Gardini Faces Test In Siki Go

Chicago Daily Tribune – December 6, 1923

Italian mat fans have been wondering if Renato Gardini is as great a wrestler as Stanislaus Zbyszko.  They will have an opportunity of determining this much mooted question tomorrow night at the Star and Garter, when their favorite takes on Reginald Siki, the giant colored heavyweight.  It took Zbyszko a little more than an hour to flop the dusky mauler the first time.

Eureka Wrestling Bouts to Be Fast

Blue Lake Advocate – September 21, 1935

Count Hugo DiCollelmo, undefeated Italian wrestler, will tangle with Rebel Russell in the main event of the regular weekly mat show in Eureka this Saturday night. With a two hour time limit, the match will be two out of three falls.

DiCollelmo has won his only two starts in Eureka and is popular with the fans. He has defeated Ted Cox and Blue Sun Jennings here.

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.

Garibaldi Beats Moquin In Three-Fall Mat Match

Courier-Post – October 9, 1945

Veteran Wins Two Falls to End Canadian’s Winning Streak Here

Larry Moquin’s winning streak in Camden has been ended, but the young French-Canadian grappler still retains his popularity with local mat addicts.

Moquin, who had won three straight matches here, met Gino Garibaldi, veteran New Yorker, in the feature match last night, at the Convention Hall, and lost to the brawling Italian.  It was a scheduled 90-minute time-limit match, two out of three falls to win, and Garibaldi won the first and third falls, with Moquin winning the second.

Garibaldi Beats Moquin

The Philadelphia Inquirer – October 9, 1945

Gino Garibaldi defeated Larry Moquin in the wrestling windup at Camden Convention Hall last night.  Tommy O’Toole drew with Tony Martinelli, Chuck Ross pinned Jack Smith, and George Wilcheski teamed with Billy Klein to defeat Jim Austeri and Murray Rothenberg.

Londos And Stecher Do It All Over Again Tonight

Chicago Tribune – March 3, 1933

Joe Stecher, the Nebraskan who is one of wrestling’s patriarchs by virtue of his years of experience, will seek his fourth lease on the world’s heavyweight championship tonight at the Chicago Stadium. He will engage Jim Londos, who has made the most sustained claim to the crown for the last three years, for the second time in six weeks.

Londos-Stecher Mat Drama Goes On Boards Again

Chicago Tribune – March 2, 1933

The second 1933 showing in Chicago of the Jim Londos-Joe Stecher wrestling number, familiar to followers of the grappling pastime at intervals during the last decade, will be presented at the Chicago Stadium tomorrow night before what is expected to be a record crowd at a local match.

Jim Londos And Joe Savoldi Meet Tonight

Chicago Tribune – April 7, 1933

Jim Londos and Joe Savoldi will wrestle tonight at the Stadium in the main bout of a five-match program. The encounter is to be decided by one fall, with a time limit of an hour and a half.

In one of the other bouts, Jim McMillen will meet George Zaharias. Matchmaker Coffey has promised McMillen that he will get a chance at the winner of the main bout at a later date if he is victorious tonight.

Wrestling Cards To Help In Polio Drive In Girardeau

The Southeast Missourian – January 16, 1956

The march of Dimes Polio Fund will receive a financial lift Friday night at the Arena when the Odd Fellows turn over their share of gate receipts of the wrestling matches to this worthy cause.  Leonard Thomas, local wrestling promoter said that this polio benefit card has the greatest array of wrestling talent that he has ever been able to assemble for a single night’s wrestling.

Fischer Awarded Decision Over Meyers On Mat

Chicago Tribune – January 8, 1929

Charles (Midget) Fischer won the referee’s decision in his wrestling match last night at the Broadway Armory with Johnny Meyers, former middleweight champion.