wrestling Results

*In March-April 1942, the California State Athletic Commission stripped Jim Londos of
World Heavyweight Title recognition. An international wrestling tournament to determine a
new titleholder was promoted by Ray Fabiani.

Los Angeles, California: April 9, 1942
(Eastside Arena) … Club Champion Rube Wright vs. The Unmasked Gorilla … “Cowboy”
Karl Davis vs. Wee Willie Davis … (promoter: Johnny Doyle) … (referee: Max Baer)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, May 27, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … International Tournament … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. Mayes
McLain (6:41) … Pat Kelly b. Chief Thunderbird … Jules Strongbow b. Vincent Lopez
when the later failed to arrive … Abe Kashey b. Lew Newman … Dutch Holland b. Dick
Raines … Wee Willie Davis b. Ed Don Lewis … Rube Wright b. Eric the Red … (promoter:
Ray Fabiani) … (matchmaker: Nick Lutze)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, June 3, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … International Tournament … Pat Kelly b. Chief Thunderbird (18:
07) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis b. Joe Corbett (20:05) … Jules Strongbow b. Dutch Holland
when the latter was unable to continue … Ed Don Lewis b. Wee Willie Davis … Abe
Kashey b. Lew Newman … Hans Schnabel b. Myron Cox … (promoter: Ray Fabiani) …
(matchmaker: Nick Lutze)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, July 1, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … International Tournament … The Swedish Angel b. Ed “Strangler”
Lewis (Lewis had to beat Angel twice in 30-minutes) (Lewis won the first fall in 11:02,
Angel won the second in 7:40, time expired) … Sandor Szabo b. Tug Carlson (19:55) …
Frank Sexton b. Wee Willie Davis (26:40) … Pat Kelly b. Abe Kashey (25:06) … Hans
Schnabel b. Eric the Red (6:21) … Kolo Stasiak b. Dutch Holland (10:29) … (promoter:
Ray Fabiani) … (matchmaker: Nick Lutze)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, August 5, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … Maurice Tillet b. Kolo Stasiak (2-0) (Tillet won the first fall in 10:21
and the second in 5:43) (Tillet’s local debut) … Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Frank Sexton
drew (20:00) … Sandor Szabo b. Rube Wright (12:36) (tournament match) … Alberto
Corral b. Eric the Red (9:04) … Tug Carlson and Jules Strongbow drew (20:00) … Pat
Kelley b. Myron Cox (18:30) … (promoter: Ray Fabiani)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, August 12, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … The Swedish Angel b. Karol Krauser (30:59) (Angel was managed
by Jack Pfefer) … Rube Wright b. Sandor Szabo (20:40) (tournament match) (Wright
eliminated Szabo) (The Los Angeles Times reported that Wright, Swedish Angel and
Frank Sexton as those remaining in the tournament) … Vic Holbrook and Ed “Strangler”
Lewis drew (20:00) … Pat Kelley b. Ted Christy (11:59) … Alberto Corral and Jules
Strongbow drew (20:00) … Dan O’Connor b. John Morgan (12:59) … (promoter: Ray
Fabiani)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, August 19, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … Rube Wright b. The Swedish Angel in 41:39 to capture the vacant
World Heavyweight Title and winning the Ray Fabiani Diamond Championship Belt (2-0)
(Wright won the first fall in 41:39 and then by forfeit when Angel could not continue)
(Wright suffered an injured leg) (The Angel was managed by Jack Pfefer) … Ben O’
Mahoney b. Kola Staziak (12:31) … Pat Kelley and Jules Strongbow drew … Tug Carlson
and Vic Holbrook drew … Alberto Corral b. Vic Hill by countout … Vic Christy b. Crusher
Morgan (6:15) … (promoter: Ray Fabiani)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, August 26, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Rube Wright b. Danno O’Mahoney
(2-0) (Wright won the first fall in 10:03 and the second in 4:08) … Chief Little Wolf and Joe
Savoldi drew … Pat Kelley b. Jules Strongbow (2:14) … Dan O’Connor and Hans
Schnabel drew … Vic Christy and Kola Stasiak drew … Alberto Corral and Myron Cox
drew … (promoter: Ray Fabiani)

Pasadena, California: Monday, August 31, 1942
(Pasadena Arena) … Vic Christy vs. Maurice Tillet … Joe Savoldi vs. Jules Strongbow …
Vic Holbrook vs. Hardy Kruskamp … Chief Little Wolf vs. Abe Kashey … Johnny Morgan
vs. George Schnabel

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, September 2, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) …

(promoter: Ray Fabiani)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, September 9, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … World Heavyweight Champion Rube Wright b. Alberto Corrall (4:
22) (piledriver) … Joe Savoldi b. Abe Kashey (2/3) (Savoldi won the second fall in 7
seconds) … Pat Kelley b. Wee Willie Davis (18:55) … Chief Little Wolf and Vic Christy
drew … Tug Carlson and Dan O’Connor drew … Vic Holbrook b. Ted Christy (16:15) …
(promoter: Ray Fabiani)
Notes: Wright was called the “preacher’s son.” Savoldi was reportdly “taking the place of
Cliff Gustafson of Minnesota, who ran out on Kashey.”

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, September 16, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … Vic Holbrook b. Pat Kelley (2/3) … Joe Savoldi b. Ed Don Lewis …
Chief Little Wolf b. Vic Hill (countout) … Vic Christy and Dan O’Connor drew … Abe
Kashey b. Charlie Garibaldi … Ted Christy b. Crusher Morgan … (promoter: Ray Fabiani)
Notes: Kelley was called a “Y.M.C.A. star., and Holbrook was said to be a “former Trojan
gymnastic ace.” Charlie Garibaldi was better known as “Chick Garibaldi,” brother Gino,
Ralph, Tony, and Joe.

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, September 23, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … Joe Savoldi b. Abe Kashey (2/3) … Vic Holbrook b. Jules
Strongbow (2-0) (Holbrook was originally booked to wrestle Chief Little Wolf) … Dan O’
Connor vs. Kolo Stasiak … Ted Christy vs. Karol Krauser … Vic Christy vs. Alberto Corral
… Wee Willie Davis b. Ed Don Lewis … (promoter: Ray Fabiani)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, September 30, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … Ted Christy vs. Karol Krauser (2/3) … Vic Holbrook vs. Joe
Savoldi … Tug Carlson vs. Abe Kashey … Dan O’Connor vs. Kolo Stasiak … Vic Christy
vs. Wee Willie Davis … Jack Sherry vs. Morty Works … (promoter: Ray Fabiani)
Note: “One of tonight’s survivors will get a shot at champion Jim Londos late in October at
the Olympic,” according to the Los Angeles Times.

Santa Monica, California: Friday, October 2, 1942
(Ocean Park Arena) … Chief Little Wolf vs. George Zaharias … (promoter: Mike Hirsch)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, October 7, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … Karol Krauser vs. Joe Savoldi (2/3) … Vic Christy vs. Sandor
Szabo … Vic Kelly vs. George Zaharias … Tug Carlson vs. Jules Strongbow … Kolo
Stasiak vs. Sammy Stein … Ted Christy vs. Hardy Kruskamp … (promoter: Ray Fabiani)

Santa Monica, California: Friday, October 9, 1942
(Ocean Park Arena) … Joe Savoldi vs. George Zaharias (2/3) … Chief Little Wolf vs.
Sandor Szabo (2/3) … Ted Christy vs. Sammy Stein … Vic Holbrook vs. Dick Raines …
Tug Carlson vs. Dan O’Connor … (promoter: Mike Hirsch)

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, October 14, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … Vic Holbrook vs. Sandor Szabo … Karol Krauser b. Joe Savoldi …
Mike Mazurki vs. George Zaharias … Tug Carlson vs. Jules Strongbow … Ted Christy vs.
Sammy Stein … Wee Willie Davis vs. Johnny Garibaldi … (promoter: Ray Fabiani)
Note: The Los Angeles Times stated the Holbrook “goes into the Army Friday morning.”

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, October 21, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … George Koverly b. Karol Krauser … Joe Savoldi b. Jules
Strongbow … Sandor Szabo vs. George Zaharias … Alberto Corral vs. Sammy Stein …
Hardy Kruskamp vs. Hans Schnabel … Wee Willie Davis vs. Mike Mazurki … (promoter:
Ray Fabiani)
Notes: The Los Angeles Times said that Koverly was a “big attraction all over the
country.” He “recently gave the French Angel a terrific battle at Buffalo before a record
gate. He floored the Angel and blackened one of his eyes in the wild skirmish.”

Santa Monica, California: Friday, October 23, 1942
(Ocean Park Arena) … George Koverly b. Chief Little Wolf … Dan O’Connor b. Ed Don
Lewis … (promoter: Mike Hirsch)

Pasadena, California: Monday, October 26, 1942
(Pasadena Arena) … George Koverly vs. Pat Kelley … Chief Little Wolf vs. Mike Mazurki
… Karok Krauser vs. Hardy Kruskamp … Tug Carlson vs. Wee Willie Davis … Abe Kashey
vs. Dan O’Connor

Los Angeles, California: Wednesday, October 28, 1942
(Olympic Auditorium) … George Koverly vs. Joe Savoldi (2/3) … Wee Willie Davis vs. Pat
Kelley … Mike Mazurki vs. Hans Schnabel … Tug Carlson vs. Abe Kashey … Johnny
Garibaldi vs. Jules Strongbow … Myron Cox vs. Dan O’Connor … (promoter: Ray Fabiani)
Note: Koverly was called the most hated man in wrestling.

Santa Monica, California: Friday, October 30, 1942
(Ocean Park Arena) … George Koverly vs. Dan O’Connor … (promoter: Mike Hirsch)

Research by Tim Hornbaker
September 16, 2007

Los Angeles Wrestling Results - 1942