Giant-Meeker Team Winner

Spokesman-Review – September 30, 1949

The Cardiff Giant and Jerry Meeker teamed up to teach Stu Hart and Juan Hernandez some of the finer points of rough, rugged wrestling in a team match which featured the opening of the Masonic Temple wrestling season.

The Giant and Meeker used body slams and finished their foes with body presses in the first and third falls. Hart and Hernandez grabbed the middle fall, however, with a flying cross hold after 15:43.

In the semi-windup, Ted Tourtas was forced to come back after losing the first fall to Larry Tillman and win the next two. After dropping the first in 43:54, he won the second after 3:45 with a rolling cradle and the third with a series of body slams and a body press from his still dazed opponent after 3:27.

Tony Verdi won the opener after 8:43 over Clarence Higdon with a Boston crab hold.