NWA Champion Lou Thesz Wrestles Buddy Rogers In Top Bout Tonight

Burlington Free Press – October 30, 1956

Lou Thesz

It has been about five years since wrestling’s number one exponent has made a swing through the Northeastern part of the country.  But Lou Thesz of St. Louis, for eight years the recognized champion of wrestling’s biggest group, the National Wrestling Alliance, is now touring the East.

The 240-pounder, who is a dog breeder and financier on the side, will be in the Burlington ring tonight facing Buddy (Nature Boy) Rogers of Camden, N.J.

Bob Kruse Is Held To Draw By Westenberg

Victoria Daily Times – June 5, 1931

Heavyweight Wrestlers Thrill Vancouver Crowd With Action Galore

Malcewicz Defeats L’Heureux; Kruse Appears Here To-morrow Night

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Bob Kruse, Portland heavyweight wrestler, will appear in the main event of the wrestling card at the Tillicum gymnasium to-morrow evening, with Ivan Siemans, Bremerton, as his opponent.  In the five-round semi-windup Ray Frisbie tackles Jack O’Dell.

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Vancouver, June 5 – Bob Kruse of Portland and Billy Westenberg, Tacoma, roused a lethargic wrestling crowd to roars of tumultuous cheering and jeering as they swirled like lithe tornadoes through six rounds of rip-roaring grappling at the Arena yesterday evening to wind up in the final canto with a fall each and the honors even.

Londos, Hill Top Mat Show Here Tonight

Richmond Times-Dispatch – March 20, 1942

Abe Yourist

Sturdy Jim Londos, whose name is synonymous with wrestling, will defend his crown in a two-out-of-three-fall match with Sailor Barto Hill in the featured match of Bill Lewis’ four-bout wrestling card at the City Auditorium tonight.  The card is scheduled to get under way at 8:30 o’clock.

The complete card:

Main event – Jim Londos vs. Sailor Barto Hill, two out of three falls, 90 minutes.

Semifinal – Roy Graham vs. Ed White, one fall, 45 minutes.

Thirty minutes – Bob “Bibber” McCoy vs. the Black Panther, one fall.

Thirty minutes – Ray Villmer vs. Abe Yourist, one fall.

Referee – Jack La Rue.

‘Strumberry Cheemy’ Londos Switches Diet To Razzberries

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle – February 29, 1940
By Don Hassett

Yep, That Head at Left Belongs to the Gent on the Right
Ivan Rasputin, bottom; Referee Ward Seidel, middle layer, and Lee Hemming, more or less on top, wound up in this arrangement at the end of semifinal rassle brawl last night at Convention Hall.  Ivan and Hemming weren’t ready to quit, though, and continued to grapple on floor and among customers until officials intervened, stopping the melee.

Villainy Booed in Victory Over Strongberg

Rasputin and Foe Stage Bruising Mat Duel

Shed a tear, gents, for the glory that was Greece.  It was liberally plastered with razzberry – not stromberry, RAZZBERRY – at Convention Hall’s “Burpatorium” last night.  But waste no tears on “Cheemy” Londos, the gorgeous ol’ Greek who was on the receiving end.

Londos And Moe Are Both On Edge For Match

Argus-Leader – April 7, 1917

Each Grappler Announces That He Is Ready for the Match of His Life

Nels Moe, the champion heavy weight wrestler of Montana, who is matched to meet Jimmy Londos of this city here next Wednesday evening, writes that he will reach Sioux Falls Monday morning and will finish his training here. Moe writes that he was never in better form in his life. He has been wrestling on an average of two matches a week for the past month which has kept him in the best condition. He will meet a 210 pound mat artist at Fergus Falls, Minn., this evening for a side bet of $250. Moe has not lost a match since he came into Minnesota some six months ago, and at the same time has met a number of clever men.

The Wrestling Game Is Not Killed In This City

Argus-Leader – March 14, 1917

The Hoodoo Which Has Followed Joe Carr Will Be Shaken Off With New Parties

The wrestling game has received a bad setback through the fizzles in connection with Gillis and Carr. But who is the loser? The public has not lost anything. The local promoter and the wrestlers themselves have been the financial losers.

Joe Carr has been sidetracked and the local management is now out after a new game.  Jimmie Londos has given the local management full power to match him with anyone who is deemed fit to put up a good match. With this assurance the local promoter has started correspondence which looks for a match in this city between Londos and Dr. Roller or Nels Moe or some other first-class man. Even George Cotsonaros wants to come back and meet Londos. Roy Gillis would meet Londos in Sioux Falls with the toe hold barred.

Londos Grapples Siki On 71st Regiment Mat

The Daily Star – February 22, 1928

Jim Londos is preparing himself for a tough tussle when he encounters Reginald Siki in the finish match at the Seventy-first Regiment Armory, Monday night.

Siki is young, speedy and is master of the toe hold, and those who follow wrestling know that Londos doesn’t care much for this trick hold.

Londos Wins From R. Siki Two Straight

San Pedro Daily Pilot – November 24, 1925

Defeats Reginald Siki
JIM LONDOS
Applying Head Chancery on Training Partner.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24.—The flying headlocks gave Jim Londos a victory over Reginald Siki in their wrestling match here last night. Londos took the first fall In 56 minutes and the second in 2 minutes 10 seconds.

Pete Sauer won the semi-windup when he threw Earl Clemings with a body scissors and stiff arm in 24 minutes 40 seconds. Al Baffert and Doc Mullikan fought a draw In the opening bout.

Wrestling Tourney at Arena Wednesday

San Bernardino Sun – October 6, 1940

Nearly a dozen main event wrestlers will appear in a tournament scheduled Wednesday night at the San Bernardino Athletic club. The full action program will assure 11 to 13 one-fall matches, it was declared by Promoter Art Mondt.

The winner of this tournament will get the feature mat tussle with Jimmy Londos, national champion, at the San Bernardino club the following week.

Wrestlers listed for this tournament include Rube Wright, The Yellow Terror, Pete Meheringer, Manuel Rodriguez, Joe Tonti, Otto Schnable, Jimmy EI Pulpo, Tom Zaharias, Rudy Laditzi, Hardy Kruskamp and Vic Hill.

Filipino Grappler Meets Little Wolf In Feature Match

Calexico Chronicle – February 13, 1940

Panteleon Manlopig, regarded as the greatest Filipino wrestler of al time and present holder of the world’s Filipino championship, will tangle with Chief Little Wolf in the main event at the El Centro City Limits arena, Thursday night at 8:30.

Manlopig, however, will have his work cut out for him when he tangles with Little Wolf, the man who invented the Indian death grip because Little Wolf is one of those fellows who often forgets to follow instructions.