Santa Monica, California:  Friday, January 3, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … 10th Annual Club Championship Tournament – Part I … Pat
Fraley b. Butch Madray … Sam Menacker b. Mile High Ross … Henry Kulkovich b. Cardiff
Giant … Hans Schnabel b. Terry McGinnis … Henry Kulkovich b. Chris Zaharias … Hans
Schanbel b. Sam Menacker … Hans Schnabel b. Pat Fraley … Hans Schnabel b. Henry
Kulkovich … Winner:  Hans Schnabel … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch) … (announcer:  Jimmy
Lennon) … (boxing matchmaker:  Joe Waterman)
Notes:  The winner of the tournament was to receive a gold belt and a shot at the World
Heavyweight Title.  The winner from night one on Friday, January 3 would face the winner
from Friday, January 10, on Friday, January 17.

Former Club Champions:

1938 - Nick Lutze
1939 - Sandor Szabo
1940 - Buddy O'Brien
1941 - K.O. Koverly
1942 - Rube Wright
1943 - Karol Krauser
1944 - Black Panther
1945 - Masked Cougar
1946 - Sandor Szabo

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, January 10, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … 10th Annual Club Championship Tournament – Part II … Brother
Frank Jares b. Joel Morris … Butch Levy b. Fritz Schnabel … Willie Davis b. Sammy Stein
… Babe Zaharias b. Ralph Albertson … Tommy O’Toole b. Andre Adoree (Al Baffert) …
Butch Levy b. Brother Frank Jares … Babe Zaharias b. Willie Davis … Butch Levy b.
Tommy O’Toole … Butch Levy b. Babe Zaharias … Winner:  Butch Levy … (promoter:  
Mike Hirsch) … (announcer:  Jimmy Lennon) … (boxing matchmaker:  Joe Waterman)
Note:  The winner of the tournament was to receive a gold belt and a shot at the World
Heavyweight Title.

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, January 17, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … 10th Annual Club Championship Tournament Final … Hans
Schnabel b. Butch Levy in the finals … Sam Menacker and Tommy O’Toole drew …
Maurice LaChappelle b. Brother Frank Jares … Al Massey b. Mile High Ross …
(promoter:  Mike Hirsch … (announcer:  Jimmy Lennon) … (boxing matchmaker:  Joe
Waterman) … (referee:  Tiny Roebuck)
Note:  The winner of the tournament was to receive a gold belt and a shot at the World
Heavyweight Title.

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, January 24, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Hans Schnabel b. Butch Levy (Schnabel received help from
“brothers” Fritz and Otto Schnabel) … Paul Matty and Mike Works drew … Maurice
LaChappelle b. Henry Kulkovich … Al Massey and Sam Menacker b. Alex Kasaboski and
Tommy O’Toole … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, January 31, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres b. Hans Schnabel
(this was the title match Schnabel earned from winning the club championship) … Butch
Levy b. The Schnabels (George and Otto Schnabel) in a handicap match … George
Temple b. Alex Kasaboski … Dutch Hefner and Sam Menacker drew … (promoter:  Mike
Hirsch) … (referee:  Jack Allen)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, February 7, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres b. Hans Schanbel
… The Zaharias Brothers (Babe and Chris Zaharias) b. Maurice LaChappelle and Sam
Menacker … Dutch Hefner b. Henry Kulkovich … Paul Matty and Jack Pinto drew …
(promoter:  Mike Hirsch)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, February 14, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Dutch Hefner b. Butch Levy (countout) … Tommy O’Toole b. Jack
Pinto … The Zaharias Brothers (Babe and Chris Zaharias) vs. Maurice LaChappelle and
Sam Menacker … Henry Kulkovich vs. Terry McGinnis … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, February 21, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Sandor Szabo b. George Koverly (special referee:  Ed Lewis) …
Butch Levy b. Dutch Hefner … Maurice LaChappelle b. Chris Zaharias … Jack Pinto and
Babe Zaharias drew … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch) … (referee:  Bull Montana)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, February 28, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Butch Levy vs. Sandor Szabo … The Zaharias Brothers (Babe
and Chris Zaharias) vs. Ivan Kamiroff and Maurice LaChappelle … Pat Fraley vs. Dutch
Hefner … Jack Pinto vs. Mike Works … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, March 7, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres b. Dutch Hefner …
Chief Thunderbird b. Mile High Ross … Karl Davis and Ivan Kamiroff drew … Maurice
LaChappelle b. “Bulldog” Clements … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, March 14, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Sandor Szabo b. Karl Davis … California State Champion
Maurice LaChappelle b. Dutch Hefner … “Bulldog” Clements and Ivan Kamiroff drew …
Chief Thunderbird b. Tommy O’Toole … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch) … (referee:  Bull
Montana)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, March 21, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres b. Maurice
LaChappelle … George Koverly b. Chief Thunderbird … Karl Davis b. Bulldog Clements
… Terry McGinnis b. Al Billings … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, March 28, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres b. George Koverly
… Reb Russell b. Terry McGinnis … Maurice LaChappelle and Antone Leone drew …
Joe Thorpe and Mike Works drew … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, April 4, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres b. Reb Russell …
Maurice LaChappelle b. Antone Leone … Terry McGinnis b. Mile High Ross … Al Billings
and Hardy Kruskamp drew … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, April 11, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres b. George Koverly
(special referee:  Joe Louis) … Maurice LaChappelle and Sam Menacker b. Antone
Leone and Reb Russell … Terry McGinnis b. Bulldog Clements … Alex Kasaboski b. Paul
Matty … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, April 18, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … The Swedish Angel b. Maurice LaChappelle … Paul Matty b. Mike
Works … Ivan Kameroff b. The Great Unknown … Terry McGinnis and Sam Menacker b.
Alex Kasaboski and Antone Leone … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, April 25, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Henry Kulkovich and The Swedish Angel b. Terry McGinnis and
Sam Menacker … Maurice LaChappelle and Reb Russell drew … Ivan Kameroff b.
Sammy Stein … Regis Siki b. Alex Kasaboski (DQ)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, May 2, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Tournament for World Title shot … (participants:  Ivan Kameroff,
Alex Kasaboski, Henry Kulkovich, Maurice LaChappelle, Terry McGinnis, Sam Menacker,
Mile High Ross, Reb Russell, The Swedish Angel … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, May 9, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres b. The Swedish
Angel … Maurice LaChappelle and Sam Menacker b. Alex Kasaboski and Rebel Russell
… Terry McGinnis b. Otto Von Busing … Frank Cutler b. Andre Adoree … (promoter:  
Mike Hirsch)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, May 16, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Danny McShain b. George Becker … Bobby Becker b. Antone
Leone … Jack Kennedy and Sam Menacker drew … Carlos Mojica (Benito Gardini) b.
Frank Cutler … (promoter:  Mike Hirsch)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, May 23, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Danny McShain b. George Becker (DQ) … Bobby Becker and
Jack Kennedy b. Alex Kasaboski and Antone Leone … Sam Menacker b. Ivan Kameroff
… Carlos Mojica b. Hans Schultz

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, June 6, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres b. Danny McShain
(DQ) … George Becker b. Sam Menacker … Bobby Bruns b. Frank Jares … Art Brady b.
Antone Leone

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, June 13, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Danny McShain b. George Becker (DQ) (special referee:  Ed
Lewis) … Bobby Becker and Sam Menacker b. Frank Jares and Jack Moore … Bobby
Bruns b. Otto Von Busing … Art Brady and Polo Cordova drew

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, June 20, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres and Danny
McShain drew … Bobby Bruns b. Sam Menacker … Chris Zaharias b. Terry McGinnis …
Jack Moore b. Art Brady

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, June 27, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres b. Danny McShain
… George Becker and Bobby Bruns drew … Jules Strongbow b. Terry McGinnis … Chris
Zaharias b. Steve Gobrokovich (Gob)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, July 4, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Sandor Szabo b. Lee Henning … The Becker Brothers (Bobby
and George Becker) b. Jules Strongbow and Chris Zaharias … Howard Cantonwine b.
Carlos Mojica … Terry McGinnis b. Jack Moore

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, July 11, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Ernie Dusek b. Bobby Bruns … Emil Dusek b. Jack Kennedy …
George Becker b. Chris Zaharias … Bobby Becker and Babe Zaharias drew … (referee:  
Bull Montana)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, July 18, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Ernie Dusek b. Bobby Bruns … Emil Dusek b. Vic Holbrook …
The Becker Brothers (Bobby and George Becker) b. Lee Henning and Jack Moore …
Sam Menacker b. Joel Morris … (referee:  Ed “Strangler” Lewis)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, July 25, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Ernie Dusek b. Sandor Szabo (DQ) … George Becker and Emil
Dusek drew … Bobby Becker and Sam Menacker drew … Vic Holbrook b. Lee Henning
… (referee:  Tiny Roebuck)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, August 1, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres b. George Becker
(countout) … Bobby Becker and Chris Zaharias drew … Jack Kennedy b. Jack Moore …
Sam Menacker b. Carlos Mojica

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, August 8, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres b. George Becker
… Ernie Dusek b. Bobby Becker … Emil Dusek b. Sam Menacker … Jack Kennedy b.
Chris Zaharias

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, August 15, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Ernie Dusek b. Danny McShain … George Koverly b. Sam
Menacker … Vic Christy and Emil Dusek drew … Bobby Becker b. Jules Strongbow

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, August 22, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Vic Christy and Danny McShain wrestled the Dusek Brothers
(Emil and Ernie Dusek) to a draw … George Koverly b. Jules Strongbow … Bobby Becker
and Frank Jares drew … Hardy Kruskamp b. Hans Schultz

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, August 29, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … George Koverly and Danny McShain b. Vic Christy and Enrique
Torres … Karl Davis b. Hardy Kruskamp … George Becker b. Frank Jares … Jules
Strongbow b. Mickey Page

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, September 12, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Danny McShain b. Vic Christy … Karl and Willie Davis b. The
Becker Brothers (Bobby and George Becker) … Regis Siki b. Frank Cutler … Jack Pinto
b. Hans Schultz

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, September 19, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Danny McShain b. George Becker … Vic Christy and Larry
Moquin b. Karl and Willie Davis … Hans Schnabel b. Mickey Page … Art Brady b. Hans
Schultz

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, September 26, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Danny McShain and Hans Schnabel b. Vic Christy and Larry
Moquin … Karl Davis b. Terry McGinnis … Jack Pinto b. Mickey Page … Howard
Cantonwine and Hardy Kruskamp drew

Santa Monica California:  Friday, October 3, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Vic Christy b. Hans Schnabel … Danny McShain b. Larry Moquin
… Karl Davis b. Andre Adoree … Hardy Kruskamp b. Mickey Page

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, October 10, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Danny McShain b. Larry Moquin … Karl Davis and Hans
Schnabel b. Vic Christy and Sam Menacker … Earl McCready and Willie Davis drew …
Jim Mitchell b. Fritz Schnabel

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, October 17, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Danny McShain and Hans Schnabel b. Vic Christy and Larry
Moquin … Manuel Garza b. Karl Davis … Earl McCready b. Andre Adoree … Marvin
Jones b. Mickey Page

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, October 24, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Manuel Garza and Larry Moquin b. Danny McShain and Hans
Schnabel … Marvin Jones b. Vic Christy … Earl McCready b. Jim Henry … Jim Mitchell b.
Alex Kasaboski

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, October 31, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Jim Henry and Marvin Jones b. Manuel Garza and Larry Moquin
… Earl McCready b. Sam Menacker … Vic Christy and Jim Mitchell drew … Chief War
Cloud b. Hans Schultz … (referee:  Pappy Boyington)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, November 7, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Manuel Garza and Larry Moquin b. Jim Henry and Marvin Jones
… Earl McCready and Jim Mitchell drew … Sam Menacker b. Alex Kasaboski … Marvin
Jones b. Chief War Cloud (Jones was a substitute for Frank Cutler)

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, November 14, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Sandor Szabo b. Larry Moquin … Gorgeous George b. Manuel
Garza … Marvin Jones and Jim Mitchell drew … Willie Davis b. Sam Menacker

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, November 21, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … AWA World Heavyweight Champion Frank Sexton and Sandor
Szabo drew … Gorgeous George b. Manuel Garza … Larry Moquin b. Marvin Jones …
Willie Davis b. Mickey Page

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, November 28, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Gorgeous George and Marvin Jones b. Manuel Garza and Larry
Moquin … Vic Christy b. Willie Davis … Henry Kulkavich and Terry McGinnis drew …
Hardy Kruskamp b. Alex Kasaboski

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, December 5, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Vic Christy and Enrique Torres b. Gorgeous George and Marvin
Jones … Terry McGinnis b. Henry Kulkavich … Willie Davis b. Hardy Kruskamp … Ray
Duran b. Alex Kasaboski

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, December 12, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Sandor Szabo b. Gorgeous George … Dutch Hefner b. Vic
Christy … Terry McGinnis b. Karl Davis … Kolo Stasiak and Regis Siki drew

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, December 19, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … Gorgeous George and Dutch Hefner b. Vic Christy and Manuel
Garza … Sandor Szabo and George Temple drew … Karl Davis b. Terry McGinnis …
Sam Menacker and Kolo Stasiak drew

Santa Monica, California:  Friday, December 26, 1947
(Ocean Park Arena) … World Heavyweight Champion Enrique Torres b. Gorgeous
George … Manuel Garza and Dutch Hefner drew … George Temple b. Karl Davis …
Henry Kulkavich b. The Cardiff Giant


Research by Tim Hornbaker
Santa Monica Wrestling Results - 1947