Swedish Angel At North Bergen Club

The Bergen Evening Record – September 3, 1944

Maurice (French Angel) Tillet’s chief rival for the wrestling game’s Pin-Up Boy championship, Swedish Angel, visits Columbia Park, North Bergen, tonight, where he’ll go through his grimacing routine with Milo Steinborn, a gentleman of muscle from Memphis, in one of Promoter Ralph O. Mondt’s “International Tournament” bouts.  The eventual winner of the tourney will get a shot at Babe Sharkey’s Maryland “world’s” title.

Gargoylish Tillet hasn’t got a thing on Olaf – Swedish Angel – when it comes to looks.  Neither would have the nerve to apply for a job as a collar ad model, but still it is their respective faces that brings them their bread and butter.

Newcomers On Mat In Newark Thursday

Daily Home News – October 12, 1943

NEWARK – Oct. 12. – A pair of newcomers to wrestling in New Jersey will be unveiled on Thursday night at the weekly indoor show at Laurel Garden, Newark.  They are Murray Rothenberg and Billie Darnell.  Rothenberg will tangle with John Vanski in a 30-minute match while Darnell opposes Angelo Savoldi.

The feature will seen Hans Kampfer battling Cliff Olsen, in the top match which will go one fall , with one hour the limit.  Kampfer tossed Henry Piers last week, but Piers comes back to meet Babe Sharkey in the top 30-minute match.

Wrestles Tonight

Long Island Daily Press – June 15, 1945

REGINALD SIKI

Mike Haller, popular Ozone Park wrestler opposes Hans Kampfer, European titleholder, in a finish tournament match at the Jamaica Arena tonight.  This is the third in the series of international wrestling matches being conducted at this club with the winner to meet Champion Babe Sharkey for the title in the fall.  Maurice LaChapelle, popular Frenchman, engages Angelo Savoldi in the semi-final limited to one fall in 30 minutes while other half-hour matches bring together Reginald Siki with Jack Hall and Duke Keomuka against Jack (Red) Carter.

Sharkey Still Unbeaten, Defeats Swedish Angel

Courier-Post – May 1, 1945

Maryland Champion Wins First and Third Falls of Feature Mat Match

Babe Sharkey’s wrestling record in Camden still is untarnished.

Sharkey, who is recognized by the Maryland Athletic Commission as world heavyweight champion, beat the Swedish Angel in the feature match last night, at the Convention Hall.  It was a scheduled 90-minute time-limit match, two out of three falls to win, and Sharkey won the first and third falls, the bald-pated Swede winning the second.

Sharkey won the first fall in 20 minutes and 30 seconds, with a body press.  The Angel scored the second in 13 minutes 20 seconds, with a body press, and Sharkey won the third and deciding fall in three minutes 50 seconds with a body press.

Sharkey vs. Angel

The Philadelphia Inquirer – April 30, 1945

The Swedish Angel tries for his second wrestling triumph in as many weeks on the mat at Camden Convention Hall where he meets Babe Sharkey, 90 minutes, two out of three falls, tonight.  Don Evans and Michele Leone are semifinalists.  Red Devil faces Tony Martinelli, Murray Rothenberg takes on Fred Grubmier, Charley Allen tussles Jim Austeri.

10-Bout Card Set At Armory

Asbury Park Evening Press – September 1, 1944

Wrestling Promoter Roland J. Hines today announced another “one night championship tournament” next Monday night at the Asbury Park Armory and also disclosed that the canceled bout between Texas (Babe) Sharkey and Hans Kampfer will take place Sept. 11.

It was the first tournament Aug. 21 that brought on a wild and wooly show in which Kampfer, former European champion, emerged as the night’s champion.  Kampfer was to have met Sharkey last Monday night but Promoter Hines decided to withdraw Kampfer and substituted Henry Piers, the Holland champion, after a near-riot was incited by Kampfer’s tactics.

Golden Terror Faces Bartush Tomorrow

The Herald-News – October 1, 1943

The Golden Terror will return to the mat at Columbia Park on tomorrow night’s wrestling card.  His opponent will be Bill Bartush, who has been billed as the “Blue Streak.”

Rothenberg On Mat Card Again

The Bergen Evening Record – September 10, 1943

Murray Rothenberg, Bergen’s gift to the sports world, now wrestling under the name of Murray Rothenberg, tries for his second straight win at Columbia Park, North Bergen, tonight when he meets John Vansky in a prelim to the top attraction matching Chief Thunderbird and Bad Babe Sharkey.

Rothenberg To Take On Vanski In Newark Bout

The Bergen Evening Record – October 13, 1943

Bergen Grunt-Groan Ace Faces West Hudson’s 215-Pound Athlete

THEY GO TOMORROW

Murray Rothenberg, former Teaneck High School athlete and today chief of guards at Passaic war plant, who has been jarring the big boys of wrestling out of their skin, will show in Laurel Garden tomorrow night against John Vanski of Kearny.  They’ll go to bat in a half-hour time limit match on a card that is clogged with stars and featured by the Hans Kempfer-Cliff Olson match.  Kampfer and Olson will meet in a one-fall, one hour time limit battle that promises to be hotly contested.

Sharkey Retains ‘Title’ In Draw Bout

Washington Post – January 18, 1945

Babe Sharkey again retained his world heavyweight wrestling “title” last night at Turner’s Arena by battling Dutch Rohde to a one hour draw before 1800 fans. The match was rough & several times Referee Tiny Bouque was forced to mix it up with the grappling giants.