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| CARDS & RESULTS: 1920s |
| 1920s |
| 1928 |
References to the following individuals and organizations are made throughout this section: Abe Kaplan; Alan Eustace; Andy Brown;
Archie Holton; Bill Morrow; Billy Sandow (01); Bob Fitzpatrick; Bob Ruble; Boris Demetroff; Charlie Hanson (01); Charlie Sondenberg; Cy
Williams; Dick Daviscourt; Doc Langford; George Hill; George Kotsonaros; Guy Tucker; Henri DeGlane; Ivan Mikaloff; Jack Evans (01);
Jack Humberto; Jack McGuire; Jack Nelson; Jack Washburn; Jim Browning; Jim Londos; Joe Zigmund; John Contos; John Paxos; Leon
Labriola; Mike Benson; Mike Romano; the Mysterious Conductor; Pat McGill; Paul Harper; Paul Jones (01); Pete Dallis; Pete Mito; Pete
Sauer; Rough House Ross; Sammy Miller; Scotty McDougal; Stan Stasiak (01); Stanislaus Zbyszko; Strangler Lewis; Tom Auglin; Tom
Marvin; Whitey Hewitt; William Brown; Wladek Zbyszko.
January 5, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Scotty McDougal over Ivan Mikaloff > John Paxos over Whitey Hewitt > Paul Jones (01) and Jim Browning went to a draw
January 18, 1928 (Wednesday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Dick Daviscourt and Scotty McDougal went to a draw > Paul Jones (01) over Ivan Mikaloff
February 2, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Scotty McDougal and Stan Stasiak (01) went to a draw > Paul Jones (01) over Tom Marvin > Ivan Mikaloff over Andy Brown
February 9, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Stan Stasiak (01) over John Paxos two falls to none > Paul Jones (01) over Scotty McDougal > Pete Sauer over Tom Marvin
February 16, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Charlie Hanson (01) over Scotty McDougal two falls to none > Jack Evans (01) over Ivan Mikaloff
March 1, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > All-Comers Match: Charlie Hanson (01) over William Brown; Hanson over Bob Fitzpatrick; Hanson over Tom Auglin; Hanson
over Bob Ruble; Hanson over Doc Langford > Charlie Hanson (01) and Jack McGuire went to a draw > Paul Jones (01) over Whitey
Hewitt two falls to none
March 6, 1928 (Tuesday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Pete Sauer over Mike Benson > World Heavyweight Title Match: Strangler Lewis* over Paul Jones (01) to retain the title /
Notes: Billy Sandow (01) managed Lewis. Lewis had been the reigning World Heavyweight Champion since he went over Joe Stecher in
St. Louis, MO, on February 21, 1928. This version was the one linked back to George Hackenschmidt.
March 15, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Mike Romano versus Scotty McDougal > Jack Evans (01) versus Pat McGill > Tom Marvin versus Whitey Hewitt / Notes: This
card was cancelled when Romano and McGill failed to appear at the afternoon weigh in as required by the Athletic Commission.
March 29, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Jim Londos and Wladek Zbyszko went to a draw at 120:00 > Pete Sauer over the Mysterious Conductor / Notes: The
Conductor substituted for Jack Evans (01) in the match against Sauer.
April 10, 1928 (Tuesday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Theatre (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Amateur
Match: Guy Tucker and Rough House Ross went to a draw > Paul Jones (01) over Jack McGuire > Jim Londos over Charlie Hanson (01)
/ Notes: McGuire substituted for Pete Sauer in the match against Jones.
April 20, 1928 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Theatre (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Stan Stasiak
(01) over Jack McGuire two falls to none > Pete Sauer and Joe Zigmund went to a draw at 60:00
May 4, 1928 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Theatre (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Dick
Daviscourt over Joe Zigmund > Pete Sauer over Jack Humberto / Notes: Daviscourt was declared the winner of his match when Zigmund
was deemed unable to continue.
October 9, 1928 (Tuesday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Mike Romano and Abe Kaplan went to a draw at 60:00 > Dick Daviscourt over Leon Labriola > George Kotsonaros over
Charlie Sondenberg two falls to none
October 24, 1928 (Wednesday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Sammy Miller over Archie Holton > Pete Sauer and Alan Eustace went to a draw at 60:00 > Jim Browning over Dick
Daviscourt two falls to one / Notes: Abe Kaplan was booked to referee the Browning-Daviscourt match, but Daviscourt insisted on
amateur wrestler Bob Ruble, to which Browning agreed.
November 8, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Jack Nelson and Cy Williams went to a draw > Abe Kaplan over Bill Morrow > Paul Jones (01) and Paul Harper went to a
draw at 45:00 > Jim Browning over Stanislaus Zbyszko two falls to none
November 20, 1928 (Tuesday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Paul Harper over Jack Washburn > Henri DeGlane over Abe Kaplan > Stanislaus Zbyszko over George Hill two falls to none /
Notes: Hill substituted for Alan Eustace in the match against Zbyszko. Eustace had reportedly been injured in a Kansas City match
earlier in the week.
December 7, 1928 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Pete Dallis and Pete Mito went to a draw > Boris Demetroff over Whitey Hewitt > Paul Harper over Jack Humberto two falls to
none / Notes: It was reported that attendance was very low for this card. The winner of the Harper-Humberto match was to receive a
match against Jim Londos, but the card featuring that match never materialized, either due to low attendance at this card or because this
turned out to be Contos’ final card.
Archie Holton; Bill Morrow; Billy Sandow (01); Bob Fitzpatrick; Bob Ruble; Boris Demetroff; Charlie Hanson (01); Charlie Sondenberg; Cy
Williams; Dick Daviscourt; Doc Langford; George Hill; George Kotsonaros; Guy Tucker; Henri DeGlane; Ivan Mikaloff; Jack Evans (01);
Jack Humberto; Jack McGuire; Jack Nelson; Jack Washburn; Jim Browning; Jim Londos; Joe Zigmund; John Contos; John Paxos; Leon
Labriola; Mike Benson; Mike Romano; the Mysterious Conductor; Pat McGill; Paul Harper; Paul Jones (01); Pete Dallis; Pete Mito; Pete
Sauer; Rough House Ross; Sammy Miller; Scotty McDougal; Stan Stasiak (01); Stanislaus Zbyszko; Strangler Lewis; Tom Auglin; Tom
Marvin; Whitey Hewitt; William Brown; Wladek Zbyszko.
January 5, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Scotty McDougal over Ivan Mikaloff > John Paxos over Whitey Hewitt > Paul Jones (01) and Jim Browning went to a draw
January 18, 1928 (Wednesday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Dick Daviscourt and Scotty McDougal went to a draw > Paul Jones (01) over Ivan Mikaloff
February 2, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Scotty McDougal and Stan Stasiak (01) went to a draw > Paul Jones (01) over Tom Marvin > Ivan Mikaloff over Andy Brown
February 9, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Stan Stasiak (01) over John Paxos two falls to none > Paul Jones (01) over Scotty McDougal > Pete Sauer over Tom Marvin
February 16, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Charlie Hanson (01) over Scotty McDougal two falls to none > Jack Evans (01) over Ivan Mikaloff
March 1, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > All-Comers Match: Charlie Hanson (01) over William Brown; Hanson over Bob Fitzpatrick; Hanson over Tom Auglin; Hanson
over Bob Ruble; Hanson over Doc Langford > Charlie Hanson (01) and Jack McGuire went to a draw > Paul Jones (01) over Whitey
Hewitt two falls to none
March 6, 1928 (Tuesday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Pete Sauer over Mike Benson > World Heavyweight Title Match: Strangler Lewis* over Paul Jones (01) to retain the title /
Notes: Billy Sandow (01) managed Lewis. Lewis had been the reigning World Heavyweight Champion since he went over Joe Stecher in
St. Louis, MO, on February 21, 1928. This version was the one linked back to George Hackenschmidt.
March 15, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Mike Romano versus Scotty McDougal > Jack Evans (01) versus Pat McGill > Tom Marvin versus Whitey Hewitt / Notes: This
card was cancelled when Romano and McGill failed to appear at the afternoon weigh in as required by the Athletic Commission.
March 29, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Jim Londos and Wladek Zbyszko went to a draw at 120:00 > Pete Sauer over the Mysterious Conductor / Notes: The
Conductor substituted for Jack Evans (01) in the match against Sauer.
April 10, 1928 (Tuesday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Theatre (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Amateur
Match: Guy Tucker and Rough House Ross went to a draw > Paul Jones (01) over Jack McGuire > Jim Londos over Charlie Hanson (01)
/ Notes: McGuire substituted for Pete Sauer in the match against Jones.
April 20, 1928 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Theatre (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Stan Stasiak
(01) over Jack McGuire two falls to none > Pete Sauer and Joe Zigmund went to a draw at 60:00
May 4, 1928 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Theatre (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship Wrestling) > Dick
Daviscourt over Joe Zigmund > Pete Sauer over Jack Humberto / Notes: Daviscourt was declared the winner of his match when Zigmund
was deemed unable to continue.
October 9, 1928 (Tuesday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Mike Romano and Abe Kaplan went to a draw at 60:00 > Dick Daviscourt over Leon Labriola > George Kotsonaros over
Charlie Sondenberg two falls to none
October 24, 1928 (Wednesday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Sammy Miller over Archie Holton > Pete Sauer and Alan Eustace went to a draw at 60:00 > Jim Browning over Dick
Daviscourt two falls to one / Notes: Abe Kaplan was booked to referee the Browning-Daviscourt match, but Daviscourt insisted on
amateur wrestler Bob Ruble, to which Browning agreed.
November 8, 1928 (Thursday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Jack Nelson and Cy Williams went to a draw > Abe Kaplan over Bill Morrow > Paul Jones (01) and Paul Harper went to a
draw at 45:00 > Jim Browning over Stanislaus Zbyszko two falls to none
November 20, 1928 (Tuesday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Paul Harper over Jack Washburn > Henri DeGlane over Abe Kaplan > Stanislaus Zbyszko over George Hill two falls to none /
Notes: Hill substituted for Alan Eustace in the match against Zbyszko. Eustace had reportedly been injured in a Kansas City match
earlier in the week.
December 7, 1928 (Friday) – Atlanta, GA – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium (John Contos – Promoter / Georgia Championship
Wrestling) > Pete Dallis and Pete Mito went to a draw > Boris Demetroff over Whitey Hewitt > Paul Harper over Jack Humberto two falls to
none / Notes: It was reported that attendance was very low for this card. The winner of the Harper-Humberto match was to receive a
match against Jim Londos, but the card featuring that match never materialized, either due to low attendance at this card or because this
turned out to be Contos’ final card.