Stampede Wrestling (1950)

Regina SK: January 9, 1950
(Trianon) ... Earl McCready beat Al Mills ... Pete Managoff beat Stan
Mayslack (as Stan Myslajek)

Regina SK: January 16, 1950
(Trianon) ... Earl McCready beat Pete Managoff ... Al Mills beat Stu Gibson

Regina SK: January 23, 1950
(Trianon) ... Earl McCready beat Cardiff Giant ... Dan O'Connor beat
Pete Managoff ... Harry Petagorski vs Jack Wiebe

Regina SK: January 30, 1950
(Trianon) ... Al Korman & Dan O'Connor beat Stu Hart & Stan Mayslack
(as Stan Myslajek) ... Stu Hart drew Al Korman ... Dan O'Connor beat
Stan Mayslack (as Stan Myslajek)

Regina SK: February 6, 1950 (Monday)
(Trianon) ... Whipper Billy Watson beat Dan O'Connor ... Cardiff Giant
beat Stu Hart (utc) ... Vern Pettigrew beat Al Dolan ... NOTE: "In my
opinion," George Jacobs told Leader-Post columnist Tom Melville (Feb.
2), "(this is) the biggest wrestling show in Regina's history." ...
Melville variously refers to Jacobs as either the "portly" or the
"persistent promoter."

Regina SK: February 13, 1950
(Trianon) ... Al Korman beat Bill Stack ... Stu Hart beat Cardiff
Giant (dq) ... Promoter: George (Porky) Jacobs

Regina SK: February 20, 1950
(Trianon) ... Earl McCready & Bill Stack beat Larry Tillman & Al Korman

Regina SK: February 27, 1950
(Trianon) ... Whipper Billy Watson drew Earl McCready (60:00) ... Bill
Stack vs Jerry Meeker

Regina SK: March 6, 1950
(Trianon) ... Bill Stack (as Billy "Farmer Boy" Stack) vs Jerry Meeker
... NOTE: Meeker reportedly "ran out" on the match

Regina SK: March 13, 1950
(Trianon) ... Jerry Meeker beat Bill Stack (2-0) ... Stan Mayslack (as
Stan Myslajek) beat Al Korman (2-0, dq) ... Al Dolan beat Vern
Pettigrew (17:00) ... Referee: Harry Petagorski ... NOTE: "Larger
crowds have packed the Trianon for Porky Jacobs' wrestling shows but
few have been in such good voice. The fans were in an almost constant
uproar as they cheered on their favorites. And at the finish they just
about blew their tops, yelling a blue streak at Meeker and referee
Harry Petagorski while their hero Stack lay hors de combat on the
canvas." -- Regina SK Leader-Post, Mar. 14, 1950

Regina SK: April 11, 1950
(Trianon) ... Jerry Meeker & Slim Zimbleman (as Aaron Zimbleman) beat
Stu Hart & Joe Corbett (of Krydor SK) ... Joe Corbett drew Slim
Zimbleman (as Aaron Zimbleman) ... Stu Hart drew Jerry Meeker

Regina SK: April 18, 1950
(Trianon) ... Whipper Billy Watson beat Jerry Meeker

Regina SK: April 24, 1950 (Monday)
(Trianon) ... Whipper Billy Watson vs Jerry Meeker ... Francois Miquet
vs Joe Corbett ... Lou Sjoberg vs Whitey Dropko

Regina SK: May 8, 1950
(Trianon) ... Al Mills vs Joe Corbett ... LaVerne Baxter (as The Mask)
beat Chief Thunderbird ... Johnny Valentine vs Nick Elitch

Regina SK: May 15, 1950 (Monday)
(Trianon) ... LaVerne Baxter (as The Mask) beat Chief Thunderbird
(2-1, cor) ... Joe Corbett & Stu Hart beat Nick Roberts & Harry
Petagorski ... Referee: Jack Wiebe .. NOTE: With Thunderbird unable to
return to the ring "The Mask was busy clouting an over-eager spectator
in the face. The bold fan mounted the ring to do battle with the
masked arch-villain. As promoter (George) Jacobs rushed to the rescue,
a well-aimed wallop from the Mask sent the spectator flying to land in
the arms of a group of grinning bouncers." -- Regina SK Leader-Post,
May 15, 1950

Regina SK: May 22, 1950
(Trianon) ... (Cage Match) LaVerne Baxter (as The Mask) vs Chief
Thunderbird ... Joe Corbett vs Cliff Thiede ... Referee: Earl Malone
... NOTE: Promoter George Jacobs set aside a portion of the receipts
for Manitoba's flood victims ... Jacobs originally announced that Ed
(Strangler) Lewis would referee the main go.

Moose Jaw SK: May 29, 1950 (Monday)
(Arena, att. 1,500) ... Joe Corbett beat LaVerne Baxter (as The Mask)
(2-1, dq) ... (Ladies) Mildred Burke beat Helen Hild ... Nick Roberts
(of Memphis TN) beat Whitey Dropko (of Moose Jaw SK) (15:00) ...
Referee: Harry Petagorski ... Promoter: George (Porky) Jacobs ...
NOTE: "For the lare contingent of Reginans who made the trek to the
Mill City there was the added matter of seeing entertainment forbidden
them in their own city." -- Regina SK Leader-Post, May 30, 1950 ...
Jacobs had been refused permission by the Regina Boxing and Wrestling
Commission to stage a female match, so he brought the show here.

Regina SK: June 12, 1950
(Trianon) ... Al Mills beat LaVerne Baxter (as The Mask) (2-0) ...
Jerry Meeker beat Chief Thunderbird (1-1, utc) ... Harry Petagorski
drew Whitey Dropko (15:00) ... Referee: Pat McGill ... NOTE: Although
The Mask was forced to unmask, he refused to tell the assemblage who
he was! ... The Leader-Post "reported" promoter George Jacobs went so
far as to threaten the erstwhile hooded man with forfeiture of his
purse lest he fail to 'fess up, but the villain just threatened to
"take it (the purse) out of your (Jacobs') hide" if that be the case
... Applause by the fans determined the pairings of the top two bouts
... McGill was making his first appearance since breaking a leg in a
match the previous winter

North Regina SK: July 3, 1950
(Ballpark) ... (Ladies) ... NOTE: Once again refused permission to
exhibit the female wrestlers in the city of Regina by the
stuffed-shirt "commission," promoter George Jacobs moved his show to
the suburbs

North Regina SK: July 18, 1950 (Tuesay)
(Taylor Field) ... Al Mills beat Lou Newman (2-1) ... Referee: Chief
Thunderbird ... Joe Corbett beat Chief Thunderbird (2-1) ... Referee:
Jack Wiebe ... Jack Wiebe beat Pete Popescul ... NOTE: Promoter George
Jacobs said he received no wire or telephone call from Nagurski, who
was supposed to be en route from his home at International Falls MN
... Mills retained "Jacobs' version" of the Canadian heavyweight title

Regina SK: September 18, 1950 (Monday)
(Trianon, att. 400) ... Bob Lortie drew Don Kindred (as Don Kendrick)
(45:00) ... Ali Bey beat Ray Marshall ... (Battle Royal) won by Stu
Hart from Ali Bey, Don Kindred (as Don Kendrick of New York), Ray
Marshall (sub for Steve Gob) & Bob Lortie ... Referee: Pete Popescul
... NOTE: Kindred/Kendrick is described as "the dusky New Yorker" ...
"Prior to (his) match, there was some doubt as to whether or not Ali
Bey could speak English. He was said to be fresh from his native
Istanbul. But somehow the big groaner has picked up a few words here
and there. 'Me, I hail from Buffalo,' he announced, without a trace of
any accent, a few moments before he left the dressing room." -- Regina
SK Leader-Post, Sept. 19, 1950

Regina SK: September 25, 1950
(Trianon) ... Steve Gob beat Ali Bey ... Bob Lortie beat Don Kindred
(as Don Kendrick)

Edmonton AB: September 26, 1950
George (Porky) Jacobs, the Regina promoter, suffers a broken rib while
refereeing the weekly wrestling matches here ... Jacobs returns to
Regina in an upbeat mood, however, singing the praises of newcomer
Tony Cosenza ... "He is about the fastest man I've ever seen in a
ring. He's simply terrific."

Regina SK: October 2, 1950 (Monday)
(Trianon) ... Ali Bey & Bob Lortie vs Don Kindred (as Don Kendrick) &
Tony Cosenza ... Referee: Lefty Pacer ... NOTE: For convenience of
ringsiders, the Saskatchewan Roughrider-Calgary Stampeder football
game was carried over the public-address system

Regina SK: October 9, 1950
(Trianon) ... Bob Lortie beat Ali Bey (2-1, dq) ... Ivan Kameroff drew
Tony Cosenza ... Referee: Lefty Pacer

Regina SK: October 16, 1950
(Trianon) ... Tony Cosenza vs Al (Krusher) Korman ... Ivan Kameroff vs
Ray Marshall (of Burlington VT) ... Referee: Lefty Pacer

London ENGLAND: October 23, 1950
A court awards George Hackenschmidt, 74, the onetime champion
wrestler, with 300 pounds (the equivalent of about $885) in damages
for libel ... Hackenschmidt had sued a now-defunct magazine, the News
Reiew, for writing that he had lost a match 40 years ago at New York
City's Madison Square Garden when it, in fact, had ended in a draw
decision ... "His lawyer said that in February, 1911, George met
(Stanislaus) Zbyszko in a handicap contest ... Hackenschmidt had to
get two falls to win, while Zbyszko had to win only one. Neither man
pinned the other, and the contest was drawn." -- Reuters, Oct. 24,
1950 ... NOTE: Yes, it certainly sounds like the judge was snookered.

Regina SK: October 23, 1950
(Trianon) ... Al Korman beat Don Kindred (as Don Kendrick, sub for Bob
Lortie) (2-1) ... Tony Cosenza drew Ivan Kameroff (1-1, nc) ...
Referee: Pete Popescul ... NOTE: Promoter Porky Jacobs substitutes
Kendrick when Lortie suffers a "double fracture of the jaw" in an
Edmonton match -- probably against Steve Gob Oct. 17 -- and returns
home to Montreal QC to recuperate.

Regina SK: November 6, 1950
(Trianon) ... Paul Lortie drew Al Korman (60:00, 1-1) ... (Boxing
Match) Ivan Kameroff beat Tony Cosenza (KO4 of 10) ... Referee: Steve
Gob ... Steve Gob beat Jack Wiebe (7:00) ... Promoter: George (Porky)
Jacobs ... NOTE: Lortie is defending the "international junior
heavyweight belt." ... Said to be worth some $2,000, Lortie claims to
have won it in a 1947 tournament at Paris FRANCE, over some 40
competitors ... Cosenza and Kameroff were down for 10 rounds, with
gloves, to decide their feud; altogether, five knockdowns were
counted, Kameroff hitting the canvas three times ... "That knockout
blow was no phony, either; Cosenza was really out." -- Regina SK
Leader-Post, Nov. 7, 1950 ... Kameroff and Gob, several years later,
would team together as Boris and Nicoli Vokoff and form one of the
most successful and long-enduring tag teams in pro wrestling history
... Earl McCready, just returned from another tour of New Zealand and
Australia, was at ringside.

Regina SK: November 20, 1950 (Monday)
(Trianon) ... Frank Marconi beat Earl McCready (2-1, cor) ... Referee:
Steve Gob ... Al (Krusher) Korman beat Ali Bey (2-0) ... NOTE: Referee
Gob drew the vociferous displeasure of the crowd for not noticing that
Marconi employed an illegal grip on the ropes to secure the third-fall
pin from the vaunted McCready ... "An innovation by promoter (George)
Jacobs -- the setting up of tables for sport scribes and radio men --
has been well received up until now. Monday night, McCready and
Marconi flew through the ropes and lit on the table, demolishing it.
Underneath the mass of wood and squirming huanity lay Fire Chief Tom
Yarnton's hat. It was as flat as an over-poached egg. Just to be
sociable, Chief Yarnton sat with reporters throughout the bout. If he
does so again, it's a good bet he'll come bareheaded." -- Regina SK
Leader-Post, Nov. 21, 1950

Regina SK: November 27, 1950
(Trianon) ... Earl McCready beat Frank Marconi ... Al Korman beat
Wally Dusek (as Stan Dusek) (2-1, dq)

Regina SK: December 4, 1950 (Monday)
(Trianon) ... Wally Dusek (as Stan Dusek) vs Al Korman ... Frank
Marconi vs Paul Lortie ... Referee: Jack Wiebe ... Promoter: George
(Porky) Jacobs ... NOTE: Korman is said to be celebrating his 32nd
birthday on this day.

Regina SK: December 11, 1950
(Trianon) ... Whipper Billy Watson beat Al Korman (2-0) .. Earl
McCready beat Ivan Kameroff (2-1) ... Paul Lortie beat Jack Wiebe

Regina SK: December 18, 1950
(Trianon) ... Whipper Billy Watson drew Earl McCready ... Paul Lortie
beat Ivan Kameroff ... NOTE: Final show of the year.