Coleman’s Thick Skull Brings Him Decision

The Pawtucket Times – October 22, 1929

DALLAS, Tex., Oct 22 (United Press) — The thick skull of Abie Coleman, Brooklyn, N. Y. lightweight wrestler, won him a decision over Clete Kaufman, Columbus, O., here last night. At the start of the bout Coleman and Kaufman made a simultaneous lunge. Their heads met with a crack that could be heard in the ticket offices. Both dropped unconscious. After a few seconds Coleman sat up dazedly and then fell across the body of his opponent. He was awarded the fall, and when Kaufman did not regain consciousness for five minutes, took the match by default.

Smith And Grennon To Open North Card

Pawtucket Times – October 9, 1947

NORTH ATTLEBORO – Brooklyn Jack Smith and Art Grennon of Montreal will meet in the opening bout of tomorrow night’s weekly wrestling show at the North Attleboro Sports Arena.

The show will be featured by a team bout in which four wrestlers – two against two – will stage a free-for-all to be decided on one fall.  In between, Promoter Jack Witschit has planned bouts between Bobby Coleman of Chicago and Fred Carone of Columbus, O., and between Bobby’s brother Abe, and Jim Austerio of Newark.

Taylor Throws Zigmund Again In Grove Feature

The Daily Star – November 30, 1927

Jack Taylor defeated Joe Zigmund in the feature event in the wrestling show held at the New Ridgewood Grove last night.  The bout, which was to be to a finish, lasted 41 minutes and 30 seconds.  Taylor applying a flying mare hold to win.

In the semi-final Reginald Siki won over Carl Vogel in 21 minutes and 11 seconds of a 45-minute match.  Siki used a body hold to pin his opponent’s shoulders to the mat.

Abe Coleman defeated Otto Korte in 12 minutes and 30 seconds of a scheduled 45-minute bout.

Wladek Zbyszko Wins On Foul

The New York Sun – October 26, 1927

Wladek Zbyszko received the award over Reginald Siki in their scheduled one-hour wrestling match at the Ridgewood Grove Sporting Club, Brooklyn, last night, when after seventeen minutes of wrestling Siki threw Zbyszko out of the ring.  Farmer George McLeod and Cyclone Reese wrestled to a draw.  Jack Ganson threw Tom Lurich and Abe Coleman drew with Martin Ludecke in the other bouts.

Rocco Defeats Kolloff In Grove Grappling Final

The Daily Star – February 22, 1928

Tony Rocco had little trouble throwing Dante Kolloff in the final finish bout at Ridgewood Grove last night.  The bout lasted just thirteen minutes when Rocco ended it with a flying mare and a headlock.  Rocco gave away fifteen pounds, but the weight advantage was no help to Kolloff.

Fred Meyer used the same hold to defeat Abe Coleman in the semi-final which lasted thirty-six minutes.

Meyers Wins Jewish Wrestling Title

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle – February 22, 1928

The carded feature wrestling bout at the Ridgewood Grove last night was the Hans Steinke-Tommy Draak tussle, but the semi-final between Abe Coleman and Fred Meyers, which was billed to decide the Jewish heavyweight championship, stole the thunder from the main attraction and converted itself into one of the best bouts held at the Ridgewood this season.  Meyers won.  The match lasted 36 minutes, but every minute of the time was filled with action.

Szabo Tossed By Lopez After Long Mat Match

Los Angeles Times – October 24, 1935

Senor Vincent Lopez and Sandor Szabo, a couple of healthy young men who take their rassling so seriously that they require a whole evening to settle a question of supremacy on the mat, kept 10,400 grunt-and-groan fans up until way after bedtime last night at the Olympic.

Senor Lopez finally flopped his Hungarian foe, but not until after one hour, thirty-five minutes and thirty seconds of hectic activity that had the customers in what is technically known as a lather of excitement. And there’s no telling how long the marathon match might have lasted if Lopez hadn’t clipped Szabo from behind with a flying tackle that wrecked the Hungarian Adonis’s shapely kneecap.

Wrestling Bouts Of Last Night

The Hannibal Courier–Post – October 15, 1935

WILMINGTON, Del. – Emil Dusek, 215, Omaha, defeated Abe Coleman, 205, New York, two out of three falls.

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Leo Numa, 218, Seattle, Wash., defeated Chief Little Beaver, 225, North Carolina, one fall.

Russell Pins Dusek

Indianapolis Times – October 12, 1937

NEW HAVEN, Oct. 12. — Reb Russell, Texas, threw Rudy Dusek, Omaha; Ray Steele, California, and Dynamite Joe Cox, Kansas City, drew; Abe Coleman, California, threw Al Mercier, Springfield, Ill; Willie Davis, Virginia, threw Franz Schuman, Germany.

Grapplers At Teaneck Tomorrow

The Herald-News – March 11, 1949

The Golden Superman will again be the feature wrestling attraction tomorrow night at the Teaneck Armory.  The superman will grapple with Wally Dusek, of Omaha, Neb., in the main bout of the night.