San Francisco, California:  Tuesday, April 30, 1940
(Coliseum Bowl) … Ali Baba b. The Cardiff Giant (2-0) (both falls by DQ) … Ben Pilar b.
Ernie Peterson … Hardy Kruskamp and Pat Riley drew … Zack Gecek and Bob Wagner
drew … Key Bell b. Al Getz … Dick Lever b. Red Vagnone … (promoter:  Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California:  Tuesday, May 7, 1940
(Coliseum Bowl) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Pantaleon Manlapig (1-0)
(60:00) … The Cardiff Giant b. George Richards (5:24) … Gino Vagnone b. Dr. Zack
Gecek (7:24) … Pete Peterson and Ramon Villmer drew … Dick Lever b. Tommy Nilan (15:
07) … Al Getz and Tom Rice drew … (promoter:  Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California:  Tuesday, May 14, 1940
(Coliseum Bowl) … World Heavyweight Champion Jim Londos b. Dean Detton (39:50) …
Ben Pilar b. Al Stecher (2:35) … Ramon Villmer b. Al Getz (20:46) … Kay Bell and Cliff
Thiede drew … Joe Pazak b. Dick Powell (9:13) … Pete Peterson b. Pat O’Shocker (7:35)
… (promoter:  Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California:  Tuesday, May 21, 1940
(Coliseum Bowl) … Wrestling Tournament … (first round) … Dick Lever b. Ernie Peterson
… Cliff Thiede b. Tom Rice (decision) … Cardif Giant b. Leonard Garcia … Pete Peterson
b. George Richards … Hardy Kruskamp b. Jumbo Kennedy … Pat Riley b. Kay Bell … Joe
Pazak b. Pat O’Shocker … Ramon Villmer b. Joe Bennicasa … Al Getz b. Zack Gacek …
Gino Vagnone b. Jim (Dick) Powell … Ted Sarris won a match by default … Dr. Freddie
Meyers b. Leo Narbares … (second round) … Dick Lever b. Cliff Thiede … Pete Peterson
b. Cardiff Giant … Joe Pazak b. Hardy Kruskamp … Ramon Villmer b. Pat Riley … Gino
Vagnone b Al Getz … Dr. Freddie Meyers b. Ted Sarris … (third round) … Dick Lever b.
Pete Peterson … Ramon Villmer b. Joe Pazak … Gino Vagnone b. Dr. Freddie Meyers …
(semi-final) … Ramon Villmer received a bye … Dick Lever b. Gino Vagnone … (finals) …
Ramon Villmer b. Dick Lever … Ben Pilar b. Frank Malcewicz (non-tournament bout) …
(promoter:  Joe Malcewicz)
Notes:  Villmer received a gold trophy for his victory and a match with Pacific Coast
Heavyweight Champion Sandor Szabo next Tuesday.  This was said to be Malcewicz’s
annual tournament.

San Francisco, California:  Tuesday, May 28, 1940
(Coliseum Bowl) … Ramon Villmer b. Sandor Szabo to capture the Pacific Coast
Heavyweight Title (2/3) (third fall by decision, made by the referee) (60:00) … Gino “Red”
Vagnone b. Hardy Kruskamp … Dick Lever and Pete Peterson drew … Pat Riley b. George
Richards (Riley was a substitute for Tom Rice) … Zack Gacek b. Sam Simms … Al Getz b.
Ben Pilar … (promoter:  Joe Malcewicz) … (referee:  Joe Gardenfield)




San Francisco, California:  Tuesday, December 3, 1940
(Coliseum Bowl) … Max Krauser vs. Bobby Managoff … Otto Kuss vs. Pat Kelly … Al
Stecher vs. Gino Vagnone … Les Grimes vs. Cliff Thiede … Jack Kujot vs. Cal Reese …
(promoter:  Joe Malcewicz)
Notes:  According to the newspaper, “Mannagoff’s (sic) record of no defeats in 70
successive engagements on the Pacific Coast will be at stake.” Krauser was from New York.

San Francisco, California:  Tuesday, December 10, 1940
(Coliseum Bowl) … Bobby Managoff and Sandor Szabo drew (60:00) … Pat Kelley b. Otto
Von Schacht (24:49) (Von Schacht was unable to continue after spraining his ankle) …
Billy Hansen b. Dale Raines (4:37) (Hansen was a substitute for Otto Kuss) … George
McKenzie b. Les Grimes (8:14) … Johnny Marrs b. Ernie Peterson (12:53) … (promoter:  
Joe Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California:  Tuesday, December 17, 1940
(Coliseum Bowl) … Frederick Von Schacht b. Billy Hansen (23:17) … Ivan Rasputin b. Otto
Kuss (21:30) … George McKenzie and Gino Vagnone drew (30:00) … Cliff Thiede b. Al
Stecher (9:02) … George Harbin and Dr. Zack Gacek drew (20:00) … (promoter:  Joe
Malcewicz)

San Francisco, California:  Friday, December 27, 1940
(Coliseum Bowl) … Bobby Managoff b. Pantaleon Manlapig to capture the Pacific Coast
Heavyweight Title (1-0) (Manlapig was unable to continue after suffering an injured knee)
… Ivan Rasputin b. Otto Von Schacht (15:00) … George Harbin b. Joaquin Murietta (10:
36) … Cliff Thiede b. Louie Miller (flying tackle) .. Dr. Zack Gacek and Al Stecher drew …
(promoter:  Joe Malcewicz)
Notes:  Final show of the year.  Managoff was called the “find” of 1940, and it was stated
that he’d engaged in 74 matches without a defeat.

Research by Tim Hornbaker
November 11, 2007
San Francisco Results - 1940