| Monday December 4, 1961 |
| 6 Man Tag-Team Battle Antonino Rocca Johnny Valentine Ace Freeman v.s. Crusher Lisowski Kangaroo No. 1 Kangaroo No. 2 Alexander Kostopoulos v.s. Angelo Savoldi Carlos Milano v.s Mickey Sharp Ken Lucas v.s. Zivko Kovacic Bearcat Wright v.s. Skull Murphy The Bone Cracker v.s. Gypsy Joe Haystack Calhoun v.s. The Sicillians Fuzzy Cupid & Pee Wee James v.s. Pancho Lopez & Farmer Pete |
| The following newspaper article comes from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It is posted here for historical preservational purposes only. December 5, 1961 Crusher's Team Cops Tag Match Officials Vote against Rocco Crew at Arena By Jimmy Miller It was a wild and confusing finish to the wrestling show at the Civic Auditorium last night. While Roy Heffernan was pinning Ace Freeman, Argentine Rocco was making Crusher Lisowski yell quits for the deciding fall of the six-man tag team match. However the officials voted the fall to the team of the Crusher and the Kangaroos - Heffernan and Al Costello - at 4:44. The winners also won the first fall at 15:21 with Rocco, Johnny Valentine and Freeman scoring the second at 5:04. Bearcat Wright, Kingston Jamaica, 253, won over Skull Murphy, Cork Island, 245, at 11:37. A crowd of about 7,100 paid a gross of $20,123.60 to watch the show. In the midget tag match Pancho Lopez and Farmer Pete scored two falls over Fuzzy Cupid and Pee Wee James. The latter duo came up with the first fall but Lopez and Pete gained the other two. Haystack Calhoun, 601-pounder, from Morgan's Corner, Ark., pinned the Sicillians at 7:21. Alexander Kostopoulos, 238, of Athens, Greece, threw Angelo Savoldi, Hoboken, N.J., 241, with a Boston Crab at 5:47. In other prelims, Carlos Milano, Hoboken, N.J., 212, used a reverse crab to pin Mickey Sharp, Houston, 205, at 10:03; Zivko Kovachic, Northside, 220, took the wind out of Ken Lucas, Phoenix, 210, with a body slam at 8:47 and "The Bonecracker," 215, used up only 44 seconds in making Gypsy Joe, 220, submit with a full nelson. |
