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THE
OCTOBER, 1961
OPEC/IlL
FEATURES
TIBOR SZAKACS
MORE OVERSEAS
CHALLENGERS
"GORGEOUS"
TERRY GARVIN
THE FABULOUS
KANGAROOS
OFFICIAL MONTHLY OF THE EUROPEAN WRESTLING ALLIANCE
It was an epic event-all arranged without the
knowledge of Billy Riley-as his pupils did honour
to a truly grand "professor" who has been interested
in our sport since he could toddle.
Some of the greatest names in world wrestling
have, over the years, visited Billy Riley's gymnasium
in Wigan to test the ability of Lancashire stars.
Gathered in the celebration group were the four
official British Champions: Billy Joyce, the heavyweight champion; Ernie Riley, son of the
"Professor", and the light-heavyweight titleholder;
Jack Dempsey, the official British Welterweight
Champion; and tiny Melwyn Riss, holder of British
lightweight honours. On display at this momentous
gathering were the Lord Mountevans' Gold Belts-a
sight that must have made Billy Riley, the Grand
Old Man of British wrestling, feel very proud.
To the best wishes of the Wigan gathering,
"The Wrestler" adds its heartiest congratulations to
England's greatest "catch-as-catch-can" teacher.
THE EDITOR.
It has been stated by wrestling historians
through the ages that great matmen are born not
made. There is a lot of truth in that statement. In
the Lancashire industrial town of Wigan are many
wrestlers who will tell you they owe their success, as
both amateur and professional combatmen, to the
teachings of a grey-haired man who has spent the
best part of 50 years in the sport.
His name-an international legend in his lifetime
-is Billy Riley, one-time holder of the Commonwealth and the world's middleweight championship,
and generally accepted as one of the greatest
wrestlers of all time at his weight.
For years this great man has devoted his leisure
time to the instruction of wrestling. To his credit
are four reigning British champions and an array
of other top ranking grappling stars.
Recently, something like 70 wrestlers-as wellknown throughout Europe as the sport itselfgathered in Wigan to honour the former world
champion on the occasion of his 65th birthday.
Photograph of this gathering will appear on page 13
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ANNOUNCING A NEW SERIES WHERE YOU
QUESTION YOUR FAVOURITE STARS OF THE MAT
Good as many interview articles are, the reporter does not always ask
the questions readers require. Beginning in December will be a new series of
articles entitled "You Ask ... " YOU are invited to send questions that you
would like us to ask your favourite stars.
The first article in thjs series ~
will be If
"YOU
ASK
Mr.
T.V.
PALLO"
If you have any questions you would like Jackie Pallo to answer, please send them to BOB
ANDREWS, "THE WRESTLER", LTD., DAVIGDOR HOUSE, HOVE, SUSSEX, by Friday,
October 20th, 1961.
The 10 questions that are most requested by readers will be put to Jackie, and his answers will be
printed in our December issue.
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etrors or inaccuracies that may
occur.
OFFICIAL
MONTHLY
OF
THE
EUROPEAN
WRESTLING
ALLIANCE
Editor:
CHARLES MASCALL
Associate Editor:
BOB ANDRE WS
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Editorial Comment
2
Ringside Gossi p by Bob Andrews
4
Tibor Szakacs- Wrestler of the Month
5
The Dynamic Story of Les Kellett ...
6
The Fabulou s Kangaroos by Conrad Duffy
7
They Menace Champion Dempsey ...
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A dvertisem ent Manager:
REG. M. CHANDLER
8 and 9
In European Ri ngs by Louis Holbeck
10
Sheik Wad i Ayoub by Ken Osborn ...
11
(Rate Card and details supplied on
application)
12
Letters to the Editor
World Rati n gs Cause Controversy .
...
Round the Amateur Wo r ld
16
" Gorgeou s" T err y Garvin
17
Hail the Overseas Challenge rs !
...
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14 and 15
Regular Contributors :
ANDREW RYAN
18 and 19
New Faces of the Mat World ...
20
LOUIS HOLBECK
BARRY CHRISTOPHER
Champio nsh ip Rat i ngs and Quiz Game ...
21
R. A . PLUMMER
Mean , M oody and Magnificent
22
BOB ANDREWS
Fi rst Gentleman of the Ri ng .
23
CONRAD DUFFY
Whe re t o see Wrestling
KEN OSBORN
25 and 27
F ront Cover:
Tommy Mann clasps an effective toe hold on Chic
Purvey, in a recent contest at Belle Vue • . .
[Photographer: P. H. Childs, of Sheffield]
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OCTOBER ,
196 1
VOLUME 1.
No. 5
By
BOB ANDREWS
WHEN Masambula, the popular
Ghanian heavyweight, wins a
contest the fans expect to see him
do · his victory head-stand on a
corner post of the ring. How did
this originate ?
Some time ago he won a contest
and was so excited and overjoyed
that he did a head-stand to express
his feelings. Now this is always
expected of him. He has been
known to win a bout, fail to do his
head-stand, and to be approached
by disappointed fans afterwards who
wanted to know why. Today it has
become his trade-mark.
Masambula, who has wrestled in
many parts of Europe, loves to
spend his spare time dancing. He
has also done a bit of refereeing in
his time. He thinks it is hard work,
but likes it.
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Harry Fields, of Dewsbury, recalled an occasion several years
ago when he met the tough Gory
Guerro, now the light-heavyweight
champion of the world. After a
tremendous tussle Harry emerged
the winner. This so pleased the
crowd that he was given no chance
to walk from the ring. The fans
grabbed him and passed him over
I watched a bout recently in
which the crowd disapproved of the
tactics of one of the contestants. In
fact one elderly gentleman became
so excited that he twice tried to
intervene in the contest ! This
prompted me to ask one of our
stars where the most excitable
wrestling fans in the world are. He
plumped for Mexico.
)WREPTtiK~ T0/1/dHT (
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"This boy Kwango is really
good," said the stranger.
"Is he?" said Johnny.
"Yes. He is a nice chap out of
the ring, too. I know him quite
well."
"You do?" asked Johnny.
"Yes. I have known him for a
long time. I go over to his place
once or twice a week to see him. He
is one of my best friends."
At that moment referee Lou
Marco interrupted the conversation.
"Kwango, time to get changed. You
are on soon."
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"Five hundred," was the reply.
Johnny "BBack" Kwango arrived
to fulfil an engagement at a large
hall one evening. In the tea-room
a complete stranger got into conversation with him.
Exit Johnny Kwango, leaving
behind one very red-faced stranger.
their heads all the way back to the
"My feet never
dressing-room.
touched!" was how Harry put it.
Ted asked the promoter: "How
many people do you need here
tonight to cover your expenses-? ''
Some time ago, Dundee's popular
star, Ted Hannon, had a wrestling
engagement in Ireland. The venue
was a tiny village miles away from
anywhere; the sort of place where
what public transport there is
finishes running during the early
evening.
"How many people live in this
village altogether?" asked Ted.
"Two hundred and fifty," was the
answer.
Perhaps the leprechauns made up
the number, Ted !
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Light-heavyweight Eddie Saxon is
a physical education instructor at a
secondary school in the London
area as well as being a successful
wrestler. Eddie says he finds this
work interesting and inwardly most
rewarding.
I asked Eddie who was his
toughest opponent ever. Without
hesitation he replied it was Jacques
la Roche, whom he had fought for
the Canadian middleweight title
while on a successful tour of
Canada. After a ding-dong battle
with neither man giving an inch,
Eddie just lost. Until then Eddie
had been undefeated on the tour.
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CHOOSES THE
WRESTLER OF THE MONTH
Tibor Szakacs
OF HUNGARY
Tibor
seen here taking the count
In the past three decades any number of
European heavyweights have come to this
country in an effort to test the ability of our
top wrestlers.
Few, if any, have attained the success of a
former Hungarian "freedom fighter" who, when his
own country was torn to pieces in the holocaust of
a civil war, sought refuge, like many others before
him, in England.
Hungary should be very proud of Tibor Szakacs,
a heavyweight from Budapest, who has won the
respect and admiration of every true-blue follower
of wrestling in this country.
Tibor arrived here in 1956. In Budapest he had
been a laboratory assistant, but his main interest in
life was centred around amateur wrestling, a sport
he had been studying since he was 12 years old.
It was, therefore, only natural when he arrived
in Ramsgate that this runner-up in the World Games
in Budapest should seek out his favourite sport.
Confident of his ability-acknowledging that the
Russian wrestler who had beaten him in the World
Games was a better man at the time-Tibor decided
to challenge any English heavyweight. At the
Coronation Ballroom, Ramsgate, he asked the
Master of Ceremonies in halting English to
announce he was ready to take on any one.
From that day on the name of Tibor Szakacs
was to be. featured on professional wrestling programmes all over England. Almost from the very
moment he stepped into the professional arena his
name was being talked about by wrestling fans
everywhere.
Adding victory after victory to his tally list with
an amazing mixture of Graeco-Roman and catch
wrestling, Tibor entered the Annual Royal Albert
Hall Heavyweight K.O. Tournament, and three years
in succession he emerged the ultimate winner.
(Co<ntinu ed on Pag e 26)
Action Personified
Many well-known sportsmen of to-day owe their
success to the insignificant chap whose trained eye saw
something in their movements or their make-up which
made him take an interest.
In football they are called "scouts", but in the mat
game they are usually ex-amateurs who cannot help but
encourage talent.
Ken Osborn tells the dynamic story of
LES KELLETT
One such wrestler is the all-action star from Bradford- Les
Kellett. He owes his introduction to the sport to a man who saw
him fooling about in a works yard "free for all" during a lunch
break.
Currently one of the game's big favourites, the amusing antics
which Kellett performs can also be dropped in a twinkling when
this chunky Yorkshireman shows the ruthlessness and rugged
tactics which have gained him top honours.
At school Les was one of those non-athletic lads who did not
bother with the sporting side of the curriculum. When he was
14 years old he left and became an apprentice at one of Bradford's
engineering works.
It was in a lunch-time session in the works yard that a Mr.
Len Pickard noticed his verve and strength. "You take a bit of
holding lad. How about taking up wrestling and doing some'at
worthwhile?" was Mr. Pickard's opening sentence to young Kellett.
"No, I am not interested," was the reply, and he walked off.
That could have been the end of it, but Mr. Pickard kept at
him until he eventually persuaded Les to visit the Thornbury
Health and Strength Club. He began taking some instruction
from Len, who turned out to be an ex-Yorkshire champion.
A few months later Les entered his first amateur bout at a works gala. He lost-as he did his next nine bouts
-and packed up wrestling for good, as he put it.
"I packed up, went home, stopped training and did not even go to the club," Les told me. "I was just fed up
and did not think I would ever go back to it."
Still Mr. P. kept at him, even to the extent of going to the Kellett home in Leeds Road, Bradford. He threatened
that if Les did not turn up at the club the following Sunday morning he would come and fetch him.
Les did not turn up-Mr. Pickard fetch.e d him!
"He gave me a real talking to- sort of dressed me down good and proper- and when he had finished I thought
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I had better get started again," said Les.
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From his ringside seat at the Gardens in New
York, Conrad Duffy tells something of
two top Commonwea lth Challengers from
Australia, Roy Hefferman and AI Costello,
who have teamed their talents to become one
of the best-known "Tag Team" combos in
the United States. Ringside supporters in
New York know them best as ...
The
Fabulous
Kangaroo6
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RING SUCCESS stories are too few- it is a rocky
road to the top, as any first-class wrestler knows.
But those top-notchers who have made it by
sQ.owing their wares at the old Gardens in New York
can truthfully say - without fear of denial - they
have travelled that road and are now successful pro
grapplers. Success ? Man, they are sensations !
Roy Hefferman and AI Costello have travelled
around the globe to place their niche in the "Hall of
Fame." Hefferman, a former "Mr. Australia" .
wrestled in India, Ceylon, Europe, England, South
Africa, and all over the United States and Canada,
before teaming up with the rugged Costello to form
the "Fabulous Kangaroos" team.
Handling the business problems of these two
crackerjack Aussies - and for the top-notchers of
grappling there are always plenty of troubles- is a
loquacious gentleman who answers to the colourful
monicker of "Wild" Red Berry, a Kansan who has
over 25 years of grapple-batt les behind him.
Berry, who quotes Shakespeare and other
famous chroniclers, has forgotten more about
wrestling and wrestling people than the two Aussies
yet know.
In his heyday Red Berry was one of the toughest
light-heavyweights ever to clamber into the ring.
In the '30s he was light-heavyweight champion
of the world, defending his crown against some of
the greatest light-heavies ever.
Now he guides the destinies of the "Fabulous
Kangaroos" so well that he is as much a part of
them as their famous Aussie hats. Often you will
find Berry grappling in one of the supporting contests
whenever Hefferman and Costello are billed at the
Gardens.
What has shot the names of the "Fabulous
Kangaroos" to the top of the American tag team
combination s ? New Yorkers say it is their perfect
team work, the assistance of ''Wild" Red Berry and
their fearless action on the mat.
It is not often that the Gardens' "regulars" give
much attention to anyone except "Argentine" Rocca,
but when Roy and Al stride into the ring to do battle
they get a tremendous reception.
On the mat, no matter the toughness of their
opponents, the "Kangaroos " have again and again
shown that they are not the Number One tag team
combo in the United States by being softies- because
they are not !
Hefferman told me the other day that he would
like to make another trip to Europe and to visit all
his friends in England. He had hoped to do it this
summer but could not as Red Berry had lined them
up so many engagements. Maybe, he said, he will
be over next year.
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.. The world is full of vigorous young athletes of every
body weight, eager to don the robes of the
professional wrestler. But only here in England do
the welterweights of grappling get anything like a
decent break. In the United States they are the
"Forgotten Men" of professional wrestling. In
England, led by mat monarch Jack Dempsey, this
weight class thrives more than ever before, thanks
to the continual influx of many brilliant young stars
who may, in future months, push Champion
Dempsey off his throne.
THEY
CHAMPION
DEMPSEY
By CHARLES MASCALL
There was a time, in some other parts of the
world, when top-class welterweight contests were
considered in their rightful places as "top of the bill"
matches.
In England, France and Spain today the welterweight division is blooming in popularity. Why?
Because these little men of matdom provide plenty
of .the zip-and-zoom type of ring battling that the
fans have grown to appreciate and look forward to.
It was just before World War 11, following the
untimely death of "Colonel" Jack Reynolds, then
champion of the world. that the welterweight class
virtually slipped into oblivion in the United States.
Two decades ago I can recall the "Colonel"
wrestling Lansdowne Finnigan on Derby Day in
Kentucky before one of the biggest gates welterweights have ever drawn.
Alas, in America today, as far as the little men
are concerned, they are forgotten.
Two of the most recent of the skilled little men
to drop out of the American picture when their
wdght class "died" were Einar Olsen, a Swedish
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veteran from Wisconsin, and Doug Henderson, of
Dallas, Texas.
Eventually, these two gallant craftsmen had to
pit their skill against the lighter heavyweights in
order to survive in their chosen profession. Doug
Henderson, who has been fighting heavyweights
around America in recent years, was seen here on
television screens in the popular American crime
series "Tightrope."
Many people do not like a savage fighting
champion. Official British Champion Jack Dempsey,
king of our welterweights, picks up his share of boos
whenever he climbs into the ring. But no wrestling
expert on earth would ever question the technical
knowledge in the astute brain of Champion Dempsey.
Liked or disliked, Jack always gets down to the
job on hand and bosses his welterweight class in an
iron-like manner. Each year the champion gets a
little older- we all do. And each year new young
stars zoom to the forefront threatening as challengers
for the coveted Lord Mountevans' Gold Belt,
symbolic of the British Championship.
England's welterweight class contains many
history-famous names. Harold Angus, Harry Rabin,
George de Relwyskow and Norman Morrell have all
been a major part of it. Today it is as busy as ever.
an abundance of ring skill despite his tender years.
Although a lightweight, he ably competes with the
best welterweights. Experts in the north and south
As the 1961-62 season swings under way,
Champion Dempsey girds his loins to face another
tremendous year of new challengers who have now
graduated from the amateur wrestling schools of
Yorkshire, Lancashire and elsewhere.
Mick McMichael, from Doncaster, a short,
stocky, dark-haired boy of 18, is heading for stardom
at this weight in no uncertain fashion. He is a tough
little fellow of Sft. Sins., three years a professional.
With his background, he is a real threat. He may
not beat Champion Dempsey this year, but definitely
one of these fine days Mick McMichael will be a
powerful obstacle to any little combatman in Europe.
Promoters Norman Morrell and Arthur Wright
are credited with the discovery of this talented young
star. Promoter Morrell, once kingpin of the English
welterweights, must have realised the hidden
potential in McMichael, because he was hardly 16
years old when he made his ring debut at St. J ames'
Hall, Newcastle, against a seasoned professional.
Then, as now, he gave a good account of himself.
Ray Leslie,
from Middlesbrough, is a protege of the British Mid-Heavyweight Champion
Norman
Walsh, who has
taught
young
Leslie many of
his own action
tricks.
Leslie,
growing all the
time, may, at a
future date, find
himself too
heavy for the
welterweights but he wants a
crack at the
Dempsey
title
before then. And
on his record of
the last few
months he well
deserves it.
another
handsome youngster
Ted Hannon , clever Scottish welterweight from
Dundee. has Champion dack Dempsey, of Wigan,
in trouble with a cross-over toehold
are positive that Jim Breaks possesses the wrestling
skill of which future champions are made.
Age, of course, brings experience, but
sometimes in a gruelling wrestling contest it is
the stamina and physical fitness which are the
important and deciding factors. In this respect
a youthful challenger may hold a "trump"
hand.
However, dour Champion Jack Dempsey
is a hard and seasoned ring general. Many
have tried to deprive him of his grappling
crown this past year, but his rugged physical
fitness has kept his title intact.
Talking to the British titlist the other day,
I asked him what he thought of the rising
stream of young challengers.
"Since John Foley left the welterweights
to challenge the middleweights, I don't fear
any of them," was his reply.
Confident though Dempsey is of maintaining his grappling title, there is little doubt that
he will have to keep his eyes on the tide of
rising young challengers, because from them
will come his ultimate successor.
Mick McMichael , of Doncaster
Jim Breaks, a brilliant young challenger from
Yorkshire and a "new face" in British wrestling, has
And even ring-wise J'ack, shrewd as he is,
knows that somewhere in the "melting pot" is
a future Lord Mountevans' champion of Great
Britain.
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IN EURO PEAN RING S
On the Continent, we shall soon
be in the 1961-62 winter season. As
this article is being written, the top
promoters are busy planning ahead.
In Belgium, promoter Jos Robyns
says that he is looking forward to
the biggest season ever. He hopes
to have the coloured American,
Ricky Waldo, on some of his
opening tournaments. Robyns is
also looking forward to having a
number of popular English-known
stars like the African Masambula,
Les Kellett and the likeable Welsh
middleweight Tony Charles on his
winter bills.
Arthur Green, the Secretary of
the EUROPEAN WRESTLING
ALLIANCE (the Alliance Europeene de Lutte de Combat), is loud
in his praise of certain European
heavyweights. And so he should be
--each is a top-notcher. Mr. Green
is of the firm opinion that the
following men are most worthy
heavyweight representatives of their
respective countries:
Hermann Iffland and Kurt Stein,
of Germany.
Andre Bollett and Andre Drapp,
of France.
Gideon Gidea and Josef Kovacs,
of Hungary.
During the last few months
Spanish wrestlers like Jose Olivera
and Jose Arroyo have been grappling in Italy. Popular in modernday Italian wrestling are Conte
Diadone and Liano di Santo (now
in England).
Promoter Alex Goldstein, assembling an imposing array of overseas
stars for his Palais des Sports
tournaments in Paris, hopes to get
Buddy Rogers, the present American world champion, to visit Paris
this winter. M. Goldstein hopes to
bring over to Europe a number of
other American top stars, as he has
done in previous years, in addition
to some very first-class English
wrestlers.
ACTION PEBSON IFIEB- The Les Kellett Story
(Continued f rom Page 6)
He won his first bout a few weeks
later, and was just beginning to get
the decision regularly when, having
become a skilled marine engineer,
he undertook a three-year working
trip on a tramp steamer, visiting
such faraway places as Russia, the
South Seas, Australia, New Zealand,
Canada and the United States.
Coincidence was to play a big
part in his turning professional when
this trip was over. Working in
Manchester he visited Belle Vue.
Into the ring climbed one of his old
amateur adversaries, Joe Hill, of
Bradford. A chat after the bout,
an introduction to a promoter and
before a couple of weeks had passed
Les was training with the pros.
During the war Les, as a specialist
gear fitter, was attached to the
R.A.F. in Scotland. When engagements came his way, his leaves and
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evenings off were spent wrestling in
Scotland.
The war over, he turned to the
professional game with a vengeance
and wrestled all over the country.
He also went to Belgium and
France before challenging for the
British title.
Tipping the scale at 13st. 6lb .•
and measuring 5ft. 7ins. in height,
Ke:.lett is a draw wherever he
wrestles.
Fans will not forget for a long
time two bouts he had with the
Dewsbury farmer, Harry Fields,
recently. Blood was drawn from
Kellett in the first contest and he
was forced to retire. In the return,
a hammer-and-tongs battle raged
before he took his revenge.
Still a regular visitor to Brussels,
Les prefers the sea trip to flying
and, as a marine engineer, knows a
thing or two about the crossChannel boats, whose rail he is
usually to be found leaning on (not
over!)
When retirement was mentioned
this typical Y orkshireman put it
this way: "I have the desire and I
mean to stay in wrestling, opposing
all corners. One man I would like
to meet is Ernie Riley, whose lightheavyweight title I fancy despite his
having beaten me twice."
When not wrestling Les farms a
smallholding at Denholme, near
Bradford, where pigs and their
breeding are among his business
interests.
A worthy action wrestler, Les will
be on the wrestling scene for some
time yet-despite having had to be
almost forced into the ring in the
first instance !
A PllOF/LE
····SHEll{
WADI
By
KEN
OSBORN
He told me of the time he met the
giant King Kong, who weighed in at
no less than 410lbs. The contest was
held before an outdoor crowd of
80,000, and the subsequent drawn
bout earned both men the handshake of the Indian Premier, Mr.
Nehru.
Wadi felt the cold acutely when
he first arrived in England early this
year, but has now more or less
settled in to our weather conditions.
IYOUB
Many wrestlers from Eastern
climes have fought in E nglish rings.
One who, more than any other.
can surely lay claim to the title of
the "Arabian Knights heavyweight"
is the rugged Sheik Wadi Yousef
Ayoub.
In his case ruggedness goes with
his wonderful physique. He stands
6ft. lins., weighs 235lbs. and sports
a 53in. chest. Other "tapes" record
a 20in. neck, 18-!in. biceps, a 35in.
waist, 28-!in. thigh and 17in. calf.
It is not altogether the physical
attributes of the Sheik which make
his entry into wrestling noteworthy
- it is the method.
Young Wadi was one of four sons
of a wealthy Beirut shoe factory
proprietor. He also had three
sisters. Amongst the special shoes
made at the factory were those for
a wealthy Lebanon Sheik by the
name of Youse Tirbey.
It was this business relationship
that led to the moves which brought
handsome-looking Wadi to British
rings.
Tirbey noticed the young Wadi
filling out-even as a six and sevenyear-old - and when a family
dispute caused the independent
youngster to decide to leave home
shortly afterwards, Sheik Tirbey
asked that he come to live with him
at his palatial home at Seebhei in
the north of the Lebanon.
When the youngster arrived there
he found he was to join the Sheik's
own camp of young athletes which
the wealthy man-in common with
neighbouring Sheiks - kept and
matched one against the other for
wagers.
An open-air gymnasium, daily
training in wrestling, javelin throwing, running, swimming and horse
riding, eventually led the conscientious youngster to become a
particular favourite of the ageing
Tirbey. Then, quite suddenly, the
old man became ill and shortly
before he died called the 17 -year-old
Wadi to him, blessed him and
passed on to him his title of Sheik.
Soon after he arrived in this
country I spoke with Wadi. In
halting E nglish he told me in a
dressing-room interview about this
Eastern equivalent of the young
English sportsman who, taken at an
early age, is nurtured along to
professionalism - but how much
more romantic when done in an
Eastern Sheikdom !
The next step following the death
of his mentor was a move to Beirut,
where he turned his attentions to a
Greco-Roman style of wrestling at
a top club. Weight-lifting was also
on his list.
At 20 years of age he was the
Lebanese heavyweight champion
and holder of his country's physical
culture title. A little later he left for
a part of the wrestling circuit only
rarely visited by Western grapplers
- the Far East. Egypt, Pakistan,
India, Ceylon, Malaya, British
Borneo, Singapore, Indonesia, New
Zealand and Australia took up the
next eight years, and he collected
on his way the Australian junior
heavy and then the Far Eastern
heavyweight laurels.
The ring sizes also bothered himthe Eastern rings being a foot or
two larger all round - and his
favourite winning move, the doublefooted drop kick, became a little
inaccurate in a cramped space.
Inclined to lack some "bite" in his
early bouts, Wadi has now realised
that the tough school of British
wrestling demands force. Applying
it with the attributes and experience
he has collected in some of the most
romantic spots on earth make him
a top draw in the heavyweight
division in British rings today.
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Dear Sir,
Just a few lines to enquire if you
would please advertise my fan clubs
for Bernard Murray and Billy
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I will be charging 6/- a year
membership fee, which works out at
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would like to drop you a line to let
you know.
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Godstone, Surrey.
Most
Thank you for your letter.
interesting. Good luck with your fan
clubs- Editor.
Dear Sir,
I wish to thank you very much
fqr printing the letter from my good
friend Mary Hasley, from Ohio.
U.S.A., in the August issue of "The
Wrestler."
I have been writing to her for
about 18 months. We exchange
news, programmes and photos of
wrestlers, of which I have a good
collection.
I am a great wrestling fan and my
favourite wrestlers are: Steve Milia,
Bernard Murray, Joe Cornelius and
Tibor Szakacs.
Incidentally I would like to wish
the "DAZZLER" a speedy recovery
from his knee operation.
YOUR
As Mary Hasley said I am trying
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Steve and I have been working on
it for sometime now. If anyone
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I wish you every success with the
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out longer.
RICKY BOWLING .
5 Coolinge Road, Folkestone. Kent.
Dear Sir,
My name is Richard Branciforte.
I represent the International Wrestling Alliance. I am enclosing your
Honorary Membership card. Several
wrestlers are members of the I.W.A.
like Veme Gagne, Don Lewin, Don
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including Canada and England.
I enjoy reading your magazine
because of the scope it covers. Here
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about wrestling abroad. I should
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You know about Buddy Rogers
winning the title from Pat O'Connor. I agree with you that the
champion should defend his title in
London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, etc.
The trouble with wrestling in the
U.S.A. is that too many of our
matches end up in disqualifications
or draws.
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RICHARD BRANCIFORTE, Pres.
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Bede House Association .
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~ut please could you print an
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In our next issue, Richard Branciforte in New York, a distinguished student of American
wrestling and President of the International Wrestling Alliance, discusses the Heavyweight Championship of the World, currently being claimed by four American
heavyweights a.n d their followers. Read his story - "The Wrestling Muddle" in our
next stupendous issue, which will be packed with up-to-the-minute articles and
photographs. Other features will include:
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TONY MANCELLI, of London.
The latest Amateur and Overseas news.
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In many "Letters to the Editor" comment
has been made about the world championship ratings which are published exclusively
each month in "The Wrestler." Now is the
time for us to answer the critics ...
World
Ratings
Unlike the "popularity ratings" which are
published in glossy American magazines, our
World Championship and British Ratings are
not supplied to us either by fan clubs,
promoters or the EUROPEAN WRESTLING
ALLIANCE.
They are, in fact, based upon the opinions of
wrestling writers in many parts of the worldmen who are experts and are politically
unbiased.
The World Championship and British Ratings are
not based upon the popularity of the individual
wrestler, but rather on two important factors
- ability and ring record.
In the United States, where there are more
heavyweight wrestlers than anywhere else
(something like 2,000), the top wrestlers in
the lists of experts from Texas, California,
Illinois, New York, and other major wrestling sectors are selected. When a wrestler
appeared in more than one list, his ability was
checked and correspondingly he was listed in
the rankings.
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It is a herculean task to choose to everyone's
complete satisfaction a handful of challengers out
of several thousand heavyweight wrestlers. In the
question of the rating of wrestlers from countries other
than the U.S.A., the reigning heavyweight champion of
that particular country was selected because, after all, he
is that country's logical world title challenger.
Whilst we regard our wrestlers as the best anywhere, it would be a biased rating if we included only their
names in our World Championship challengers.
Georges Gordienko, it seems from some correspondence, is very under-rated by some of the ringside critics.
But how many have beaten him in Europe this past year? For that matter, how about naming a wrestler in Europe
who can beat him?
Luther Lindsay, the coloured heavyweight champion of the world, is seemingly unknown to many letter
writers, but we, who know world wrestlers, recognise the calibre of Lindsay.
Maybe Luther Lindsay is not so well-known because he does not "run with the pack" in America and has
not the popularity rating of some of his contemporaries.
But a year or two ago he held the then World Champion Loo Thesz to a draw, and immediately posted a
5,000 dollar challenge to any wrestler who could beat him. Lindsay was prepared to give this money to a named
charity if any wrestler beat him. He still has the money.
CAUSE CONTROVERSY
Whipper Billy Watson, who has been listed in our World Championship challengers, may be in his middle 40s.
but his record around Toronto, Canada- where he has held the world championship several times-gives him the
right to be listed.
It will be recalled that Karl Pojello was 54 years old when he wrestled in this country before the last war, and
not many English heavyweights could beat him even then.
Among the top American wrestling critics
who have submitted their ratings is Richard
Branciforte, of New York, President of the
International Wrestling Alliance. Here is his
current list of American rankings . . .
World Champion:
BUDDY
ROGERS
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V erne Gagne.
2
Ed Carpentier.
3
Pat O'Connor.
4
Whipper Billy Watson.
5
"Cowboy" Bob Ellis.
6
Wilbur Snyder.
7
Dick the Bruiser.
8
Killer Kowalski.
9
Pepper Gomez.
10
Antonino Rocca.
Whipper Billy Watson
WORLD
with BOB ANDREWS
THANKS are due to those readers
who so readily responded to our
appeal for financial aid for amateur
wrestling. For the benefit of new
readers I will explain what we are
trying to do.
British amateur wrestling gets
little or no financial support from
any source. Because of this some
of our readers offered to help by
making donations to this worthy
cause, so we launched an appeal last
month. If you would like to help,
there is still plenty of time to make
a donation.
Would you please forward your
contribution-wheth er a few pence
or a few pounds (both are acceptable)- to Mr. A. Wishart, Hon.
Secretary, B.A.W.A., 60 Calabria
Road, London, N.5. Next month
I will give a report on how the
appeal is progressing.
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Just before the contest season got
under way in mid-September, Sean
O'Connor, of the Slough A.W.C.,
made a trip to Dublin. While there
he won the Irish featherweight title.
Congratulations, Sean.
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I understand that during the
close season the wrestling clubs of
Birmingham continued with their
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Would that there were more
councils like the Willesden Borough
Council! They have done much
to help foster the cause of amateur
wrestling. On August Bank Holiday
Mondays wrestling tournaments are
put on at Roundwood Park in the
borough, and audiences number
several thousand.
This year an open lightweight
competition-which was won by A.
Katona, of Loughborough Wrestling
Club-was organised, plus supporting matches and demonstrations.
Willesden Borough Council, take
a bow!
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As you probably know, no British
wrestlers were able to compete in
the World Championships which
were held in Japan this year.
Reason: lack of cash. The 1962
World Championships will be held
in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A., from the
19th to the 26th of June. Let us
hope that we can send a team this
time-if the necessary cash is raised.
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An encouraging sign recently
has been the re-forming of the
R.O.F.S.A. Amateur Wrestling
Club, at Woolwich Arsenal, under
the leadership of their Honorary
Secretary, M. Huntley.
The club was originally founded
by ex-champion Jack Jones, but
faded out when Jack had to retire
from wrestling owing to pressure of
work. There are plenty of good
wrestlers in the re-formed club, and
I expect a number of them will soon
be making their mark in this
season's contests.
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training sessions, competed in a city
parks' tournament and put on
exhibition galas in Evesham. At
this rate they will soon wear their
mats out!
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Tony Merrick, the well-known
welterweight from South London,
has apparently been gaining a
number of recruits for wrestling
since joining the London dockers.
The London area seems well
provided with facilities for amateur
wrestlers. Apart from several clubs,
there are 10 L.C.C. evening institutes
which cater for wrestling under
qualified B.A.W.A. instructors.
As Jack Ingle, Chairman of Southern Counties Amateur Wrestling
Association, says, "There is plenty
of good material in that trademade-to-measure mat men in fact."
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United A.W.C., of London, made
mat history by being the first British
club to send wrestling and weightlifting teams to Spain for contests
recently. The matches - made
possible by Juan Martori, President
of the Catalan Association, and Jose
Vidal, Secretary of Catalan Association - were held in the Salon Iris,
Barcelona, a popular wrestling
venue.
These matches were much enjoyed
by all taking part. Mr. Jack Ingle,
United team manager and coach,
tells me that of all the countries in
which he has arranged matches,
Spain tops the lot for friendly cooperation. He was very impressed
by their fair play.
GIRVIN
Probably the most controversial, the most colourful and
certainly the most talked-about
American heavyweight of the past
two decades has been a perfumed
"dandy" with a special "hair-do" who
takes a majestic bow every time the Master
of Ceremonies introduces "Gorgeous George."
No ordinary wrestler has he been. Many
wrestlers tried to make use of his famous name
during his halcyon days only to be stopped
legally. To the man-in-the-street the name of
"Gorgeous George" is better known than that of
the current world champion. Now, on to our
wrestling horizon, comes a dynamic young
disciple of the "Gorgeous George" school.
Controversial though he may have been in ring attire and
manners, "Gorgeous George" Wagner did much towards
establishing a new wrestling cult in the U.S.A. In his
own particular way he was the pioneer of a new kind of
American wrestler who nowadays has a tremendous
following.
In the days when he was at the peak of his kind of unique
and spectacular showmanship, "Gorgeous George" encountered many inferior imitators who made a liberal use of
the name he had made famous .
At one time there were at least six heavyweights in the
U.S. calling themselves by his name. To stop them, George
Wagner went to court and became legally "Gorgeous
George", thus putting an end to those who were
impersonating him in various parts of the States.
But the triumphant days of "Gorgeous George" brought
many people to the stadiums to watch him. Many
young athletes, like Canadian-born Terry Garvin,
who watched him when he was in his own
'teens, decided that one day they would like
to follow in the footsteps of the "Orchid
Man" as George Wagner is known.
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Annually, since the early 1930s, professional wrestlers - many ambitious
young men from practically every part
of the civilized world-have come here
to ''try their grips." Some have been
outstanding to such an extent that they
have remained to blend in with
our own popular stars.
Others have found the pace
too gruelling, packed their bags,
and gone on their way. Now meet five
overseas grapplers who will grace our
mats this winter.
HAIL THf
when he was crowned the African Heavyweight
Champion. Since he was a youngster, however, he
had carried away all the titles of his province.
Gomez Maximilliano, of Peru
Currently tackling our top-notchers in no
uncertain fashion is the 6ft. 1in. Willem Hall, the
claimant to the heavyweight championship of South
Africa.
Springbok Hall slipped into this country last
July without the usual blare of publicity to announce
his arrival. Yet he is one of the new Republic's
greatest heavyweights and an all-round athlete to
boot. No sooner here than he got under way by
giving the fans a spectacular display of tackles and
drop-kicks to bring down his opponents.
Willem, who is 28 years old, comes from
Durban, Natal. He told me he has been wrestling
and also interested in rugby since he was a boy of
12. With him it is difficult to say which of these
two strenuous sports give him the most fun.
He actually started amateur wrestling when 11
years old. In 1950 he achieved one of his ambitions
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On the rugby field he has played for his country
against the All Blacks and the Wallabies- an
impressive record indeed. No doubt he has added
many rugby tactics to his wrestling technique,
because his flying tackles are terrific to watch.
His professional wrestling career started back
in 1952. During his mat life he has wrestled Frank
Sexton, former world title claimant; Bert Assirati,
one of England's greatest; Karl von Schober, the
German-American; Earl McCready, of Canada;
George Pencheff, of Australia; Ivan Kalmikoff, the
Russian, and Don Leo Jonathan, the Mormon giant
from Utah.
In fact the list of his opponents is endless and
includes nearly every foreign top-notcher to visit
South Africa during the past 10 years.
Willem Hall, the former masked "Mr. X." of
South African wrestling, claims the heavyweight
championship of South Africa, by virtue of his defeat
of Willie Leibenberg; in Johannesburg, and holds a
certain amount of recognition in his native land.
Although he packs a mere 16st. into his 6ft. lin.
physique, Hall says that he once scaled between 18
and 19st., but prefers to stay around the 17st. mark.
Chief Meretana, a colourful and picturesque
six-footer, is the nephew of the more noted Ike
Robins, one of the greatest of the Maori wrestlers
of the past.
A sensational overseas star coming here later
this month is the Peruvian, Gomez Maximilliano, a
powerful giant who has been wrestling in Spain this
past summer. Maximilliano, who wears his black
hair long, has wrestled all over the South American
continent.
Meretana comes to England via a short stay in
the Southern part of the United States where he
picked up considerable experience and pointers of
the American slam-bang wrestling style.
He is a typical South American wrestler and a
descendant of the tough fighting men who once
fought to raise the flag of Spain over Peru.
The Chief, a likeable young fellow, hopes to
remain in Europe for some time. His powerful build
and strength should keep him out of any tricky
situations on the mat, and his Maori tribal victory
dance should liken him to the sensational Billy Two
Rivers, the Mohawk Red Indian.
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In the ring he likes to set the pace in the actiontype mat tactics. For the fans who like colourful
and sensational stars then Gomez Maximilliano
should certainly suit them.
Tomas Riande (pictured on back cover), a ringwise heavyweight from Vera Cruz, Mexico, teamed
up with Gomez Maximilliano in Caracas Venezuela,
and they came to Europe together.
He is another newcomer who will be in our rings
this month and who has plenty of spectacular
grappling experience. He is a fast mover and
should give plenty of trouble to mid-heavyweights
of the Doug Joyce and Billy Howes class.
Fourth on the list of newcomers to our grapple
bills is 28-year-old Frikki Alberta, a bearded new
heavyweight star, whose wrestling has taken him all
over Africa during the past five years. Watch himhe is a boy with promise.
New Zealand, that tiny part of the Commonwealth which has produced so many noted wrestling
stars, has sent us another impressive-looking Maori
in Chief Keita Meretana (pictured on the right), a
26-year-old heavyweight, who comes from a famous
New Zealand wrestling family.
CLAYTON
THOMSON
"Let's have some new faces!" is the
frequent cry of the wrestling fan.
This season's mat programmes should
be packed with bright young newcomers making a determined bid for
grappling fame.
New faces of the
Mat World
The amazing popularity of professional wrestling continues.
And one of the many reasons for its public appeal is the neverending stream of "new faces"-bright young athletes who are
fighting along the road to stardom.
Of late two young heavyweights have done much to deserve
attention. Each is building up a large fan following. They are
Albert Wall, of Doncaster, and handsome-looking Bob Sweeney,
of Halifax.
Albert Wall
better known t~ese days as " Rocky", is a
powerful 6ft. giant who moves about the
ring with the ease of a panther. A former miner, Rocky Wall has
all the essentials to reach the top. Unfortunately he was hit by bad
luck when a back injury laid him low a few months ago, but he
is over that now and is raring to go into the ring against any noted
foreign star.
blond-haired, in his early 20s, is one of
Bob Sweeney the
handsome new idols of the ring. His
zip-and-zoom style of wrestling has made him plenty of fans not
only in this country but also on the Continent, where he has done
some wrestling.
Growing all the time in weight and stature Bob should find
himself matched with some top Continentals this winter. With his
ability he is going to hear the roar of the crowd not only in his
native Halifax but all over the country.
In the lighter-heavyweights there are plenty of enthusiastic
youngsters 'Yith all the action-packed vigour that youth brings
into the ring.
Roy St Clair in spite of ~is youthful appearance, seems
possessed with an abundance of speed and
skill. He is capable of handing out plenty of punishment to the
toughest of foemen. Ringsiders are commentinc:r on the ability of
this dark-haired youngster with a background ofCornish wrestling
behind him.
a very determined young man in his
Clayton Thomson late
20s, is Scotland's light-heavyweight
champion and a worthy representative in this body weight class.
Clayton is one of the few amateurs ever to wrestle in Moscow. He
is also a prominent member of the Scottish team.
Gerry Hogan I?ust be incl~ded in any li~t ~f potential
light-heavyweight stars. This hthe young
fellow's grappling "Know how" was drummed into him at Billy
Riley's gymnasium in Wigan. Peter Ginsburgh, a Springbok, is
another whose name should feature prominently this season.
Yes, this winter the fans are certainly going to see the "new
faces" they have been clamouring for. Plenty of them !
ANDREW RYAN
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THE WRESTLING
QUIZ GAME
Conducted By "The Ringsider"
Editor Charles Mascall and "The Wrestler" panel
of experts ranks the world heavyweights.
WORLD'S HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION
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ROGERS
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TOP CONTENDERS:-
PAT O'CONNOR (New Zealand)
\'VLADEK KOWALSKI (Canada)
GEORGES GORDIENKO
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Who won the Royal Albert Hall
Challenge Trophy in 1956?
FRED BLASSIE (U.S.A.)
2.
LUTHER LINDSAY (U.S.A.)
Coloured Champion of the World
Name the famous British wrestling instructor who celebrated
his 65th birthday recently.
3
Name a Welsh heavyweight
wrestler, born in Tonypandy,
who celebrated his birthday on
September lOth.
4
Andre Drapp, of France, won
the "Mr. Universe" title in
1957. True or False?
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Which heavyweight wrestler was
once a Schoolboy Swimming
Champion of England ?
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Which prominent wrestler celebrates his birthday on St.
Valentine's Day ?
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Where was Antonio Rocca born?
(Canada)
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OFFICIAL BRITISH CHAMPIONS
(Under the Lord Mountevans' Rules)
Heavyweight (no limit)
BiLLY JOYCE, of Lancashire.
Mid-Heavyweight (under 14st. Bibs.)
NORMAN WALSH, of Yorkshire.
Light-Heavyweight (under 14st. 2lbs.)
ERNIE RILEY, of Lancashire.
Heavy-Middleweight (under 13st. 5lbs.)
ERIC T AYLOR, of Yorkshire.
Middleweight (under 12st. 8lbs.)
TOMMY MANN, of Lancashire.
Welterweight (under llst. lllbs.)
JACK DEMPSEY, of Lancashire.
Lightweight (under Ust.)
MELWYN RISS, of Lancashire.
Name the wrestlers who made
the following holds famous ?
(a) Boston Crab-hold.
(b) The Full Nelson.
(c) The Aeroplane Spin.
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A sergeant major in the A.P.T .C. ,
a top professional wrestler,
now a promoter. Name him.
10
Give the name of an Irish heavyweight star from County Mayo.
Allswers to Quiz on Page 26
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Behind the tough, rugged combatmen the fans see go
through their paces in the ring are background and
career stories-human interest stories that, for endurance, often have no equal in the field of sport. More
often than not they are tales of courage and determination, stories of success and glory that could only be
gained by men with the stoutest of fighting hearts and
the courage of lions. A modern-day fighter, whom the
fans hate with one breadth and admire the next, is
Canadian-born Doug Joyce - a mid-heavyweight
challenger who has fought them all.
Tough and tenacious Doug Joyce, a transplanted Canadian from Winnipeg, is
pushing his close-cropped head into the mid-heavyweight picture. From my point of view,
it is about time.
Doug has come a long way since he first saw the light of day in the Canadian
wheat city. And as I for one know every inch of that way has been one hard battle - a
fight for survival that would have daunted a much less determined man than the Canadianbern grappler who nowadays lives in the Northamptonshir e metropolis of Rushden, and
raises rabbits of a special breed in his leisure time.
Professional wrestling has no place for weaklings either in strength, stamina or
courage. They fall by the rocky roadside like the leaves from a tree in autumn.
To maintain a firm grip on the ladder of fame you have to be mean and savage in
the ring, giving your opponents no quarter and thus expecting none yourself. The tough,
rugged wrestler Doug J oyce has become in order to maintain his place among the land's
mid-heavyweights is a typical example of the "tough guy" who can dish out plenty of slambang tactics and always take whatever comes his way.
I heard a ringsider describe Joyce as "Mean and moody that man is, but he is
magnificent in any kind of a tough fight. "
He made his debut as a professional wrestler in Bognor Regis, in 1948, although
he had been wrestling since he was an 11-year-old. In those boyhood days he had a keen
admirer in "Whipper" Billy Watson, another Canadian who later rose to become Heavyweight Champion of the world.
P age 22
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BOB
ANDREWS
TALKS
TO
THE
As this good-looking Anglo-Italian motors to
all his wrestling engagements in this country, not
unnaturally he has developed a keen interest in cars.
Has this ex-boxer and Marine-Commando any
regrets about making wrestling his career? None
whatsoever; he has enjoyed his life, travelled, met
many interesting people and risen to the top of his
profession.
Whom does Mike rate as his toughest opponents
in the ring today? Georges Gordienko, Geoff Portz,
Tibor Szakacs and Norman Walsh.
If an award were to be offered for the "First
Gentleman of the Ring," MIKE MARINO,
one of our finest heavyweights, would be
among the chief contenders. I have seen
Mike in action many times and never once
seen him infringe the rules or behave in an
unsporting manner.
Quite recently he was declared winner of a
contest in which his opponent had to retire because
of injury. Mike sportingly refused to accept the
decision under these circumstances.
Wrestling's "Golden Boy" has travelled widely
during his mat career and is always in demand
overseas. On any programme his name is a
guarantee that fans who appreciate real wrestling,
with no gimmicks thrown in, are going to get more
than their money's worth.
As in all sports, there is a very tiny element of
the crowd we could well do without. Mike told me
how he watched a dark-skinned wrestler deal
effectively with some of this type one night.
These people had been flinging insults at the
coloured boy such as, "Watch it, blackie,"
"Darkie" and so on.
The wrestler ignored all this. In a later round
he went on the defensive when a voice called,
"You're yellow!" The dark boy broke his hold,
looked towards the caller and said, "I wish you'd
make up your mind- am I black or yellow?" For
the rest of the contest there were no more insulting
remarks.
A man of Mike's experience has many
memorable moments in the ring. Asked to recall
one he thought for a while and chose the occasion
when he met Billy Two Rivers in the north of
England last year. The bout, scheduled for 15 five-
I think Mike's attitude to
gimmicks is shown in the following story. While wrestling
one evening certain sections of
the crowd were shouting and
catcalling because something
had upset them. Mike stopped
wrestling, asked the M.C. if he
could use his microphone and
said, "You have paid to come
here and watch wrestling
tonight and that is what you
are getting. If you want to
see a comedian, go down
the road and see Norman
Wisdom!"
When I chatted with Mike
recently I discovered that he
is a man of many parts. Apart
from being a top-flight grappler, he is a linguist (speaking
four languages), a motoring
enthusiast and an excellent
conversationalist.
Because of his knowledge of languages Mike can
often understand the wisecracks of the crowds in
European countries. Many of their witticisms, he
told me, are the same as those of our own homegrown wits.
Mike Marino in Trouble
minute rounds, was a gruelling one with both men
giving of their best. It went the full distance with
neither man gaining a fall. (Continued on Page 24)
'' Gorgeous~~ Terry Garvin
Terry Garvin will tell you that the
first time he saw "Gorgeous
George" it changed his whole outlook on life. A single appearance
in Ottawa, and "Gorgeous George"
had won for himself an enthusiastic
young disciple in Terry.
So it was only natural that when
he decided to embark on a professional wrestling career four years
ago Terry chose to follow the style
of the "Orchid Man" from Hollywood. Although he is a disciple of
ORDER
the latter star's school Garvin is no
imitator.
Like George, he likes a slambang non-stop action type of bout,
but like the "Gorgeous One" who
learned his wrestling while listening
to "Farmer" Burns in Omaha,
Terry-now a fast-moving youngster
of 24-can hold his own in grip skill
with the master scientific wrestlers.
Terry Garvin's hair may be blond
and worn longish. Do not let
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appearances fool you, as Terry's
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Fi1•st Gentleman
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(Continued from Page 23)
Mike enjoys wr(':stling anywhere, but gets a
special kick out of appearing at halls where there
happen to be a group of Italian fans. He likes to
spend a while chatting to these friends and countrymen after he has finished grappling.
Finally I asked Mike what he thought about
the standard of refereeing in this country. He agreed
with me that the "third man" in the ring has an
unenviable job; he must be alert for every second of
a contest and must not be swayed by the .crqwd into
giving wrong decisions. In Mike's opinion the
standard has never been better.
Many wrestling enthusiasts-young and oldlook up to Mike Marino because he has those
qualities that make him a gentleman inside the ring.
I can assure these good people that he is just as much
one outside.
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DUNSTABLE
California Ballroom
LUTON
Drill Hall
2nd & 3rd Mon.
7.45 p.m.
2nd & 4th Thursday
1st & 3rd Sat.
7.45 p.m.
BERKSHIRE
NEW BURY
READING
Corn Exchan ge
Town Hall
1st Tuesday
1st & 3rd Tues .
7.45 p .m.
8 p.m .
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
A YLESBURY
Grosvenor Ball r oom
H I GH WYCOMBE Town Hall
PENN
Cinema
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange
WISBECH
Corn Exchange
DEVON
EXETER
Civic Centre
2nd & 4th Mon.
7.45 p.m.
1st, 2nd, 4th & 5th Mon .
7.45 p.m.
3rd Tuesday
7.30 p.m.
2nd Thursday
2nd Monday
7.45 p .m.
7.45 p.m.
3rd Thursday
ESSEX
CHELMSFORD
Corn Exchange
CLACTON
Butlin 's Camp
COLCHESTER
Corn Exch. , W inter Gdns.
DAGENHAM
Round House
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
BRISTOL
CHELTENHAM
GLOUCESTER
Colston Hall
Town Hall
Publ ic Baths
HAMPSIDRE
PORTSMOUTH Royal Arena
SOUTHAMPTON
Royal Pier Pavilion
WINCHESTER
Lido Ball ro om
BOURNEMOUTH
Winter Gardens
2nd & 4th Tues.
1st We dnesday
1st & 3rd Tues.
7.45 p.m.
1st & 3rd Thurs.
8 p.m.
2nd & 4th Thurs . 7.45 p.m.
3rd & 5th Mon.
7.45 p.m.
Every T hurs. Oct. 26th.
7.45 p.m.
Every Saturday
Kemble Theatre
HERTFORDSHIRE
WATFORD
Town Hall
KENT
ASHFORD
Corn Exchange
BARNEHURST
Residents' Assn . Club
BECKENHAM
Baths
FOLKESTONE Marine Gdn s.
MAIDSTON E
Agri cultural Hall
RAMSGATE
Coronation Ballroom
ROCHESTER
The Cas in o
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Assembly Hall
WELLING
Embassy Ballrooms
7.30 p .m.
2nd & 41 h Thurs. 7.45 p.m .
BURNT OAK
CAMBERWELL
Assembly Hall
Essoldo
Baths
Essoldo
Town Hall
Municipal Hall
WALTHAMSTOW
Assembly Hall
WEMBLEY
Town Hall
WEST HAM
Baths
KING ' S LYNN
The Corn Exchange
NORWICH
The Corn Hall
8 p.m.
Every Thursday
1st Friday
1st & 3rd Thurs.
1st Thursday
8 p.m .
8 p.m.
7p.m.
7 p .m.
Last Wednesday 7.45 p.m.
3rd, 4th & 5th Tues.
7.30 p .m.
3rd & 4th Friday
7 p .m.
1st & 5th Wed.
7p.m.
Every Monday
8 p.m .
3rd & 5th Tues.
7.45 p .m.
1st & 3rd Thurs.
8 p .m.
1st, 3rd & 5th Mon.
Every Mon . Oct. 30th.
8 p.m.
1st & 3rd Sat.
Every Saturday
7.30 p.m .
7.30 p.m.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
KETTERING
The Drill Hall
NORTHAMPTON
Drill Hall
PETERBOROUGH
The Cor n Exchange
2nd & 4th Tues.
7.45 p.m.
OXFORDSIDRE
2nd Thursday
7.30 p .m.
BANBURY The Winter Gdns.
OXFORD
The Town Hall
WITNEY
Corn Exchange
1st, 3rd & 5th Mon.
7.45 p.m.
2nd Thurs . & 4th Fri.
·
1st & 3rd Thurs.
7.45 p.m.
2nd Wednesday
1st & 4th Wed.
1st & 3rd Friday
7.45 p.m.
8 p.m.
3rd Wednesday
2nd Friday
Last Friday
7.45 p.m.
7.45 p.m.
7.45 p.m .
Last Thursday
1st Wednesday
Every Friday
7.45 p.m.
8 p.m.
Sp.m.
SOMERSET
2nd & 4th Wed.
8 p.m.
Last Wednesday
8 p.m .
Last Friday
Every Thursday
2nd Tuesday
8 p.m.
8 p.m.
7.45 p.m.
BURY ST. EDMUNDS
The Corn Exchange
FELIXSTOWE The Pavilion
I P SWICH
Public Baths
2nd & 4th Sat.
7.30 p.m.
SURREY
1st & 3rd Friday
Every Friday
7.30 p.m.
7.45 p.m.
DORKING
Dorking Halls
KINGSTON
Coronation Ballroom
PURLEY
Orchid Ballroom
Every Monday
7.30 p.m.
SUSSEX
Every Tuesday
8 p .m.
Every Fri. & Last Wed.
8 p.m.
2nd & 4th Thurs.
8 p.m .
Every Sat. Oct. 21st.
7.45 p.m.
2nd & 4th Mon.
NORFOLK
7.45 p.m.
LONDON AREA
BARKING
PADDINGTON
PADDINGTON
SHOREDITCH
1'0TTENHAM
1st & 3rd Wed.
HEREFORDSHIRE
HEREFORD
7.45 p.m.
CATFORD
The Town Hall
DE PT FORD
Laurie Grove Baths
ESSOLDO
Caledonian Road
HAVES
Essoldo Cinema
HAVES
Savoy Cinema
KENSINGTON
Royal A l bert Hall
LIME GROVE
Baths Hall
BATH
The Spa Pavilion
BRIDGWATER
Slake Hall
TAUNT ON
The Drill Hall
SUFFOLK
BOGNOR
Butlin's Camp
BRIGHTON
The Palladium
HASTINGS White Rock Pav.
HOVE
The Town Hall
WORTHING
Pier Pavilion
3rd Wednesday
8 p.m.
Eve r y Wed. Oct. 18th
7.45p.m,
Every Tuesday
Sp.m.
Every Thursday
Every Sunday
2nd & 4th Wed.
2nd Wednesday
3rd Wednesday
8
7.45
8
7.45
p.m.
p.m.
p.m .
p.m.
WILTSIDRE
SWINDON
The Locarno Ballroom
Every Tuesday
Th e above venues and dates are corre!:t at time of going to Press. Unless otherwise stated the Tournaments
listed are for October, 1961.
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TIBOR SZAKACS
.. Mean~ Moody and Magnific ent
(Continued from Page 22)
(Continued from Page 5)
At that time he was battling the
welterweights with the same toughness and tenacity that have to-day
become a major part of his way of
living. A weaker man might have
dropped out of wrestling a long time
ago, but not Doug J oyce-he went
from success to success from one
weight class to anothe;, viciously
fighting all the way as only a real
man can.
Heavyweight Championshi_P Belt,
h:ld by the perpetua~ actwn star
Norman Walsh, of !"~Iddlesbrough.
He ha~ held Cha~p10n Walsh to .a
draw. m a non-title bout, and IS
certam the Lord Mountevans' Gold
Be~t would look better round his
watst than around the middle of the
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Middlesbrough champion !
And Doug J oyce, tough as he IS,
usually gets what he goes after.
Along the tough road to joining
the top-notchers of the mid-heavyweight class he has locked grips
with most of the famous.
Many of these notables have been
in the heavyweight class; some have
been big names from abroad who
have been beaten by the bulletheaded tough guy from Rushden.
Ahead of him, he firmly believes,
are bigger and more important
opponents.
At the present moment Doug
Joyce's quest is the British Mid-
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of Poland. (c) Everett Marshall, of U .S. A.
9- Edward
Beresford,
~ 10--'-Seamus Donlevy.
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Huddersfield.
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2nd Wednesday
7.30 p.m.
1st Tuesday
1st & 3rd Thurs.
7.30 p.m.
7.45 p .m.
2nd & 4th Sat.
7.30 p.m.
BIRKENHEAD
Essoldo Ritz
CREWE
Town Hall
ELLESMERE PORT
Civic Hall
CUMBERLAND
CARLISLE
Market Hall
1st, 3rd & 5th Mon.
7.30 p.m.
DERBYSHIRE
ALFRETON
Drill Hall
CHESTERFIELD
Ashgate Road, Drill Hall
DERBY
Baths Hall
1st Monday
7.40 p.m.
2nd & 4th Friday 7.30 p.m.
3rd, 4th & 5th Mon.
7.40 p.m.
GLAMORGAN
Gwynn Hall
Tower Ballroom
1st & 3rd Mon.
2nd & 4th Mon.
7.30 p .m.
7.30 p.m.
2nd Friday
1st & 3rd Friday
3rd Thursday
7.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
IRELAND
BELFAST
Ulster Hall
LISBURN
New Top Hat
PORT STEWART
Top Hat
LANCASHIRE
BARROW
MANCHESTER
Public Hall
King 's Hall
Belle Vue
BLACKBURN
King George's Hall
BLACKPOOL
The Tower
BOLTON
Wryton Stadium
LIVERPOOL
The Stadium
COLNE
Municipal Hall
LEIGH
Co-op. Hall
MORECAMBE Winter Gdns.
PRESTON
Public Hall
ST. HELENS
WARRINGTON
Hippodrome
Baths Hall
2nd & 4th Thurs. 7.30 p.m.
Every Saturday
7 p.m .
2nd & 4th Thurs. 7.30 p.m.
4th & 5th Mon.
7.30 p.m.
Every Friday
7.30 p .m.
Every Friday
7.30 p.m .
7.40 p.m.
1st Thursday
2nd Thursday
8 p.m.
1st, 2nd & 3rd Thurs.
7.30 p.m .
2nd, 3rd & 4th Mon .
7.30 p.m.
2nd Wednesday 7.30 p.m.
3rd & 5th Mon.
7.30 p.m.
LEICESTERSHIRE
LEICESTER
Cossington Street Baths
LOUGHBORO'
Town Hall
2nd, 3rd & 4th Friday
7.30 p .m .
1st, 3rd & 5th Mon.
7.30 p.m.
LINCOLNSHIRE
BOSTON
GRANTHAM
GRIMSBY
LINCOLN
SCUNTHORPE
Festival Hall
2nd & 4th Tues.
1st Monday
7.45 p.m .
7.30 p .m.
Baths Hall
Every Saturday
7.30 p.m.
& 4th Tues.
F ri day
Tuesday
& 3rd Sat.
7.30 p.m.
7.40 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
SALOP
CHESHIRE
MEATH
SWANSEA
TROWELL
WORKSOP
Drill Hall
Gaiety
Market Hall
Baths Hall
1st, 3rd & 5th Mon.
7.30 p.m.
1st & 3rd Sat.
7:3op.m.
2nd & 4th Wed. 7.30 p .m.
1st & 3rd Wed.
7.30 p .m.
4th Wednesday
7.30 p.m.
NORTHUMBERLAND
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE
New St. dames' Hall
Every Saturday
6.45 p.m .
3rd Wednesday
2nd Monday
7.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
NORTH WALES
BANGOR
County Theatre
COLWYN BAY Pier Pavilion
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NEWARK
Palace Theatre
NOTTINGHAM
V ictoria Baths
SUTTON-IN·ASHFIELD
The Baths
2nd & 4th Sat.
7.30 p.m.
2nd, 3rd & 4th Thurs.
7.30 p.m.
4th Monday
7.40 p.m.
SHREWSBURY
SCOTLAND
ABERDEEN
Music Hall
DUMFRIES
Drill Hall
DUNDEE
Caird Hall
FALKIRK
Town Hall
GLASGOW
Kelvin Sports Arena
HAMILTON
Town Hall
KILMARNOCK
Grand Hall
KIRKCALDY
Town Hall
STIRLING
Albert Hall
2nd
2nd
5th
2nd
Every Friday
2nd & 4th Mond.
2nd & 4th Mon.
3rd Thursday
1st & 4th Sat.
7.30
7.45
7.30
7.30
7.30
p.m.
p.m. ·
p.m.
p.m.
p.m.
1st & 3rd Friday
7.30 p.m.
SHROPSHIRE
WELLINGTON
Sankey Steel Works
STAFFORDSHIRE
BURTON
.Jubilee Hall
HANLEY
Victoria Hall
LONGBRIDGE
Essoldo
NEWCASTLE·under-LYME
Municipal Hall
SMETHWICK
Baths Hall
WEST BROMWICH
Gala Baths Hall
WILLENHALL
Baths Hall
WOLVERHAMPTON
Civic Hall
1st, 2nd & 4th Friday
7.40 p.m.
Every Saturday 7.30 p.m.
4th Tuesday
7.30 p.m. 4th Tuesday
4th Thursday
7.30 p .m.
7.30 p.m.
2nd & 4th Mon . 7.30 p.m.
3rd & 4th Friday 7.30 p.m.
2nd & 4th Tues.
7.30 p.m.
Every Tuesday
4th Monday
7.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
WARWICKSHIRE
BIRMINGHAM
Newtown Palace
WARWICK Warwick Theatre
WORCESTERSHIRE
KIDDERMINSTER The Baths
MALVERN
WORCESTER
YORKSHIRE
Winter Gdns.
Skating Rink
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BRADFORD
St. George's Hall.
BRIDLINGTON
The Spa
DONCASTER Corn Exchange
GOOLE
Tower Cinema
HALIFAX
Victoria Hall
HARROWGATE
Royal Hall
HUDDERSFIELD
Empress Ballroom
HULL
Langham Hall
HULL
Madeley St. Baths
LEEDS
Town Hall
MIDDLESBRO '
ROTHERHAM
3rd, 4th & 5th Tues.
7.40 p.m.
2nd Thursday
7.40 p.m.
2nd Monday
7.40 p.m.
The Stadium
Baths Hall
SCARBOROUGH
The Spa
SHEFFIELD
Abbeydale
SHEFFIELD
Somme Barracks
WAKEFIELD
The Rollerholme
YORK
S.S. Empire
Every Monday
7.30 p.m.
1st & 4th Tues.
7.30 p.m.
Every Saturday 7.30 p .m.
tst & 3rd Thurs 7.30 p.m.
3rd Monday
7.30 p.m.
5th Tuesday
7.30 p.m.
1st, 3rd & 5th Tues.
7.30 p.m.
1st & 2nd Tues.
7.30 p.m.
3rd & 4th Tues.
7.30 p.m .
1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th Mon.
7.30 p.m.
Every Saturlfay
7 p.m.
2nd, 3rd & 4th Friday
7.30 p.m.
3rd Tuesday
7.30 p.m.
1st & 4th Wed.
7.45 p.m.
2nd & 3rd Wed.
7.45 p.m.
2nd & 4th Tues.
2nd & 4th Mon.
7.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
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