Wrestling in Sheffield, Alabama in 1933

SHEFFIELD, ALABAMA 1933 (From the Florence Times)

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 05 January 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Jim Hesslyn beat George Harbin (2-1) ... Dale Haddock beat Freddie Knichel (48:00, 2-0) ... 3-Round Boxing Match: Buster Cox vs Putman Tilson

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 12 January 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Jim Hesslyn beat Joe Dillman (2-1) via dq ... Dale Haddock drew Joe Gunther (60:00) ... Referee: Ernest Kelly

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 19 January 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tiger Kelly beat George Harben (2-1) ... Tarzan the Ape Man drew Kid Lott (60:00, 1-1) ... all proceeds from the show went to Associated Charities of Sheffield ... Tarzan and Kid Lott substituted for Joe Gunther (who had injured his foot earlier in the week) and Jack Sherry

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 26 January 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tiger Kelly beat Eddie Pope (2-1) ... Jimmie Demos beat Walter Miller (15:00, 2-1) ... Miller substituted for Al Santell

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 02 February 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tarzan the Ape Man beat Eddie Pope (2-1) ... Kid Lott beat Dutch Green (37:00, 2-0)

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 09 February 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Eddie Elzea vs Joe Dillman ... Jimmie Demis vs Joe Turner

The microfilm archives of The Florence Times are missing issues from 8-22 February 1933.

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 23 February 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tarzan the Ape Man beat Pete Seajack (22:00, 2-0) ... Jack Sherry beat Joe Turner (2-1) ... Tarzan voluntarily unmasked, but did not announce his name ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 02 March 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Stanley Buersch beat Tiger Kelly (41:00, 2-1) ... Jimmie Demos beat Sammy Miller (32:30, 2-1) ... The "Gold Dust Twins" were scheduled to open the show with a boxing match, but forgot their gloves, so they wrestled instead ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 09 March 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Joe Dillman beat George Harben (2-0) ... Cowboy Boland beat Jack Sherry (2-1) ... The Gold Dust Twins remembered their gloves and boxed before the wrestling started

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 16 March 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Kid Lott beat Joe Dillman (43:50, 2-1) ... George Romanoff beat Rough House Hagen (40:00, 2-1) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 23 March 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Jim Hesslyn beat George Harben (2-0) ... Eddie Elzea beat Dr. Fredericks (2-1) ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 30 March 1933
(Legion Hall) ... George Romanoff beat Eddie Elzea (2-1) ... Freddie Lassiter beat Jacques Moreau (23:00, 2-0) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 06 April 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tiger Kelly beat Jim Hesslyn (2-1) ... Rough House Hagen drew Roy Allen (60:00, 1-1) via time-limit draw ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 13 April 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Al Stecher beat Tiger Kelly (2-1) ... Roy Allen beat Jacques Moreau (2-1) via dq ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 20 April 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Al Stecher beat Rough House Hagen (2-1)... Kid Lott beat Freddie Lassiter (2-1) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 27 April 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tiger Kelly beat Lon Chaney (2-0) ... Pete Demetroff beat Roy Allen (25:00, 2-0) ... Tiger Kelly substituted for Joe Dillman, who was injured in a match in Jasper earlier in the week ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 04 May 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Rained out ... scheduled card was Ernest Kelly vs Cliff McLeod ... Pete Demetroff vs Henry Clausen

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 11 May 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Rained out second consecutive week ... scheduled card was Francis Journee vs Cliff McLeod ... Rough House Hagen vs Pete Demetroff

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 18 May 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Stanley Buersch beat Kid Lott (2-1) ... Charlie Cure drew Tiger Kelly (60:00, 1-1) via time-limit draw ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 25 May 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Al Stecher beat George Harben (2-1) ... Ripper Reeves beat Lon Chaney (2-0) via dq ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 01 June 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Stanley Buersch beat Charlie Cure (2-1) ... Ripper Reeves beat Hunter O'Neal (2-0) ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 08 June 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Stenley Buersch beat Hans Wagner (2-1) ... Tiger Kelly beat Charlie Cure

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 15 June 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Joe Dillman vs Ripper Reeves ... Charlie Cure vs Stanley West

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 22 June 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Stanley Buersch beat Joe Dillman (2-1) ... Kid Lott beat Hans Wagner (29:30, 2-1) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 29 June 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Kid Lott beat Ripper Reeves ... Walter Roxy beat Freddie Knichel ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Dewey Robbins

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 06 July 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Joe Dillman beat Kid Lott ... Walter Roxy beat Bulldog Mallory ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Jack Freeman

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 13 July 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tuffy Cleet beat Fritz Crane (2-1) ... Vic Weber beat Al Westergard (26:00, 2-1) ... Referee: Ernest (Tiger) Kelly

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 20 July 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tuffy Cleet beat Walter Miller (27:00, 2-1) ... Pete Demetroff beat Mike London (2-0) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Bulldog Mallory

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 27 July 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Frank Buersch beat Gus Pappas (21:00, 2-1) ... Pete Demetroff beat Bulldog Mallory (2-1) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Tuffy Cleet

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 03 August 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tuffy Cleet beat Pete Ramos (2-1) .. Bulldog Mallory drew Dale Haddock (60:00, 1-1) via time-limit draw ... Referees: Tuffy Cleet (preliminary), Bulldog Mallory (main event)

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 10 August 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tuffy Cleet beat Joe Dillman (2-1) ... Bulldog Mallory beat Jimmy Shaber (2-1) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Mike London

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 17 August 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Dale Haddock beat Henry Kollen (2-1) ... Walter Miller beat Gus Pappas (40:00, 2-1) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 24 August 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Joe Dillman beat Tommie Galbos (2-1) ... Pete Demetroff beat Eddie Baker (2-1) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Jimmy Murphy

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 31 August 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Ernest (Tiger) Kelly beat Jack Purdin (2-1) via countout ... Dale Haddock beat Jimmy Murphy (2-0) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Strong

Sheffield, AL: Monday, 02 September 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Joe Dillman beat Blacksmith Pedigo (29:00, 2-0) ... John Felix beat Bill Hoskins (17:00) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Dillman officiated the preliminary while Hoskins and Felix shared referee duties in the main event. Tuffy Cleet was reportedly injured in an automobile accident and unable to work, resulting in the shuffled card.

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 07 September 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tom Galbos beat Tiger Kelly (20:30, 2-1) ... Blacksmith Pedigo beat Vic Weber (32:00, 2-1) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Weber's loss was purportedly his first in 19 matches in the South

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 14 September 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tiger Kelly beat Mickey McGuire (2-1) ... Pete Demetroff beat Al Thompson (29:00, 2-1) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Farmer Vance

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 21 September 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Roughhouse Sam Nelson beat Joe Dillman (2-1) ... Jimmy Murphy beat Gorilla Tucker (2-1) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 28 September 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tuffy Cleet beat Walter Logan (26:00, 2-1) ... Lon Chaney beat Ace Judkins (35:00, 2-1)

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 05 October 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Tuffy Cleet beat Tiger Kelly (33:00, 2-1) ... Stanley Vance beat Gorilla Tucker (22:00, 2-0) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches


Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 12 October 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Jack Spurgin beat Tuffy Cleet (12:00, 2-0) ... Gus Pappas drew Eddie Baker (60:00, 1-1) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 19 October 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Jack Spurgin beat Rough House Sam Nelson (30:00, 2-1) via disqualification ... Lon Chaney beat Eddie Baker (26:50, 2-1) ... A 3-round amateur boxing match preceded the wrestling matches ... Referee: Bob Knichel

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 26 October 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Jack Spurgin beat John Fulton (25:00, 2-0) ... Joe Shimkus beat Floyd Tuck (2-0) ... (amateur match) Bobo Rand beat Mule Taylor (15:00, 1-0) ... Referee: John Fulton (preliminary), Hallon Box (amateur match)

Sheffield, AL: Thursday, 02 November 1933
(Legion Hall) ... Al Stecher beat Jack Spurgin (2-1) ... Pat McCarthy beat Tuffy Cleet (60:00, 1-0) ... Referee: Gus Pappas
 

I have to get back to Florence to get the rest of the year as Google News Archive doesn't have Nov-Dec 1933 online.