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| March 30, 1932
Reprinted from the Atlanta Constitution Title: Wrestling Card Fails To Draw Author: Unknown Atlanta – Atlanta mat fans failed to turn out except in small numbers of the wrestling matches staged at the auditorium Tuesday night. The matches, staged despite lack of sanction by the city boxing commission, had been given sensational publicity because of a court hearing and the arguing of an injunction seeking to stop them. Henry Weber, who has promoted here for three years, sought to use the auditorium for his matches, but lost the injunction suit. The gross receipts were reported to be $340.25. This did not, according to promoters Eddie Hanlon and L. C. Warren, permit them to show a profit on the matches. The city boxing commission, which had refused to sanction the match, asked Lieutenant M. H. Hornsby to present a copy of charges to the promoters but Captain A. J. Holcombe ordered him not to until he had cleared up whether court permission obtained by the promoters to use the auditorium covered the matches themselves. Captain Holcombe was reported as saying he would file the charges today if he found the injunction did not cover the matches. The court ruling applied only to use of the auditorium and the charges are expected today. Promoters violated several sections of the ordinance, according to the commission. They did not file a request in writing, as is prescribed. They put on the match in specific violation of section 8, which says, in part: "Any person or persons holding a wrestling match or boxing match without having procured a license as herein prescribed and without complying with the ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of an offense against the city and upon conviction shall be fined not more than $300 or imprisoned in the city stockade for not more than 30 days." The commission is given absolute authority to regulate and control boxing and wrestling for the best interests of the sport and to refuse and accept matches at their discretion. The matches proved to be something of a disappointment except for the work of Len Macaluso in the semi-windup. He defeated Eddie Elzea in the one-fall match. Macaluso, by his efforts, saved what was a slow match. In the main event, Jack Sherry, who appeared to be a good wrestler, defeated with ease John Grandovich. Grandovich resembled "Stone Mountain" Leavitt, an Atlanta heavyweight who appeared at the ball park last summer. Grandovich was too large to match Sherry. He gave up on both falls when Sherry had him with a leg lock. |