Twin Drop Kick Ends Tag Bout

Palm Beach Post – February 12, 1958

LAKE WORTH – Veteran villains Chris Zaharias and Jack Vansky lost the featured tag team match last night at Legion Arena, but pleaded long after the hot wrestling match was over with an unsympathetic crowd that the whole thing was illegal. With the team of Ernie Dusek, and Big Ike Eakins, who subbed for the injured Emil Dusek, squaring the match in the second fall, a four-man rhubarb ensued in the final fall.

Eakins put an end to the match by drop-kicking both his opponent with his big feet, and covering Zaharias to win the match.

Torres Trims Russell In Bowl Feature

Wilmington Press-Journal – June 23, 1948

Enrique Torres, the handsome Mexican heavyweight, last night bid farewell to this section, still undefeated, when he annexed a two out of three fall win from Rebel Russell in the feature wrestling attraction at Wilmington Bowl.  It was a rematch of their recent one hour draw.

Torres won the two final falls and the clash before the largest turnout since the appearance of Gorgeous George last April 6.  It was all over within less than 15 minutes as the two principals tossed everything they had into the return bout.  Russell annexed the first fall in 1:06.  Torres the second in 29 seconds and the final in 10:14.

Scorpion To Wrestle Russell Wednesday

Madera Daily Tribune and Madera Mercury – August 13, 1935

The Scorpion, masked mystery matsman who has run up six straight local victories, will stake his honors Wednesday night at Ryan’s auditorium when he meets Rebel Russell, Georgia’s wrestling cave man. The match, hilled tor two hours, three falls deciding, should he one of the wildest ever seen localy.

Matchmaker Don Price has lined up an especially strong supporting card for Wednesday night with Blue Sun Jennings, burly Iroquois Indian, meeting Stanley “Wildman” Pinto, Boston veteran. in tlie three-fall semi-final.

Russell In Opener On Mat Card

Rochester Times-Union – April 2, 1940

The card completed by the addition of a Rebel Russell-Mark Hosely opener and the substitution of King Kong Cox for Wild Bill Longson in the semi-final, mat impresarios today sat back to wait the verdict of the addicts on the “all roughhouse” card they’ve rigged up for the Convention Hall ring tomorrow night.

McGuirk Pins Ted Christy; Higami Wins From Singh

San Francisco Chronicle – December 13, 1935

Although Ted Christy insisted upon being an old meanie and doing things he shouldn’t have, everything turned out all right last night at the Civic Auditorium and Leroy McGuirk retained his light heavyweight wrestling title.

McGuirk Wrestles Christy At Civic Auditorium

San Francisco Chronicle – December 12, 1935

Leroy McGuirk, recognized by the trade as light heavyweight champion, returns to action in San Francisco tonight when he tangles with Ted Christy, rugged Sunland heavyweight, in the two-hour, best two in three falls main event on Promoter Frank Schuler’s weekly program at the Civic Auditorium.

Wrestling Results

The Pittsburgh Press – May 5, 1936

MOOSE TEMPLE – Ivan Rasputin, 210, won from Nanjo Singh, 202, disqualification, 23:55; Billy Thom, 164, threw Pete Sherman, 175, 26:20; Bert Rubi, 158, drew with Leo Wallick, 178, 45 minutes; Eddie Malone, 180, threw Bad Boy Brown, 203, 13:27; Jack Conley, 187, drew with Walter Sirois, 193, 30 minutes.

Higami Pins His Lordship

San Francisco Chronicle – December 20, 1935

Although he protested with all the eloquence of a peer in the British Parliament, Lord Lansdowne could not get his message across to Referee John Kallos last night at the Civic Auditorium wrestles. As a result, Tsutao Higami, the Japanese “rubber man,” won the match.

Indian Chief Beats Lutze

San Francisco Chronicle – June 5, 1935

Chief Little Wolf won two of three falls from Nick Lutze last night at Dreamland, winning the first in 15 minutes with a toe hold and the deciding tumble in 8 minutes with a tackle. Lutze won the second fall in 1 minute with an anchor bar.

Little Wolf Meets Lutze In Mat Bout

San Francisco Chronicle – June 3, 1935

Chief Little Wolf, the Navajo Indian wrestler, is set for a tough struggle tomorrow night when he locks grips with Nick Lutze, fast and scientific “grunter” from Venice, Cal., in the final event on Jack Ganson’s program at the Dreamland Auditorium.