Long Beach Wrestling Results

*All of the Long Beach shows were broadcast on KTLA (5) unless otherwise noted. Dick
Lane did the commentary for this show.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, June 21, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … “Baron” Michele Leone and Mr. Moto drew (1-1) … Enrique
Torres b. Roger MacKay … Joe Pazandak and Hans Schnabel drew … Tony Morelli b. Ace
Freeman … (broadcast on KTLA)

Long Beach, California: Thursday, June 28, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Hans Schnabel (Beat the Champ
for $1,000) … Mr. Moto and Enrique Torres drew (60:00) (1-1) … Ali Bey b. Tom Rice (2-
0) (1st by DQ) … Jesse James b. Ace Freeman … Pat Fraley b. “Hard Boiled” Hardy
Kruskamp … (broadcast on KTLA)
Notes: A new program, called “Beat the Champ” starts tonight. The Champ, Joe
Pazandak, will wrestle all comers, who must defeat him within 30-minutes, and if successful,
they will win $1,000 Jackpot prize put up by TV station KTLA. For each week that he
remains undefeated, $100 will be added to the jackpot until a $2,500 jackpot is attained.
At that point, the money will be donated to a worthy charity, and a new jackpot of $1,000
will be put up. Pazandak was called the uncrowned king of the heavyweight division.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, July 5, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Sam Menacker (15:00) (Beat the
Champ for $1,100) (Menacker was a substitute for Yousoff II, a 275-pound Turk) … NWA
World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Wee Willie Davis (2-0) … Mr. Moto b. Pat
Fraley (2/3) … Frank Jares b. Bud Curtis … Cyclone Anaya b. Jesse James

Long Beach, California: Thursday, July 12, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Tom Rice (Beat the Champ for
$1,200) … Joe Pazandak b. Rey Urbano (Beat the Champ for $1,200) … Leo Garibaldi b.
Ali Bey (2/3) … Mr. Moto b. Pat McGill (2/3) … Frank Jares b. Ace Freeman … Andre
Drapp b. Alex Kasaboski
Note: McGill was called the Oklahoma Kid.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, July 19, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. John Venus Jr. (Beat the Champ for
$1,300) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Bud Curtis (Beat the Champ for $1,300) … The
Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) b. Frank Jares and Mr. Moto (2/3) … Enrique
Torres b. Ali Bey (2/3) … Andre Drapp b. Tom Rice … Pat McGill b. Thor Morgan
Note: John Venus Jr. was said to be a Navy wrestling champion and a night club bouncer
in San Diego.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, July 26, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Lee Kolima (Beat the Champ for
$1,400) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Tony Morelli (Beat the Champ for $1,400) … The
Dusek Brothers (Emil and Ernie Dusek) b. Mr. Moto and Jack Terry (2/3) … Cyclone Anaya
b. Ali Bey … Andre Drapp b. Ace Freeman … George Linnehan b. Andre Paffo

Long Beach, California: Thursday, August 2, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Tom O’Dell (Beat the Champ for
$1,500) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Hans Schnabel (Beat the Champ for $1,500) …
Ernie Dusek b. Andre Drapp (2/3) … The Swedish Angel b. Sam Menacker (2/3) … Emil
Dusek b. Vic Christy … Pat McGill and Jack Terry drew

Long Beach, California: Thursday, August 9, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) and Leo Garibaldi drew (30:00) (Beat
the Champ for $1,600) … Red Berry b. Andre Drapp (2/3) … Hans Schnabel b. Ace
Freeman … “Hard Boiled” Hardy Kruskamp b. George Linnehan … Yakitayama b.
Fujitayama and Onoumi (earning the right to meet Maedayama) … Maedayama b.
Yakitayama

Long Beach, California: Thursday, August 16, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Alex Kasaboski (Beat the Champ
for $1,700) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. The Swedish Angel (Beat the Champ for
$1,700) … The Becker Brothers (Bobby and George Becker) b. Red Berry and Frank
Jares (2/3) … Hans Schnabel and Enrique Torres drew (45:00) (1-1) … Lord Leslie
Carlton b. Pat McGill … Andre Drapp b. Jack Terry
Note: Carlton was said to be making his debut.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, August 23, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Ray Stevens (Beat the Champ for
$1,800) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Bob Corby (Beat the Champ for $1,800) … The
Becker Brothers (Bobby and George Becker) b. Red Berry and Frank Jares (2/3) … Lord
Carlton b. Pat Fraley (2/3) … Karl Davis b. Warren Bockwinkel … Pat McGill and Tony
Morelli drew

Long Beach, California: Thursday, August 30, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Ralph Albertson (Beat the Champ
for $1,900) … Joe Pazandak b. George Linnehan (Beat the Champ for $1,900) … NWA
World Heavyweight Champion Lou Thesz b. Mr. Moto (2/3) … Ernie Dusek b. Andre Drapp
(2/3) … Karl Davis and Hans Schnabel drew … Pat McGill b. Pat Fraley
Note: Albertson was from Long Beach.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, September 6, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. William Bowman (Beat the Champ
for $2,000) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Paul Jacks (Beat the Champ for $2,000) …
“Baron” Michele Leone b. Ernie Dusek (2/3) … Cowboy Cassidy and Little Beaver b.
Pancho the Bull and Sky Low Low (2/3) … George Becker b. Emil Dusek … Dave Levin b.
Alex Kasaboski
Notes: Bowman was an amateur, a truck driver. Jacks was said to be a professional.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, September 13, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. J.P. Smith (Beat the Champ for
$2,100) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Juan Ortega (Beat the Champ for $2,100) …
George Becker b. Hans Schnabel (2/3) … Pancho the Bull and Sky Low Low b. Cowboy
Cassidy and Little Beaver … Red Berry b. Pat McGill … Dave Levin b. Andre Drapp
Note: Both Smith and Ortega were amateurs.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, September 20, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Joe Green (Beat the Champ for
$2,200) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. “Hard Boiled” Hardy Kruskamp (Beat the Champ
for $2,200) … Hans Schnabel b. Karl Davis (2/3) … Red Berry and Leo Garibaldi drew (1-
1) … Jack Terry b. Bomber Kulkovich … Dave Levin b. George Linnehan
Notes: Green may have been a pro because he wrestled at Pasadena a few days later.
He was billed as the Pacific Fleet Navy champion.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, September 27, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Joe Chance (Beat the Champ for
$2,300) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Ted Christy (Beat the Champ for $2,300) … Leo
Garibaldi and Roger MacKey b. Red Berry and Hans Schnabel … Firpo Zbyszko b. Chick
Garibaldi … Dave Levin b. Jack Terry … Billy McDaniels b. Pat McGill

Long Beach, California: Thursday, October 4, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Bill Hiers (Beat the Champ for
$2,400) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Vic Holbrook (Beat the Champ for $2,400) …
“Baron” Michele Leone b. Roger MacKey (2/3) … Leo Garibaldi b. Firpo Zbyszko (2/3) …
George Becker b. Ivan the Terrible … Don Arnold b. Billy McDaniels

Long Beach, California: Thursday, October 11, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) and Red Berry drew (30:00) (Beat the
Champ for $2,500, final round) … Don Arnold and “Baron” Michele Leone drew (60:00) (1-
1) … Leo Garibaldi b. Karl Davis … Jim Mitchell b. Firpo Zbyszko … Billy McDaniels b.
Bomber Kulkovich
Notes: Since the Pazandak-Berry match went to a draw in the finals of the “Beat the
Champ” series, $1,500 was going to be donated to charity. Next week, the series would
restart with a jackpot of $1,000.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, October 18, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Hank Swanlund (Beat the Champ
for $1,000) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Dave Levin (Beat the Champ for $1,000) …
Don Arnold b. Hans Schnabel (2/3) … The Becker Brothers (Bobby and George Becker) b.
Ted Christy and Lord Carlton … Karl Davis b. Billy McDaniels … Jim Mitchell b. Jack Terry
Notes: Swanlund was said to be a state amateur champion. Pazandak was originally
scheduled to wrestle Swanlund and Joe Zomar, a steelworker. On this show, KTLA
presented a $1,500 check to the Community Chest charity as the balance of the former
Beat the Champ jackpot.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, October 25, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) and Dave Clark drew (Beat the
Champ for $1,100) … Joe Pazandak (champion) and Don Arnold drew (Beat the Champ
for $1,100) … The Becker Brothers (Bobby and George Becker) b. Red Berry and Karl
Davis (2/3) … Carlos Guzman and Roger MacKey drew … Jim Mitchell b. “Hard Boiled”
Hardy Kruskamp … Hans Schnabel b. Vic Holbrook
Notes: Berry was said to be the newly crowned junior heavyweight champion. Clark was
the holder of several amateur titles.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, November 1, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) and “Baron” Michele Leone drew (30:
00) (Beat the Champ for $1,200) … Don Arnold b. Frank Jares (2/3) … Carlos Guzman b.
Karl Davis … George Becker and Jim Mitchell drew … “Cowboy” Bob Clay b. Jack Terry
Note: Pazandak and Leone wrestled a bloody match.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, November 8, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Bob Thompson (Beat the Champ
for $1,300) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Kola Kwariani (Beat the Champ for $1,300) …
Antonino Rocca b. Carlos Guzman (2-0) … Don Arnold and Red Berry drew … Roger
MacKey b. Hilo Kolima … Bob Clay b. Mel Peters
Note: Thompson was an amateur.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, November 15, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) and Rube Wright drew (Beat the
Champ for $1,400) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Cecil Oyama (5:00) (Beat the Champ
for $1,400) … Red Berry b. Don Arnold (2/3) … Lord James Blears b. Roger MacKey (2/3)
… Karl Davis and Jim Mitchell drew … Bob Clay b. “Hard Boiled” Hardy Kruskamp

Long Beach, California: Thursday, November 22, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Kimon Kudo (Beat the Champ for
$1,500) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Lou Sapien (Beat the Champ for $1,500) … The
Becker Brothers (Bobby and George Becker) b. Red Berry and Lord James Blears (2/3) …
Dr. Lee Grable and Frank Jares drew (1-1) … Jim Mitchell b. Bob Clay … Bill Hiers b. Paul
Matty
Notes: Hiers was a protégé of Joe Pazandak. Sapian was an amateur.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, November 29, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. H.C. Brown (Beat the Champ for
$1,600) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Matt Murphy (Beat the Champ for $1,600) … Red
Berry and Lord James Blears b. The Becker Brothers (Bobby and George Becker) (2/3) …
Don Arnold b. Frank Jares … Leon Kirilenko and Jim Mitchell drew … Karl Davis b. Bob
Clay
Notes: Berry agreed to have his hair cut in the middle of the ring if his team lost. Brown
was said to be an automobile mechanic with wrestling ambitions. Pazandak was originally
scheduled to wrestle Brown and Louie Miller, the promoter for Visalia and a former
grappler.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, December 6, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Butch Madry (Beat the Champ for
$1,700) … Joe Pazandak (champion) vs. unnamed amateur wrestler (Beat the Champ for
$1,700) … Antonino Rocca b. Don Arnold (2-0) … Lord James Blears b. Roger MacKey
(2/3) … The Becker Brothers (Bobby and George Becker) wrestled Karl Davis and Frank
Jares to a draw … Jim Mitchell b. Kola Kwariani
Notes: Benefit for the West Long Beach Lions’ Club. In attendance were the Mayor
Burton Chace, City Manager Sam E. Vickers, and the Long Beach Municipal Band.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, December 13, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Billy McDaniels (Beat the Champ for
$1,800) … Joe Pazandak vs. unnamed amateur wrestler (Beat the Champ for $1,800) …
Red Berry and Lord James Blears b. The Garibaldi Brothers (Chick and Gino Garibaldi)
(2/3) … Chief Lone Eagle b. Frank Jares (2/3) … Dr. Lee Grable and Jim Mitchell drew …
Leon Kirilenko b. Matt Murphy
Note: Lone Eagle was from the Chippewa Indian Tribe.

Long Beach, California: Thursday, December 20, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Louie Miller (Beat the Champ for
$1,900) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Lee Savoldi (Beat the Champ for $1,900) … Lord
James Blears b. Don Arnold (2/3) … Chief Lone Eagle b. Pat Fraley (2/3) … Red Berry b.
Jim Mitchell … Roger MacKey b. Leon Kirilenko

Long Beach, California: Thursday, December 27, 1951
(Municipal Auditorium) … Joe Pazandak (champion) b. Larry O’Shea (Beat the Champ for
$2,000) … Joe Pazandak (champion) vs. unnamed Navy wrestling champion (Beat the
Champ for $2,000) … NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Danny McShain b. Chief
Lone Eagle (2/3) … Lord James Blears and Enrique Torres drew (1-1) … Karl Davis b.
Billy Varga … Roger MacKey b. “Hard Boiled” Hardy Kruskamp

Research by Tim Hornbaker
December 3, 2010

Long Beach Wrestling Results - 1951