The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-12-30


about the sinister connivings of
Mondt, Rudy Miller and other;
well known figures. In fact,
He Tells All
Ear be il from me to suggest vile
1 things, but the unjsind thought
comes to our mind that perhaps Mr..
Pfefer has been chiseiad out of
something good and is making this
public heller as one OF the ways of
muscling back in again. But with
our characteristics firmness we are
Diminishing the idea. MIR. rscfer Is
undoubtedly . benefactor Of human
ity, an altruist Of the purest water,
. Man Above Those Things. Never
theless Mr.. Pfeecr's information has
certain value and we pass them on
to our readers with the hope that
they enjoy the delicious tid-bits as
much as we did.
HERR PREFER informs US that jim
IL LonGos (the Greek God to YOU
was just an ordinary palooka who
was made worlds champ by execu-
tive order, the executives being the
aforementioned Messrs. Curley,
Prefer, Mondt and Miller. Londos
was thrown fourteen times by
Stranger Lewis, six times by Wladek
zybysko, and by Rsnato Gardini,
Jack Sherry, George Gala and Ed
Santel. Nevertheless. the young Hell
lene has-psst, this in whisper
Sex Appeal, which, translated, means
the ferl.r,ne chs" and "ahs" that go
into a beautiful treasurer's report.
That the boys weren't wrong in their
Judgment is proved by the fact that
the turnstiles began to click at an
unparalleled rate shortly
When the boys got together ON
| that August afternoon in 1929, the
wrestling situation Yves everything but
orderly. Champions were distributed
around the geography like daisies in
| the field, and like this bit Of fora
their heads nodded gaily in the Ian
guid breeses OF wrestling promotion.
! Sonnenberg, Dartmouth football
| product, had beaten Stranger Lewis
| for the title in Boston but Gus didn't
know anything about wrestling" Out
in Ohio John Pessk was lord of the
realm Of grunts and creams, while
| Dick Shikat was uneasy with his
crown in Pennsylvania.
A decision was reached and before
| you could say Wladek Zybysko, it
was determined that Lendos WAS to
be, ladeez and gentlemun, the winnall
| and new worlds cnampsen. And
now we'll let Pfefer continue the tale ::
$50 then and there we agreed on
q division of the spells. Lordos was
to be made champion by beating
| ut III Philadelphia in return
| bout.
Rudy Miller, Jack Curley and
myself were to get five per cent
| of Loados' earnings. Mondt. who
was already cutting LonGos sor rs
per cent as partner of Tom Packs,
| Ed White and LoaA9s in the St.
| Louis faction, was to continue to
split up with these three, sharing
equally in the profits after the
others in on the jackpot had been
taken care OF.
'tEes:Ges or Is per cent, the
| kitty WIS to be socacd for 74a per
cent fer Ray Fabiani, the Piiiladei-
ptia promoter who vas to put on
| the match that was to make Lon
dos champion; and 5 per cent was
to 60 to Hans S.e.nkc, who was
Lcn6os' policeman. For the infor-
nation OF those who don't know
what policeman Is in the wrest-
ling VOID. he's good wrestler who
goes cut and disposes Of the chai-
Iensers for the champion IL the
champion doesn't think he can
throw them himself. Steinke was
a good policeman"
| ''The asrcement reached, Londos
and Ss,ihat wres5ted in Pi1iiadel-
phia, Aur. 20, 1928, and Loraos
was crowned champion. That
ushered in q new and prosperous
era in wrestling. In 1880, we had
big bccrn and everyone who was
| cuttins in on Lonaas made lots
Of money. The champion wrestled
Raw Steele. Jim McEziisen, George
Yadar.as, Gino Gar5a.di and Carl
Pciello dozens of times in all the
large cities, always winning. If
Lendos engaged in shooting
match honest boa.-S. CD in all
that time, he did 1t without my
knowledge. He refused 70 meet
anyarc b,.t t'ssse fsme f.ablssnatec."
| Il
T'EMPUS fug.tted along and peopls
l get tired OF sa3ing Londos throw
the same tramps out of the rims
,irnt after niqflt. Cursey tried TX