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47 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (Read 293 times)
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47 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Apr 20th, 2008, 10:45am
 
April 15, 1961
LEXINGTON, N.C.
 
THE GREAT BOLO, wrestling's masked terror, and the Indian great, CHIEF BIG HEART, will be rematched for the third time within a month at the LEXINGTON YMCA tonight.  
 
Each of the two big heavyweights hold a victory in the two past matches, both of them bloody affairs. They are both pointing for a decisive victory this week. BIG HEART says he plans to unmask BOLO just to see what his scalp looks like.  
 
The match is a two-of-three falls encounter.  
 
A tag team match pits a duet of ANGELO MARTINELLI and BOB BOYER against CHARLIE LAYE and newcomer JACK BENARD.  
 
Preliminary bouts send DOUG KINSLOW against KEN COOPER, with JACK MARSHALL battling DON WHITLER in the 8:15 p.m. curtain raiser.  
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Re: 47 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Reply #1 - Apr 21st, 2008, 11:22pm
 
Whatever I had to watch way back then was determined by what was available on the antenna in So CA, in the mid 60's, as no cable was available yet.  It all came from Olympic Auditorium, with "Mr Whoa Nellie!"himself, Dick Lane, a local announcer that did the Jalopy Derby races (precursor to the stock car races as we now know them), as well as the Roller Derby matches on Sunday nights. Ol' Dick never liked getting caught smoking a cigarette, and did all sorts of things to keep from having the camera catch him.  His mic was so sensitive that you could hear the zippo lighter click open, the flint being flicked, and actually hear him blowing out smoke.  Several times the camera was a little too quick and caught him when he did not expect it!  Anyone remember some of the referees, like Cecil Payne, or Johnny "Red Shoes" Duggan, who always wore red shoes.  It was always on every Wednesday night from 8 PM to 10 PM, and most of the main events seemed to last not very long as they came on just before sign off.
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