[NOSTALGIA] The WAWLI Papers No. 418
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The WAWLI** Papers
**(Wrestling As We Liked It)
Edited by J Michael Kenyon
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Issue Number 418
Friday, February 26, 1999
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IN THIS ISSUE: FIRST OF THREE PARTS -- L.A. OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM RESULTS
1929-1933
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DID YOU KNOW?
(L.I.W.A. newsletter, September, 1993)
By Matt Langley
--Mae Weston was the only American to hold the Japanese ladies title and was
once shot after a match in Birmingham while working as Ma Bass?
--Mae Young was the inaugural Florida State ladies champion in 1954 while
working for Cowboy Luttrall?
--Ella Waldek held the very same belt 20 years later? (When Ella wrestled at
the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg, Fla., in 1972 the caliber of wrestling
was good enough to charge $20 for the front-row seats.)
--Gladys (Killem) Gillem not only wrestled ladies (men on many occasions,
too!) but she tamed lions and rassled alligators?
--Gladys Gillem and Mae Weson once got into a scuffle on a moving train?
--There is a sign in Gladys Gillem's front yard in Pensacola, Fla., that
reads: "WELCOME -- GLADYS STILL LIVES HERE"?
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IN MEMORY OF BETTY JO HAWKINS
(L.I.W.A. newsletter, September, 1993)
By Belle Starr
Betty Jo Hawkins was born October 22, 1930 and was a native of Ashland,
Kentucky. Later, her family moved to Columbus, Ohio, where Betty Jo continued
her education and graduated from Sacred Heart School of Business.
After battling a severe bout with polio at the age of 17 she was told she
would never walk without crutches.
Betty started her wrestling career in 1950 after a long hard struggle and
severe training.
In 1952 Betty Joe was one of the top lady wrestlers in the country.
In 1956 she held the Southern State Championship along with winning the
Florida State Championship. In late 1956 and early 1957 Betty Joe also held
one half of the Canadian Tag Team Championship in Alberta.
In 1959, Betty married the famous Canadian wrestler, Jim (Brute) Bernard, and
in 1960 her son, Tony Prudhomme, was born and of whom Betty was very proud.
Her husband died in July, 1984.
She had a great love for animals and filled her surroundings with cats, dogs,
goats and horses.
Betty Joe died December 4, 1987 from congestive heart failure after battling
years with a serious case of rheumatoid arthritis.
Betty Jo will always be remembered by her friends and fans. But what she left
us most was her laughter, her sense of humor and above all she would never
complain of the pain she was in.
Betty Joe, we love you and miss you.
(The Ladies International Wrestling Association meets annually every June in
Las Vegas. This year's convention will be the 15th such gathering.)
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LOS ANGELES WRESTLING RESULTS 1929-33
(Olympic Auditorium, unless otherwise noted)
1929
January 9
Paul Jones beat Dick Daviscourt, Pete Sauer (Ray Steele) beat Bill Shaw, Jack
Roller vs. Kazuo Yoshimi (jiu jitsu)
January 23
Joe Stecher beat Paul Jones, John Spellman beat Dick Daviscourt, Jack Roller
beat Dr. P.A. Mullikan (jiu jitsu) (Att: 8,500)
February 6
Pete Sauer beat Dick Daviscourt dq, John Spellman beat Jack O'Malley, Yoshio
Fujita beat Jack Roller
February 20
Pete Sauer beat Paul Jones, John Spellman beat Dick Daviscourt, Yoshio Fujita
vs. Felix Lopez (jiu jitsu) (Att: 6,800)
March 6
Stan Stasiak beat John Spellman, Dick Daviscourt beat Paul Jones, Yoshio
Fujita beat Alex Aberg
March 20
Stan Stasiak beat Dick Daviscourt, Don DeLaun (Brother Jonathan) beat John
Spellman, Yoshio Fujita vs. Alex Aberg
April 3
Gus Sonnenberg beat Stan Stasiak (world title defense), Dick Daviscourt drew
Don DeLaun, Watno Ketonen beat Young Gotch, R. Hagio beat K. Idya (jiu jitsu)
April 17
Joe Stecher beat Joe Malcewicz, Nick Lutze beat Bill Beth, Don DeLaun beat
Tommy Thompson
May 1
Ed Lewis beat Joe Stecher, Nick Lutze beat Jack O'Malley, Bill Beth beat Jack
Hunnell (Att: 10,398 - $28,640)
May 15
Ed Lewis beat Dick Daviscourt cnc, Nick Lutze beat Bill Beth, Don DeLaun beat
John Hunnell (Att: 7,500)
May 29
Joe Malcewicz beat Stan Stasiak, Nick Lutze beat Don DeLaun, Bill Beth beat
Marin Zikovich
June 12
Nick Lutze beat Dick Daviscourt, Joe Malcewicz beat Bill Beth, Al Baffert drew
White Noble
June 26
Nick Lutze beat Stan Stasiak, Joe Malcewicz beat Don DeLaun, Dick Daviscourt
beat Bill Beth
July 10
Joe Malcewicz beat Nick Lutze cnc, Jack O'Malley beat Nick Velcoff, Bill Beth
beat Jack Wingo
July 24
Gus Sonnenberg beat Joe Malcewicz (world title defense), George Kotsonaros
beat Nick Velcoff, Bill Shaw beat Jack O'Malley
August 7
Nick Lutze beat Joe Malcewicz, George Kotsonaros vs. Dick Daviscourt, Al
Baffert vs. Bob Kruse (Att: 8,800)
August 21
Joe Stecher beat Nick Lutze, Bob Kruse drew George McLeod, Ivan Linow beat
Jack Wingo
September 4
Ed Lewis beat Joe Stecher, Jack O'Malley beat Nick Velcoff, Dr. P.A. Mullikan
beat Ad Herman (Att: 10,000)
September 18
Gus Sonnenberg beat Joe Stecher (world title defense), Nick Lutze beat Jack
O'Malley, Marin Plestina beat Nick Velcoff (Att: 11,000 - $40,000)
October 3
Ed Lewis beat Nick Lutze, Marin Plestina beat Bill Shaw dq, Leo Papiano drew
Zack Malkov
October 23
Gus Sonnenberg beat Ed Lewis (world title defense), George Kotsonaros beat Leo
Papiano, Everett Marshall beat Don DeLaun, Dr. P.A. Millikan beat Zack Malkov
(Att: 11,000 - $31,000)
November 13
Gus Sonnenberg beat Ed Lewis (world title defense), Dick Daviscourt beat Jack
O'Malley, Everett Marshall beat Don DeLaun, Leo Papiano beat Ad Herman (Att:
11,000)
November 27
Joe Stecher beat Marin Plestina, Dick Daviscourt beat Joe Mazetti, Ad Herman
beat Al Baffert cor
December 11
Gus Sonnenberg beat Joe Stecher (world title defense), Dick Daviscourt beat
Bill Shaw, Al Baffert beat Jorgen Peterson
1930
January 8
Everett Marshall beat Joe Malcewicz, Karl Sarpolis drew Dick Daviscourt, Dr.
P.A. Mullikan drew Al Baffert (Att: 5,000 - $7,200)
January 22
Everett Marshall beat Stan Stasiak, Ed Lewis beat Dick Daviscourt, Ad Herman
drew Steve Strelich
February 5
Everett Marshall beat Karl Sarpolis, Howard Cantonwine beat Ted Thye, Dr. P.A.
Mullikan beat Steve Strelich
February 19
Everett Marshall beat Howard Cantonwine, Nick Lutze beat Gene Ladoux, Steve
Strelich beat Mike Collins
March 5
Everett Marshall beat Nick Lutze, Gene Ladoux beat Jerry Monohan, Karl
Sarpolis beat Martin Zikovich
March 19
Ed Lewis beat Gene Ladoux, Nick Lutze beat Karl Sarpolis, Steve Strelich beat
Jim Reynolds (Att: 8,500 - $13,000)
April 2
Everett Marshall beat Nick Lutze, Dan Koloff beat Gene Ladoux, Steve Strelich
beat Dr. P.A. Mullikan cor (Att: 9,000)
April 16
Everett Marshall beat Ed Lewis, Nick Lutze beat Rex smith, Ad Herman beat
Steve Strelich
May 5 (Wrigley Field)
Gus Sonnenberg beat Everett Marshall (world title defense) (Att: 17,580 -
$69,745)
May 14
Nick Lutze beat Dan Koloff, Ed Don George beat Stan Stasiak, Buck Olsen beat
Rex Smith
May 28
Ed Don George beat Nick Lutze, Lee Wyckoff beat Buck Olsen, Al Baffert beat
Tommy Thompson
June 11
Ed Lewis beat Everett Marshall, Ed Don George beat Lee Wyckoff cor, Tommy
Thompson beat Ad Herman
June 25
Everett Marshall beat Lee Wyckoff, Ed Lewis beat Marin Plestina, Ed Don George
beat Moose Norbeck
July 9
Everett Marshall beat Joe Stecher, Lee Wyckoff beat Joe DeVito, Steve Strelich
beat Tiger Taylor
July 23
Ed Don George beat Joe Malcewicz, Nick Lutze beat Lee Wyckoff cnc, Steve
Strelich beat Joe Stamety
August 6
Ed Don George beat Marin Plestina, Nick Lutze beat Bill Shaw, Pietro Bacini
beat Lee Wyckoff
August 20
Ed Don George beat Nick Lutze cor, Joe Malcewicz beat Lee Wyckoff, Steve
Strelich beat Tiger Taylor
September 3
Everett Marshall beat Bibber McCoy, Bill Shaw beat Joe Malcewicz (handicap),
Nick Lutze beat Frank Leavitt (later Man Mountain Dean) (Att: 8,000)
September 17
Everett Marshall beat Joe Malcewicz, Bibber McCoy beat Bill Shaw cnc, Ed Don
George beat Don DeLaun
October 1
Gus Sonnenberg beat Everett Marshall (world title defense), Bibber McCoy beat
Nick Velcoff, Steve Strelich drew Ad Herman (Att: 10,400)
October 15
Ed Don George beat Bibber McCoy, Jose Dominguez beat Joe Malcewicz, Nick Lutze
beat Moose Norbeck (Att: 10,400)
October 29
Gus Sonnenberg beat Ed Don George (world title defense), Jose Dominguez beat
Moose Norbeck, Henri DeGlane beat Otto Von Hohelachen
November 12
Everett Marshall drew Henri DeGlane (2:03:30), Ed Lewis beat Jose Dominguez,
Dr. P.A. Mullikan beat Steve Strelich
November 26
Ed Don George beat Dan Koloff, Ed Lewis drew Henri DeGlane, Steve Strelich
drew Les Grimes
December 10
Ed Don George beat Gus Sonnenberg (won world title), Henri DeGlane beat Dan
Koloff, Nick Lutze beat Don DeLaun
December 22
Henri DeGlane beat Nick Lutze, Ed Lewis beat Joe Stocca, Myron Cox beat Don
DeLaun
(ED. NOTE -- The above results, and the subsequent three years' worth that
will appear in The WAWLI Papers Nos. 419 and 420, are the handiwork of demon
researcher Steve Yohe of Montebello, Calif. This guy has done wonders with the
excavation of long buried Los Angeles-area wrestling history, dating back
practically to the turn of the century. He is so highly regarded in wrestling
circles that, every time Scott Hall climbs into a WCW ring and gets a mike in
his hand, he salutes Steve by hollering, "Hey, Yohe!")
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