(All venues are in Albuquerque unless otherwise noted.)

Research in the Albuquerque Journal

1910
(It is reported that Joe McCray defeated Simon Deschler in Albuquerque.)

1911

1/28/11-Grand Opera House   Amarillo, TX
Harry Mayes, Waco beat Stanley Lake, Hastings, NE-UTC…referee: Harry Pringle.
Notes: Lake’s spinal column was severed during the match and he died two days later. It was
revealed that Mayes wan none other than the notorious shooter Charles Olson. Lake was
Joe McCray of Longmont, CO. Prindle was Billy Edwards. All three were barnstorming around
the southwest meeting local challengers. McCray was on his honeymoon as well, sort of a
working vacation. McCray and Olson were apparently unaware of one another’s identities
before the contest.
This was the second fatality attributed to Olson. In 1903 in Ontario, Osborn Taylor suffered a
broken neck during a bout with Olson and died shortly after.

2/3/11-Roy Mabee, 170 lbs., “Oklahoma farmer” is in Albuquerque and ready to meet all
comers at catch-as-catch-can wrestling, particularly Simon Deschler.

2/17/11-Elks Opera House
“Farmer” Roy Mabee drew “Blacksmith” Simon Deschler.
Notes: This was Mabee’s Albuquerque debut. He won a fall at 24 minutes. Deschler disputed
the fall and attacked Gertig the timekeeper. Mabee requested that the bout be called a draw,
and Deschler agreed. It was later learned that Mabee had suffered a broken rib and that was
his motivation for asking for the drawn decision.
Deschler offered to meet Mabee “at any time or any place for a side bet of $100, admission
to the mat to be free.”
Emil Dominek sent a challenge for Mabee to throw him 3x in one hour. If Mabee is unwilling to
this arrangement, Dominek will face three men not over 150 pounds and agree to throw each
one in a total of 65 minutes.

3/19/11-Dawson, NM
Tom M. Jordan, formerly of Albuquerque, issued a challenge to wrestle or box anyone at 190
lbs. He claiamd to have beaten Joe McCray twice and to have wrestled Charles Olson and
Kid Cutler.

4/6/11-Elks Opera House
Roy Mabee beat Young Olson, 185 lbs., “coming champion from St. Louis”…referee: George
Tietzel.
Notes: Olson agreed to throw Mabee twice in one hour. He won an initial fall but was then
thrown himself. Olson challenged for a rematch “anytime within the next two weeks…best two
out of three falls winner take all”. Olson further agreed to make 180 pounds ringside and to
put up a purse. Olson is said to have wrestled Frank Gotch.

4/6/11-Pueblo, CO
Stanislaus Zbyszko beat William Demetral.

4/8/11-Dawson Opera House   Dawson
Tom Jordan FTT Emil Dominek, “welterweight champion of New Mexico” …no falls…referee:
W. Smock.
Notes: Jordan had agreed to take three falls in one hour.
Dominek wants a match with Roy Mabee.

4/12/11-Emil Dominek, Dawson sent a challenge to Roy Mabee to meet him at “catch
wrestling” in a handicap contest in which Mabee must throw him 3 times in 60 minutes with
winner take all stipulations.

4/14/11-Elks Opera House
Roy Mabee beat Young Olson-2nd and 3rd falls…referee: George Tietzel.
Notes: Olson won the first fall by submission to a toehold. Mabee forced a submission with a
hammerlock for the 2nd, and pinned him for the final fall with a hammerlock and ½ Nelson.

5/11/11-Roy Mabee aggress to wrestle Emil Dominek and posted $100 with the Albuquerque
Journal…Dominek has already sent in his forfeit…Mabee will attempt to throw Dominek 3x in
one hour…Mabee will train with Young Olson…Olson is announced to be wrestling a 195-lb.
unknown.

5/15/11-Emil Dominek arrived in Albuquerque…he has an injured leg but agrees to go
through with the bout against Roy Mabee if leg holds are barred.

5/17/11-Elks Opera House
Simon Deschler, “giant blacksmith” beat Roy Mabee…Prof. D.F. McDonald beat Young
Olson…Hatley Twins, 65 pounders-Floyd beat Lloyd.
Notes: Both the Deschler/Mabee and McDonald/Olson matches were for $200 side bets.
Deschler was billed as making his farewell appearance on the mat. His backers reportedly
cleaned up in wagers. Mabee won the first fall. Deschler actually won four falls, as two of
them were ruled fouls. McDonald is said to be a Canadian whose real name is McLeod. He’s
billed as the half-brother of Dan McLeod.  “Best wrestling program ever


pulled off in Albuquerque.”

5/20/11-Elks Opera House
Roy Mabee beat Emil Dominek-handicap match…referee: Simon Deschler.
Notes: Dominek tried to postpone the match due to his knee injury, but Mabee’s backers
insisted he wrestle or else lose his forfeit. Mabee had to gain three falls in one hour and
agree not to attack the bad knee. A handkerchief was tied around Dominek’s injured knee to
remind his opponent to leave it alone. Mabee was seconded by Prof. McDonald; Dominek by
George Tietzel. There was heavy betting on the contest.

5/22/11-Roy Mabee returned to his Jester, OK farm. He thanked the Albuquerque fans for
their support. He may return in the fall.

6/2/11-Roy Mabee is willing to wrestle Prof. McDonald for a $500 side bet and may also travel
to Dallas to meet “a Turk” (probably Yussiff Hussane, who was based there about this time.)

6/7/11-Armory
Prof. McDonald’s Albuquerque Athletic Club card…E.G. Young beat John Stoubert, “local
boys”…Floyd Hatley drew Lloyd Hatley, one fall each…plus boxing, barrel jumping,
contortionist stunts, and McDonald in musculature and swordmanship demonstrations.

9/4/11-Elks Opera House
Roy Mabee beat Prof. McDonald-two straight falls…referee: Young Olson…A.G. Aldrich beat
N.D. Robinson-handicap contest (3 falls in one hour).
Notes: There was heavy betting on the main event.

9/9/11-Elks Opera House
Smoker…Roy Mabee drew Charley Morris (sub for Simon Deschler)-20 minute exhibition, no
falls…Morris challenged to throw Simon Deschler 3x in one hour.

9/20/11-Elks Opera House
Charley Morris, 165 lbs. beat Simon Deschler-handicap bout.
Notes: Morris was recognized as Chief Arthur C. Montour, the Indian wrestler.
He threw Deschler three times in one hour as agreed. The match was held for a $100 a side,
winner take all.

12/19/11-Chris Person sent a challenge to the Albuquerque Journal from Duluth. He is
heading to Arizona and is available to wrestle in Albuquerque. He will face any 176 lb. man in
a two out of three falls contest or anyone 175 lbs. or less in a handicap, throwing them twice
in one hour.

1925

4/18/25-Armory   Santa Fe
Sailor Jack Woods drew Bob Smith, “local grappler”.

5/8/25-Santa Fe
Sailor Jack Woods beat Mike Romano.

7/4/25-Bisbee
Matty Matsuda beat Jack Bennett.
Note: Bennett’s leg was broken during the match.

7/6/25-Gallup
Matty Matsuda beat Bobby Sampson.

8/4/25-Crystal Theater
Boxing card…plus one wrestling match: Bobby Sampson drew Harry Savage.

8/17/25-Crystal Theater
Bobby Sampson, “welterweight champion of the Pacific Coast” beat Harry Savage, “Duke City’
s wrestling fireman”…Battling Siki vs. Duke City Joe-four round boxing exhibition…Joe Garcia,
Los Angeles issued a challenge to the winner of the wrestling bout…referee: Johnny Flaska.
Notes: Sampson weighed in at 139 pounds ringside.
Joe Gorman, “Plainview, TX, “Light heavyweight champion of the world” is scheduled to
wrestle Sampson soon.

1926-1928 (no pro wrestling cards noted)

1929-

5/3/29-Armory   promoter: Joe Danneck
Joe Stecher, former world heavyweight champion beat Casey Berger…Max Miller beat
Ted York-local amateurs…plus a five-man boxing battle royal won by Henry Bramlett.

1930 (no pro wrestling cards noted)

1931

1/9/31-Armory   promoter: Jack Fisher
Francisco Aguayo, 174 lbs. beat Billy Stout, 180 lbs.-winner to meet Bull Montana…Battling
Chico beat Red Palz (sub for Fidel La Barba)-boxing…Cotton Henley beat Johnny Duran-
boxing…attendance: 600.
Notes: Fisher’s debut card introducing the “rough and tumble” New York Athletic


Commission rules (which “bar nothing in the ring but brass knuckles and axes”)…Fisher is
said to be the undefeated lightweight wrestling champion of the world, having beaten Johnny
Billiter in 1917 for the title.
Aguayo is originally from Sonora, Mexico but learned to wrestle in El Paso from the late Matty
Matsuda. Over a long career he also used the names Cactus Pete Brown, Cactus Pete
Aguayo and Mexican Pete Brown.
The Henley/Duran fight is said to be a grudge match.
Fidel La Barba was a local boxer; not the famous flyweight champion of the same name.

1/16/31-Armory   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Sailor Watkins, 172 lbs., former 3x Navy wrestling champion…Jack
Billy Mitchell, Port Arthur (sub for Joe Thomas) beat Billy Stout…plus two boxing
bouts…attendance: 1000 plus.
Note: Mitchell’s first name is given as “Jack”, “Bill”, “Billy” and “Jack Billy”.

1/23/31-Armory   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Bull Montana…Jack Billy Mitchell drew Young Sampson, Kansas
City…Jimmy Ortiz beat Battling Chico, boxing…referee: Johnny Flaska…attendance: 2000
plus.
Notes: Montana won the 1st fall from Aguayo in 22 seconds, but lost the 2nd and 3rd.
Fisher declared all bets off at the start of the card.

1/29/31- Torreon, Mexico
Francisco Aguayo vs. El Canneders…side bet contest.

1/30/31-Armory   (Fisher)
Scotty Dawkins, 172 lbs., Monroe, LA beat Joe Parelli, 163 lbs….Young Sampson beat Jack
Miller, Big Spings, TX…Cyclone Martinez beat Kid Lorato-boxing.
Note: Miller claims to hold a victory over Ladjimi Aguilar (Pete Ledjimi), the guy who
beat up Gus Sonnenberg on an LA street and received a ten day’s jail sentence.

2/1/31-The Albuquerque Boxing Commission investigated the claims that Jack Billy
Mitchell was told to “carry” Young Sampson in their recent match and also to “lay down” for
Francisco Aguayo in a proposed bout. Mitchell further claimed that when he refused to go
through with the “fix” the match was not booked. Promoter Jack Fisher
denied the charges and claimed that he had not booked a Mitchell/Aguayo bout because of
the former’s poor showing in the Sampson match. Mitchell was accompanied to the hearing
by El Paso promoter John McIntosh and wrestlers Gus Kallio and Cal Farley.
Fisher claimed that Mitchell had been drunk and threatened him physically. He challenged to
arrange a private contest between Mitchell and either Young Sampson or Francisco Aguayo
and award him $250 if he won. Supposedly Mitchell’s charges had been made to local police
officers. Fisher was exonerated, especially when Mitchell dropped his supposed allegations.
Nevertheless, the commission temporarily suspended Mitchell.

2/4/31-Crystal Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguyao, 168 lbs. beat Scotty Dawkins, 175 lbs….Joe Parelli beat Jack
Miller…attendance: 500.

2/12/31-Crystal Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo, 170 lbs.,“light heavyweight champion of Mexico” beat Gus Kallio, 160 lbs.,
“world middleweight champion”…Joe Parelli beat Henry Nelson, “former middleweight
champion of Finland”…Scotty Dawkins drew Young Sampson…referee:
Johnny Flaska…attendance: 1400.
Note: Nelson is Henry Karhunssaari.

2/16/31-Santa Fe
Joe Parelli beat Young Pete Stecher…Tony Canales beat Young Sampson…Jack Edwards
beat Gus Henry.

2/20/31-Amarillo
Francisco Aguayo beat Bob Bennett.

2/20/31-Crystal Theater   (Fisher)
Bull Montana beat Tony Canales…Jack Edwards, 165 lbs. beat Young Pete Stecher, 168
lbs….Joe Parelli beat Sunny Garland…attendance: 800.

2/24/31-Santa Fe
Gus Kallio, “NBA middleweight champion” beat Joe Parelli…Bull Montana beat John Patterson.
Note: Kallio’s title defense was billed as “the first wrestling bout in the state of New Mexico
with a title at stake”.

2/27/31-Crystal Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Bull Montana…Gus Kallio beat George Gabinetti…referee: Johnny
Flaska.

3/5/31-Santa Fe
Francisco Aguayo beat George Gabinetti…Kalla Pasha beat Tony Canales.

3/6/31-Crystal Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo, 172 lbs. beat Kalla Pasha, “the Terrible Turk”, 173 lbs….George
Gabinetti beat Jack Edwards…Webb Napier beat Cyclone Cole, “university student”-KO,
boxing.

3/13/31-Crystal Theater   (Fisher)
Yaqui Joe, “junior middleweight champion of the world” beat Dutch Mantell-
disqualification…Otis Clingman drew George Gabinetti…Pat Reagan beat Jack
Edwards…referee: Leslie Wolf.

3/20/31-Crystal Theater   (Fisher)
Walter “Sneeze” Achiu beat Wildcat Pete-disqualification…Leslie Wolf beat Young
Sampson…Otis Clingman beat Young Casper…Martin Patterson drew Ed Olin-15 minute
match…referee: Johnny Flaska…attendance: 500.

3/27/31-Crystal Theater   (Fisher)
Walter “Sneeze” Achiu beat Wildcat Pete…Otis Clingman beat George Gabinetti…Red
Michael beat Manuel Santas…Ed Olin challenged Achiu.

4/6/31-Crystal Theater   (Fisher)
Waino Ketonen, “Lord Lonsdale International middleweight champion belt holder” beat Otis
Clingman…Ed Olin beat Jack Fisher (sub for no-show Benny Bolt)…Mike Leteau beat “Red
Mudd”…Fidel La Barba drew Battling Tony-boxing.
Note: “Red Mudd” was suspected of being a local university student.

4/17/31-Crystal Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Waino Ketonen…Johnny Ramirez beat Bennie Larsen-KO,
boxing…Johnny Burnside beat Dixien Williams-boxing…referee: Johnny Flaska.
Notes: Flaska awarded the bout to Aguayo, but city boxing commissioner Tony Ortiz over-
ruled the referee and ordered them to continue wrestling. When Ketonen was unable to
continue due to injury, Ortiz declared that Flaska’s call would stand.
The Ramirez/Larsen fight was said to be suspicious. Both boxers were said to be traveling
together. Burnside and Williams are described as “Indian School boys”.

5/1/31-Crystal Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Waino Ketonen-two straight falls, 1:18:00…plus three boxing
bouts…attendance: 1000.

5/5/31-Santa Fe
Francisco Aguayo beat Otis Clingman…Ray Hayes beat “Cyclone” George Hansen…Battling
Blacksmith beat Kid Martinez-KO, boxing.

5/13-14/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Public workouts: Francisco Aguayo vs. Tony Gardini and Pablo Rodriguez…Hugh
Nichols vs. Ray Hayes.

5/15/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Hugh Nichols, “light heavyweight champion” beat Francisco Aguayo-1st and 3rd falls…Otis
Clingman beat “Cyclone” George Hansen, “the famous ‘rubber man’”…Ray Hayes beat Pablo
Rodriguez…referee: Tony Gardini…attendance: 4000.
Notes: Hopewell Field is an outdoor arena.
Aguayo was seconded by Yaqui Joe, who coached him at ringside. Nichols objected to the
loud coaching and the referee ordered him away from the ring.

Mayor Clyde Tingley made a speech, speaking highly of Jack Fisher as a promoter.
Hansen challenged Aguayo and Nichols. Clingman challenged Hansen to a winner-take-all
bout.

5/22/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat “Cyclone” George Hansen…Bennie Bolt, “Phoenix Indian” beat
Speedy Burns (sub for Cyclone Mackey)…Tommy Bruno beat Speedy Burns-KO,
boxing…referee: Johnny Flaska…attendance: 1500.

5/31/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo, 175 lbs. vs. Tony Gardini, 204 lbs….Pablo Rodriguez vs. Bennie Bolt.

6/5/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Jack Purdin, 175 lbs. beat Vic Mull, 182 lbs.-winner to meet Pat O’Brien…Jack Fisher, 145
lbs. (sub for Ray Hayes) beat Bennie Bolt, 155 lbs….plus two boxing bouts…referee: Johnny
Flaska.

6/12/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Pat O’Brien beat Jack Purdin-disqualification, winner to meet Francisco Aguayo…Vic Mull
beat Farmer Vance…Battling Bruno drew Babe Collmo-boxing…attendance: 900.

6/17/31-Gallup
Francisco Aguayo beat Vic Mull…plus one boxing match.

6/19/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo, 172 lbs. beat Pat O’Brien, 171 lbs….Jack Fisher, 145 lbs. beat Bennie
Bolt, 159 lbs….plus two boxing bouts…Jack Purdin and Vic Mull challenged the winner
of the main event…attendance: 1200.
Notes: The crown was asked to pick the referee for the main event from Jack Fisher, Jack
Purdin and Vic Mull. The cheers for Purdin and Mull were even, so the judges decided that
each man officiate for one fall. O’Brien protested having Purdin as a referee, and
Likewise, Aguayo rejected Mull. The city boxing commissioner solved the dilemma by naming
Fisher.

6/26/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Jack Purdin, “the Florida Hurricane” beat Tony Gardini…Vic Mull beat Scotty
Dawkins…Battling Bruno drew Kid Lee-boxing.
Note: Gardini is promoting wrestling in Roswell.

7/1/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Public workouts…Francisco Aguayo vs. Bennie Bolt…Jack Fisher vs. Max Miller, 170 lbs.,
“former Bulldog football guard”…Scotty Dawkins vs. Vic Mull.

7/2/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo drew Hugh Nichols, “NBA light heavyweight champion”-two hours, no
falls…Otis Clingman vs. Scotty Dawkins…Battling Bruno vs. Fidel La Barba-
boxing…attendance: 4000.

7/4/31-Madrid
Madrid Employees Club…Jack Purdin (sub for Ray Hayes) beat Otis Clingman…plus one
boxing match…referee: Jack Fisher.
Notes: Plans are announced to hold monthly cards at Madrid which is described as a coal
camp.

7/10/31-Santa Fe
Hugh Nichols, light heavyweight champ beat Jack Purdin…Vic Mull drew Tony Marconi.

7/15/31-Ray Steele visited with Jack Fisher in Albuquerque on his way to California. Steele is
returning from a Madison Square Garden contest with Jim Londos.

7/16/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
“Ladies’ Night”…Hugh Nichols, light heavyweight champion beat Vic Mull…Jack Fisher beat
Pat Reagan, “Wyoming Wildcat”…plus two boxing boutrs…attendance: 1400.

7/17/31-Gallup
Francisco Aguayo beat Scotty Dawkins.

7/23/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Jack Purdin…Tony Marconi beat Pat Reagan…Rough House
Mackey beat Chief Padilla-boxing.

7/24/31-Santa Fe
Francisco Aguayo beat Vic Mull-UTC…Jack Purdin drew Tony Marconi.

7/30/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Tony Marconi beat Francisco Aguayo-disqualification…Jack Purdin drew Cowboy Teddy
Waters…”Wildcat” Lee Meyers, 175 lbs. FTT Pat Reagan, 155 lbs.-ten minute handicap
bout…Battling Sanchez beat Tommy Bruno-boxing…referee: Pablo Rodriguez.

8/6/31-Hopewell Field Arena
Francisco Aguayo beat Jack Purdin-2nd and 3rd falls, “nothing barred but the stranglehold”
…Lee Meyers FTT Jack Fisher-15 minute handicap bout…Cowboy Teddy Waters drew Tony
Marconi…Rough House Mackey beat Kid Lee-boxing…main event referee: Lee Meyers.
Note: Cowboy Teddy Waters is said to have formerly wrestled as Young Strangler Lewis.

8/7/31-Tucson
Francisco Aguayo, 175 lbs. beat Dr. Dick Mullen, Houston, 182 lbs.

8/13/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Tony Marconi…Cowboy Teddy Waters beat Jack Purdin…Battling
Sanchez beat Pug Anderson-boxing.
Note: Lee Meyers was scheduled to meet Tomas Rascon in a 15 minute handicap match, but
declined to go on. He was apparently frustrated at only being given handicap bouts on
Fisher’s cards.

8/17/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Cowboy Teddy Waters beat Tony Marconi-disqualification…Max Miller, Tony Gardini protégé
drew Ben Gaston…Joe Stanie, “Oklahoma chief” drew Tomas Rascon…Battling Martinez
beat Cotton Henley-boxing…referee: Pat Reagan.

8/27/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Cowboy Teddy Waters-2nd and 3rd falls…Jack Fisher beat Eddie
Collins, Akron, 152 lbs.-two straight falls…Pat Reagan beat Henry Nelson (Karhunssaari)
…Chief Padillo beat Battling Perenia-boxing.
Notes: El Paso promoter John McIntosh promised Fisher a bout with welterweight champion
Jack Reynolds if he beat Collins.
Nelson/Karhunssaari complained about not being booked for a main event. When Fisher
offered to meet him in a private side bet contest, the Finn agreed to wrestle in a preliminary.
Fisher is said to be a master of “jiu-jiutsu nerve holds”. It’s said that “no opponent can
hold him on the mat long enough to win a fall.”

9/3/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Tony Marconi-two straight falls, both with toeholds…Pat Reagan beat
Fidel Baca, “youngster from Belen” (sub for Ray Hayes)…Fidel La Barba beat Tommy Bruno-
boxing.

9/7/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Labor Day First American Pageant benefit...Pancho Vitela, “welterweight champion of Mexico”
beat Jack Fisher-2nd and 3rd falls…Otis Clingman FTT Pat Reagan-handicap bout…Fidel
Baca beat Gallegos…Johnny Duran beat Cotton Henley-boxing…Fred Gatling beat Nick
Jaramilo-boxing.
Notes: Clingman won one fall out of an attempted two in 40 minutes.
It was later reported that this card only drew a small gate and that nothing was turned over to
the First American Pageant.

9/17/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
George Kotsonaros, “Hollywood Greek”, 190 lbs. beat Francisco Aguayo…Otis Clingman
beat Pancho Vitela…special exihibition: Bobo Clingman, 2 years old beat Otis Clingman, his
father…referee: Jack Fisher.

9/24/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
George Kotsonaros, 194 lbs. beat Marty Anderson, 188 lbs….Otis Clingman beat Joe
Stetson…Battling Bruno beat Fidel La Barba-boxing.

10/1/31-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo, 172 lbs. beat Marty Anderson, 189 lbs.-2nd and 3rd falls…Jack Fisher
beat Tiny Simmons…plus one boxing match.
Note: The Viaduct Theater was a remodeled garage on South 2nd Street.

10/8/31-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
George Kotsonaros, 194 lbs. beat Francisco Aguayo, 172 lbs.-handicap bout, winner take
all…Tiny Simmons beat Pablo Rodriguez…Fidel La Barba beat Kid Padilla-boxing…referees:
main event-Johnny Flaska, prelims-Jack Fisher.
Note: Kotsonaros agreed to throw Agauyo twice in 90 minutes.

10/15/31-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Marty Anderson vs. Frenchie Leivette…Joe Stetson vs. Pablo Rodriguez…Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Estes in a three round boxing contest.
Note: The card was canceled due to Leivette breaking an arm and a leg in a car wreck while
on his way from Los Angeles.

10/22/31-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
George Kotsonaros beat Patsy Jimmy Corrigan…Joe Stetson beat Pablo Rodiguez-handicap
bout…Mrs. Estes beat Charles Estes-decision, 3 round boxing match.

10/23/31-Santa Fe    promoter: Sailor Tucker
Sailor Tucker drew Pancho Vitela-one fall each…Jack Keyes, Hollywood, “featherweight
champion of the west” drew Joe Maines, Chihuahua, MX…Tony Garcia, “Domingo Indian”
beat Daniel Rivera, Santa Fe.

10/30-31-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Everette Marshall, 215 lbs. beat Jack Russell, 225 lbs….Marty Anderson beat Joe
Nestor…Tony Canales beat Joe Stetson…Kid Gilberto beat Kid Ritchie-boxing.
Notes: Nestor is called both “Joe” and “Jack”.
Randall Hicks was scheduled to wrestle on this card and also perform strongman stunts as
publicity, but had to cancel his appearance.

11/5/31-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Randall Hicks, wrestler and physical culturist, performed strongman stunts, including allowing
a car to run over him.

11/6/31-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Ed “Strangler” Lewis, “heavyweight title claimant” beat Jack Russell-two straight
falls…Randall Hicks, 175 lbs. beat Tony Canales, 180 lbs….Pancho Vitela.
Notes: Between falls Lewis announced that he was ready to donate $5000 and wrestle for
free for the opportunity to meet rival title claimant Jim Londos.

11/12/31-Santa Fe   (Tucker)
Randall Hicks beat Sailor Tucker-2nd and 3rd falls…Pancho Vitela drew Pat Reagan…Jack
Keyes beat Chihuahua Kid…Tony Garcia drew Santiago Quintana.

11/13/31-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Gus Sonnenberg, former world heavyweight champion, 203 lbs. beat Nick Velcoff, 218 lbs.,
“the Russian Tiger”…Randall Hicks beat Fred Kendall…Jack Fisher beat Pancho
Vitela…referee: Pat Reagan.

11/19/31-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Cowboy Teddy Waters beat Marty Anderson…Fred Kendall, “the wild hare from Roswell”
beat Farmer Nick…Fidel La Barba drew Battlng Sargent-boxing.

11/25/31-Viaduct Theater    (Fisher)
Cowboy Teddy Waters beat Randall Hicks…Frank McKee beat Fred Kendall…Kid Gilberto
beat Jack Miller-boxing.

12/3/31-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Cowboy Teddy Waters-winner to meet Hugh Nichols…Billy Stout beat
Frank McKee…Fidel La Barba beat Battling Chico-disqualification, boxing…referee: Johnny
Flaska.

12/11/31-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Cowboy Teddy Waters-1st and 3rd falls, winner to meet Hugh
Nichols…Prof. Tetsuro Higami beat Fred Kendall-jiu-jitsu contest...plus one boxing
match…attendance: 1500.
Note: This card was postponed from 12/10 when Aguayo was stuck in Hot Springs, AR
and unable to arrive in time.

12/14/31-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Prof. Tetsuro Higami-mixed jiu-jitsu and catch-as-catch-can
contest…Fred Kendall beat Jack Kennedy…Jumbo Cimono beat Battling Sargent-KO,
boxing…Kid Kozlowski beat Kid Tafoya-KO, boxing…Johnny Duran beat Hot Shot- KO, boxing.
Notes: Higami won the 1st fall at jiu-jitsu…Aguayo took the next two at catch wrestling.
Aguayo had learned jiu-jitsu as a protégé of the late Matty Matsuda.

1932

1/1/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Roy Anderson…Ernie Gross, “former Clovis boxer”, 175 lbs. beat
Jack Kennedy, 178 lbs….plus two boxing preliminaries.

1/8/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo, 173 lbs. beat Chief Little Wolf, 170 lbs., “a young cyclone”-two straight
falls…Battling Schoolboy beat Jack “Tommy” Thompson-Kennedy-boxing…Jumbo Cimino
drew Battling Sergeant-boxing.
Note: Jack Kennedy is also called variously Jack Thompson-Kennedy, Tommy Kennedy-
Thompson and Tommy Thompson.

1/15/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Doug Marcelle, “French-Canadian ex-lumberjack” beat Francisco Aguayo-
disqualification…Toughie McMillen, 159 lbs. beat Jack Fisher, 148 lbs….KO Sanchez beat
Kid Kozlowski-boxing…main event referee: Toughie McMillen.

1/21/32-Armory   promoter: Nat Shyer
Charity card…Bull Montana, 183 lbs. beat Vic Mull, 179 lbs….Billy Hallas beat Steve
Nenoff…plus five boxing bouts…main event referee: Doug Marcelle…attendance: 1500.
Note: Jack Fisher called off his weekly card so as not to interfere with the charity card.

1/26/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Doug Marcelle beat Francisco Aguayo, UTC…Jack Fisher beat Tiny Simmons…Ernie Gross
drew Jack Kennedy-Thompson…plus one boxing bout…referee: Johnny Flaska…attendance:
over 1000.

1/29/32-Raton
Francisco Aguayo beat Bull Montana.

2/4/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Jack Komarr, 185 lbs., Seattle…Doug Marcelle beat Bull
Montana…plus one boxing bout…referee: Johnny Flaska.
Notes: Aguayo addresses the audience in Spanish and in English and issued a challenge to
Marcelle for another rematch, vowing, “If I don’t beat him, I’ll quit wrestling.”

2/9/32-El Paso
Francisco Aguayo beat Gus Kallio.

2/11/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo, 173 lbs. beat Doug Marcelle, 177 lbs.-winner-take-all and “nothing barred
but the strangle hold”, disqualification…Marty Anderson, 178 lbs. beat Jack Komarr, 180
lbs….Johnny Duran beat Indian Whitefoot-boxing…referee: Johnny Flaska.


2/18/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Pat O’Brien beat Jack Parish…Doug Marcelle drew Ken Hollis…Muggsy Malone beat Jack
Thompson-Kennedy…Big Boy Gibson, 190 lbs. beat Jack Fisher-KO, 2nd round,
boxing…Johnny Duran beat George Armijo-KO, boxing.
Notes: Fisher had challenged Gibson to the fight and offered him $25 if he defeated him.
Gibson challenged Ernie Gross to a boxing bout.

2/25/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Doug Marcelle beat Hans Seibert, “German Oak”…Ken Hollis beat Pat O’Brien…Jack
Thompson-Kennedy beat Big Boy Gibson-KO, 2nd round, winner-take-all boxing bout.
Note: Since Gibson lost the winner-take-all fight, he sang a few cowboy songs and received
tossed coins from the crowd.

2/29/32-Armory   promoter: Roy L. Cook
Charity card…Francisco Aguayo beat Ken Hollis…Doug Marcelle vs. Jack Caddish…Jack
Fisher vs. Big Boy Gibson-wrestling…plus two boxing bouts and band concerts before the
matches.
Notes: The Albuquerque Journal is missing for 3/1/32. Later issues mention that Hollis was
badly injured during the bout and that Caddish was a no show.
Charities benefited by the card included the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, the American
legion Auxiliary and St. Anthony’s Orphanage.

3/3/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Doug Marcelle…Jack Fisher beat Matty Sota, “Japanese jiu-jitsu
artist”, 145 lbs….referee: Johnny Flaska.
Notes: The Fisher/Sota bout was at catch-as-catch-can.
Fisher collected donations for the injured Ken Hollis. Aguayo gave $25.

3/10/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Dummy Olsen, 180 lbs.-2nd and 3rd falls…Doug Marcelle beat Dr.
Edward Muller, 173 lbs.-2nd and 3rd falls…Fidel La Barba drew Tommy Bruno-boxing.
Notes: Dr. Muller was a chiropractor from Louisville. He is said to have perfected a “sleeper
hold”. Fisher challenged all comers to let Muller try out the hold on them, offering $1000 to
anyone it failed to render unconscious.

3/18/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat George Legosky, “bearded Russian”…Gus Kallio beat Dr. Edward
Muller…Jack Fisher beat Pablo Rodriguez-two straight falls.

3/24/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Frankie Henderson, 185 lbs….Doug Marcelle beat Dummy
Olsen…plus one boxing bout.

4/1/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Doug Marcelle beat Robert “Bob” Taylor…Ernie Gross, 175 lbs. beat Buck Connors, 180 lbs.,
El Paso…plus two boxing prelims.
Note: Bob Taylor is also known as Frank Taylor.

4/8/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Doug Marcelle beat Jack Callahan, 178 lbs., Pittsburg, “light heavyweight championship
claimant”…Bob Taylor beat Jack Morgan…plus two boxing bouts.

4/15/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Gus Kallio beat Joe Parelli…Doug Marcelle beat Jack Morgan…Jack Callahan beat Ivan
Petroff.

4/22/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Doug Marcelle beat Sailor “Tex” Watkins-winner to meet Hugh Nichols, light heavyweight
champ…Francisco Aguayo beat Jack Morgan…Battling Tommy Bruno drew Lee Chavez-
boxing.

4/29/32-Crystal Theater   (Fisher)
Hugh Nichols, light heavyweight champion vbeat Doug Marcelle…George Brackman, “Seattle
Bear Man” beat Jack Callahan…Andy the Bear beat Jack Thompson-
Kennedy…referee: Ernie Gross…attendance: 1000.
Notes: The card was scheduled for the Hopewell Field Arena and the start of the outdoor
season, but due to bad weather the venue was changed. Andy is Brackman’s wrestling bear.

5/5/29-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Hugh Nichols, light heavy champ beat Francisco Aguayo-2nd and 3rd falls, title
contest…George Brackman beat Fred Kendall…Abie Kaufman beat Jack Thompson-
Kennedy…Andy the Bear beat Tiny Simmons…referee: Ernie Gross.
Notes: Aguayo weighed in at 178 pounds, three pounds over the light heavyweight limit.
Nichols waived the weight difference and put his title on the line.

5/12/32-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Yaqui Joe beat Chief Little Wolf-two straight falls, “furious match”…Abie Kaufman beat Jose
Morales, Mexico City…Tommy Bruno beat Fidel La Barba-boxing.

5/22/32-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Yaqui Joe beat George Brackman…Andy the Bear beat Jack Fisher…Ernie Gross drew Jack
Thompson-Kennedy-6 rounds, boxing…Tommy Bruno, boxer drew Pablo Gallegos, wrestler-
mixed match…referees: Johnny Flaska, Fred Rush.
Note: The card was postponed from 5/19 due to cold weather.

6/8/32-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Waino Ketonen, former middleweight champ beat Gus Kallio, middleweight champion…plus
three boxing bouts and a boxing exhibition between “Tunney” and “Dempsey” Dhabolt, ages
11 and 12…attendance: 500.
Notes: The Kallio/Ketonen bout was not for the middleweight crown as Ketonen was over the
weight limit. Kallio’s nose was broken during the bout.

6/16/32-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Waino Ketonen beat Doug Marcelle…Ernie Gross beat School Boy, “El Paso negro”-
boxing…Tommy Bruno drew Chief Padillo-boxing.

6/20/32-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Boxing card…canceled due to poor crowd turnout.

6/24/32-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Jack Fisher canceled his weekly wrestling card so as not to interfere with the Albuquerque
Dons night baseball game.
Note: Fisher also confirmed that he was staying in Albuquerque and not heading to Coney
Island to promote wrestling there.

7/2/32-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Doug Marcelle vs. Jack Fuente…Jack Purdin, “Florida Flash” vs. Waino Ketonen…plus one
boxing bout..
Note: The card was rained out on 7/1 and rescheduled for 7/2, then canceled due to a small
crowd.

7/7/32-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Waino Ketonen, 161 lbs. beat Jack Purdin, 172 lbs….Doug Marcelle, 171 lbs. beat Jack
Fuente, 187 lbs….Buddy Serino beat Toughy Forts-boxing.

722/32-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Waino Ketonen beat Francisco Aguayo….Jack Purdin beat Doug Marcelle...Lee Chavez
beat Fidel La Barba-boxing…attendance: 1200.
Notes: Boxers Eddie Mack and Goldie Hess were introduced from ringside. They are matched
to fight on 7/25.

8/19/32-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Jack Fuente beat George Geiger, 185 lbs….Tony Marconi beat Jack Purdin…plus one
boxing preliminary.
Note: Geiger accused Geiger of having been sent by Francisco Aguayo to throw him.

8/23/32-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Jack Purdin vs. Leo Legoski-one fall each…rain halted the bout and the rest of the card.

8/24/32-Hopewell Field Arena   (Fisher)
Jack Fuente, 188 lbs. beat Tony Marconi, 184 lbs.-2nd and 3rd falls…Jack Purdin beat Leo
Legosky, “bearded Russian”.
Note: Purdin and Legosky picked up where they left off from the previous night.

9/9/32-Armory    (Fisher)
VFW benefit card…Jack Fuente beat Farmer Vance…Rudy Gaona beat Joe Stetson…Lobo
Brown wrestled himself and a looking glass in a comedy routine…Battling Sergeant drew
Tommy Bruno-boxing…main event referee: Chief Little Wolf.

11/5/32-Armory   (Fisher/VFW)
Francisco Aguayo beat “Fighting Bob” Taylor-1st and 3rd falls…Farmer Vance beat Vic
Miller, Baltimore…Lobo Brown drew Kid Ballou…referee: Johnny Flaska…attendance: 1500.
Note: Jack Fisher is now promoting under the auspices of the VFW.

11/11/32-Armory   (Fisher/VFW)
Farncisco Aguayo beat “Fighting Bob” Taylor-2nd and 3rd falls…Steve Nenoff beat Pancho
Vitela…Dave Reynolds beat Lobo Brown.
Note: Reynolds is billed as Jack Reynolds’ cousin.

11/18/32-Armory   (Fisher/VFW)
Farmer Vance (sub for Francisco Aguayo) beat Rob Roy…Steve Nenoff beat George
Edwards…plus a boxing bout.
Notes: Aguayo was at ringside but couldn’t wrestle due to an injured arm and shoulder.
Edwards was billed as Billy Edwards’ brother.

11/25/32-Armory   (Fisher/VFW)
“Fighting Bob” Taylor beat Tuffy Goodwin…Tiger O’Neal beat Rudy Gaona…Rob Roy
beat Jack Garland.

12/2/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat Rob Roy…Joe Parelli beat Farmer Vance.
Note: Aguayo wrestled though he was only able to use his left hand.

12/2/32-Armory   (VFW)
Tiger O’Neal beat Jack Garland…Cotton Henley beat Johnny Baca-2nd and 3rd falls…plus a
battle royal won by George La Grone.
Notes: Henley and Baca were both former boxers.
The battle royal contestants wore blindfolds, had won hand gloved and held a cowbell in the
other.

12/9/32-Armory   (VFW)
Blonde Tiger, 171 lbs. beat “Rough House” Doyle, 170 lbs., San Antonio… “Bearcat” Wells,
155 lbs., Kansas City beat Ramon Rubiodoux, 150 lbs., San Diego…the Lady Tiger drew the
Masked Marvel-woman vs. man match, ten minutes.
Note: The Blonde Tiger is billed as being from Colorado Springs and being the former AAU
Rocky Mountain champion.

12/9/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguyao beat Jack Purdin… “Fighting Bob” Taylor beat Joe Parelli…plus one
boxing prelim.

12/20/32-El Paso
Jack Fisher vs. Billy Hallas…referee: Johnny Flaska.

12/30/32-Viaduct Theater   (Fisher)
Francisco Aguayo beat John Poulis…Farmer Vance beat Jack Purdin…Vic Miller beat Lobo
Brown.

1933

1/9/33-Jack Fisher and his family are heading to Charleston, SC. Fisher plans to promote
wrestling there. El Paso promoter John McIntosh hopes to keep wrestling going in
Albuquerque and is negotiating with Johnny Flaska.

1/20/33-Viaduct Theater   promoter: Johnny Flaska
Flaska’s debut card…Yaqui Joe beat John Poulis…Tiger Adams beat Bulldog Jackson…plus
two boxing bouts.

1/27/33-Viaduct Theater   (Flaska)
George Kotsonaros beat Bull Montana…Tommy Heinz beat Tiger Adams…plus boxing.

2/3/33-Viaduct Theater   (Flaska)
Otis Clingman, 167 lbs. beat John Poulis, 175 lbs. and Jess McCann, 168 lbs. (subs for
Juan Castillo)-handicap match…Bulldog Jackson drew Tiger Adams…Lee Chavez drew
Fidel La Barba-boxing.
Note: Castillo was held up in El Paso by immigration officials.

2/10/33-Viaduct Theater   (Flaska)
Walter “Sneeze” Achiu beat Jack “Rooster” Rawls…Speedy Mack beat Rudy Montoya…Joe
Gianinni drew Joe Atkins, “Albuquerque boys”…KO Sanchez drew Lee Chavez-boxing.

2/24/33-Viaduct Theater   (Flaska)
Jimmy Londos, world heavyweight champion beat George Kotsonaros…Tony Ramelli beat
Jack Russell…Betty Bushey (as Betty Bush) vs. Suzanne La Daux-ten minute exhibition…Joe
Gianinni vs. “Strangler” Dinelli…attendance: 1800.

3/3/33-Viaduct Theater   (Flaska)
Tony Ramelli beat Frenchie Leavitte…Bobby Sampson beat Pablo Rodriguez…referee: Harry
Savage, former wrestler and Albuquerque fireman.

3/10/33-Viaduct Theater   (Flaska)
Tony Ramelli vs. Frenchie Leavitte…Bobby Sampson vs. Gorilla Pogi…plus preliminary bouts.

3/16/33-Viaduct Theater   (Flaska)
Sammy Cohen beat Bobby Sampson…Gorilla Pogi beat Pablo Rodriguez…plus preliminaries.

3/24/33-Viaduct Theater   (Flaska)
Ted Travis beat Sammy Cohen…Billy Hallas beat Bobby Gonzalez, Laredo…Billy Joe beat
Strangler Louis…Arthur Saxon performed a strongman exhibition…referee: Harry Savage.

3/31/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Ted Travis beat Joe Stetson (sub for Jimmy Jones, “former Navy light heavyweight champ”)
…Rudy Dunoldi beat the Arizona Kid…Billy Joe, Albuquerque beat Frank Martinez,
Prescott…plus one boxing bout.

4/4/33-El Paso
Francisco Aguayo beat Frank Wolff-1st and 3rd falls.
Notes: Aguayo claimed the NBA/NWA world light heavyweight championship after this match,
although Wolff refused to relinquish the title belt. Wolff claimed that Agauyo was overweight
for the match. Aguayo appealed to the NWA to rule on the matter.
Wolff claimed the championship after defeating Hugh Nichols. Nichols insisted it was a
non-title match and continued to claim the light heavy honors.

4/7/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Francisco Aguayo, 180 lbs, beat Ted Travis, 175 lbs….Pat Walker, Newark, NJ vs. Tomaso
Rossi, El Paso…Tommy Bruno beat Spider Kelly-boxing…attendance: 700.

4/11/33-El Paso
Hugh Nichols beat Francisco Aguayo.

4/14/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Hugh Nichols beat Mustapha Pasha…Pat Walker beat Horseshoe McIver…Lee Chavez
drew KO Sanchez-boxing…plus one other boxing match.

4/21/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Billy Edwards, 180 lbs. beat Stanley Rogers, 184 lbs.-winner to meet Francisco
Aguayo…Oscar Lindsay, 176 lbs. beat Bill Hassen, 180 lbs….referees: Tom Churchill, Harry
Savage.
Notes: Edwards was billed as “the referee eating wrestler” and mention was made of him
having been KO’d by Jack Dempsey. In this match he brawled with referee Churchill and
promoter Flaska. Lindsay was billed as “Edward’s partner”. Hassen brawled with referee
Savage.

4/27/33-The Albuquerque City Athletic Commission met to discuss the scheduled Billy
Edwards/Stanley Rogers rematch. They decided that the wrestlers could “slug each other to
their hearts’ content” but drew the line at “tossing an opponent over the top rope, gouging,
biting, tearing, strangle hold, and hand holds in which less than four fingers are gripped.”

4/28/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Stanley Rogers beat Billy Edwards-winner take all…Oscar Lindsay beat Eddie Brock-1st and
3rd falls.
Notes: The Rogers/Edwards bout was a wild affair. Brock served as the referee. Edwards and
Brock ended up battling and the ref was KO’d. He recovered and KO’d Edwards which
allowed Rogers to pin him.

5/5/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Francisco Aguayo NC Stanley Rogers…Swede Larsen beat Bill Hassen.
Notes: The main event was refereed by “Plowboy” Ludlow, 200 lbs., Fort Worth. It was a free-
for-all and the Ludlow awarded it to Aguayo. The city athletic commission over-ruled the
referee’s decision and called the bout a no contest. Aguayo and Rogers were banned for 60
days.

5/12/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Tug Wilson beat Ted Travis-1st and 3rd falls…Eddie Brock  beat Bill Hassen-
UTC…Tommy Bruno beat Billy Allen-TKO, boxing.
Note: Tug Wilson formerly appeared as Young Sampson.

5/26/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Billy Hallas beat Joe Reno…George Gustovich, 181 lbs., Dawson, NM beat Jimmy Boyd, 179
lbs., Dallas…plus 3 boxing bouts.

6/2/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Bobby Sampson beat Joe Reno…Billy Hallas beat Frank Novak…plus 3 boxing bouts.

6/9/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
George Gustovich beat Pat Howdy…Jack Steel beat Pancho Montoya…Cotton Henley beat
Billy Joe Aiken…main event referee: Jack Steel.
Note: Henley who usually boxed in a preliminary bout tried his hand at the grappling game.

6/16/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
George Gustovich NC Pat Howdy-double KO, one fall each…Jack Bauer, 230 lbs. beat Great
Wayne Munn, 6’7”, 240 lbs., UTC…referee: Harry Savage…attendance: 750.
Note: Munn was billed as a cousin of the late ex-heavyweight champion Wayne “Big” Munn.

6/23/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Pat Howdy, 215 lbs. drew Tony Ramelli, 205 lbs….George Gustovich beat Great Wayne
Munn-1st and 3rd falls…plus two boxing preliminaries…referees: Patsy Vigil, Jack
Flaska…attendance: 750.
Notes: The Howdy/Ramelli bout ended in a free-for-all. Both Munn and Gustovich crashed out
of the ring and only the latter was able to return. Jack Dempsey’s former trainer Teddy Hayes
was introduced from ringside and declared that the night’s card “gave him more thrills then
he had ever witnessed in Madison Square Garden.”

6/30/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Pat Howdy beat Tony Ramelli…Bobby Valdez beat George O’Dell…plus three boxing bouts.

7/7/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Yaqui Joe, 155 lbs. beat Ray Ryan, 158 lbs., Phoenix…Young Matty beat Horseshoe McIver
(sub for Jack Steel)…plus two boxing bouts.
Note: Young Matty is said to be a protégé of the late Matty Matsuda.

7/14/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Pat Howdy beat George Gustovich…Tommy Heinz beat Bill Kendall…Matt Serda vs. Chief
Pola…Young Wolf drew Earl Davis…plus a boxing bout…referees: Harry Savage, Ted Hayes.

7/21/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Ray Ryan beat Jack La Roque, “Canadian middleweight champion”…Earl Williams, wrestler
beat Joe Padilla, boxer-mixed match…KO Sanchez beat Ray Apodano-boxing.
Note: The scheduled mixed match was between Pat Howdy and Tom Greer, “Denver Negro
heavyweight boxer”. Greer backed out when his demand of a $100 guarantee was not met.

7/27/33-Santa Fe
Ray Ryan beat Al Smith…Cyclone Mackey drew Louie De La Torre and Jack La Roque-
two separate bouts.

7/28/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Ray Ryan beat Cyclone Mackey…Jack La Roque beat Al Smith…Joe Aiken drew Matt
Serda…plus one boxing bout…referee: Louie De La Torre.

8/4/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Ray Ryan beat Bobby Sampson…Louis De La Torre beat Al Smith…plus two boxing bouts.
Note: This card was a benefit to raise money for the Albuquerque all-star team competing in
the National Armory Ball Tournament (indoor baseball) in Milwaukee.

8/11/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Lefty Moffard, “Phoenix policeman” vs. Tony Ramelli…Tiger Miller vs. Frankie Murdock…Fred
Tooley vs. Black Panther-boxing…referee: Teddy Hayes.

8/18/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Francisco Aguayo beat Frankie Murdock…Tiger Miller beat Jimmy Houg…Bobby Gonzalez
beat Bob Steel…Black Panther beat Fred Tooley-boxing…referee: Teddy Hayes.

8/17/33-Santa Fe
Tiger Miller beat Ernie Gross…Ray Ryan beat Bill Kendall, Roswell.

8/25/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Francisco Aguayo vs. Tiger Miller…Frankie Murdock vs. Ken Hollis.

8/31/33-Santa Fe   promoter: Tony Ramelli
Frankie Murdock beat Ken Hollis…referee: Tony Ramelli.
Note: Likely Ramelli is promoting all the Santa Fe cards during this period.

9/1/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Francisco Aguayo beat Frankie Murdock…Ken Hollis drew Tiger Miller…Ernie Gross beat
Jimmy Hoag, “former gridiron star”.

9/15/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Stanley Rogers beat Francisco Aguayo-1st and 3rd falls; winner to meet Hugh
Nichols…Sailor Jack beat Bobby Gonzalez; Billy Hallas beat Sailor Jack-handicap
match…Sailor Jack attempted to throw both men in one hour…after pinning Gonzalez he was
thrown by Hallas.

9/22/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Stanley Rogers beat Hugh Nichols, world light heavyweight champion-non-title bout…Tiger
Miller beat Tommy Heinz (sub for Tiger Adams)…main event referee: Tiger Miller.

9/29/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Tony Ramelli beat Tiger Miller…Tommy Heinz FTT Ray Ryan-handicap bout…Heinz agreed
to throw Ryan twice within an hour…plus one boxing bout…referee: Louie De La Torre.

10/6/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Stanley Rogers beat Francisco Aguayo-UTC…Ray Ryan drew Charlie Heard, New Orleans.

10/7/33-Socorro
Tony Ramelli beat Francisco Aguayo.

10/13/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Boxing card.

10/20/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Yaqui Joe beat Tuffy McMullen…Louie De La Torre beat Charlie Heard…Young Matty drew
Jimmie Brown.

10/27/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Boxing card.

11/3/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Charlie Heard vs. “Smiling” Sato, “Japanese grappler from San Francisco”…Gorilla Pogi vs.
Rudy Dunaldi.

11/1033-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Cyclone Mackey beat Charlie Heard…Gorilla Pogi beat “Smiling” Sato-mixed jiu-jitsu, catch-
as-catch-can contest.
Notes: Sato won the 1st fall at jiu-jitsu…Pogi took the 2nd and 3rd at catch.

11/17/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Gorilla Pogi beat Mick McGuire, “west coast middleweight champion”-UTC…Cyclone Mackey
beat Jacques La Roque…plus a boxing bout and music from the South West Serenaders.

11/24/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Boxing card.

12/1/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Francisco Aguayo beat Jim Morgan, LA…Gorilla Pogi drew Bill Hassen…Cyclone Mackey
drew Joe Bauer…referee: Joe “Bodyslam” Boyd.

12/8/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Walter Stratton, “the New York Adonis” beat Doug Marcelle-disqualification…Francisco
Aguayo beat Stanley West-UTC…plus one boxing exhibition.

12/15/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Francisco Aguayo beat Otis Clingman…Doug Marcelle beat Stanley West…Bobby Sampson
beat Joe Bauer.
Note: Sampson is reportedly just back from a Mexican tour.

12/14/33-Santa Fe
Hugh Nichols beat Walter Stratton…Gorilla Pogi beat Joe Parelli.

12/22/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Walter Stratton beat Frank Wolff…Otis Clingman drew Doug Marcelle…Bobby Sampson beat
Dory Detton, Salt Lake City.

12/29/33-Columbo Hall   (Flaska)
Otis Clingman beat Francisco Aguayo-disqulaification…Doug Marcelle drew Frank Wolff.

1934

1935

3/9/35- Two wrestlers formerly well known in Albuquerque are now located in Ohio. Jack
Fisher is wrestling and promoting in Steubenville. He is credited with first bringing “modern
wrestling” to Albuquerque. Ernie Gross, wrestler, boxer and railroad fireman is promoting
wrestling in Lancaster. Gross is using the name Casey Jones when he appears on the mat.

FTT-failed to throw in a handicap contest.
UTC-unable to continue due to injury.



Research by Mark S. Hewitt
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