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Bridgeport Connecticut
Bridgeport Telegram
December 8, 1955
Wrestler Fined $25
Boston, Dec. 8 – (UP) Indian wrestler Don Eagle, a 220-pound terror of the ring, sought a rematch today with the judge who fined him $25 for allegedly beating up a landlady.
Eagle was free in $1,000 bond after appealing the fine imposed yesterday by Municipal Judge George W. Roberts. He denied a charge of assault and battery on Paula Kobbel, 120-pound proprietor of a Back Bay lodging house.
Statesville Daily Record
Statesville, North Carolina
January 17, 1945
Sports Parada
By Jack Cuddy
New York, Jan. 16 – (UP) – Jumping Joe Savoldi, one of the war’s mystery men, returns to the mat at Philadelphia tomorrow night after an absense of nearly 18 months – most of which were spent at various European fronts on secret missions for the armed forces.
Exact details of Savoldi’s activities “over there” must remain cloaked for some time, upon orders from Uncle Sam, but no Hollywood scenarist is needed to imagine the perilous enterprises probably undertaken by this linguist, Notre Dame graduate, and bone-crushing athlete.
“I am not permitted to say much about my duties overseas,” the brawny, black-haired wrestler explained today at the Al Mayer-Toots Mondt booking office. “You see, I’m still subject to recall if they need me again.”
“Have you been discharged from the Army?”
“I wasn’t in the Army.”
“What were you in?”
“Let’s say I wasn’t in anything. Let’s just say I was working for the government on special assignment. Yes, I am permitted to tell what areas I visited. They were North Africa, Siciliy, Italy – including Salerno, and France – including Normandy. Yes, I was under fire – plenty, at times. No, I wasn’t wounded.” He grinned and added, “this scar on my cheek and these cauliflower ears came before the war.”
Jumping Joe, who contributed the “drop-kick” (under a man’s chin) to wrestling, probably was picked fo rhis secret duties because he provided a triple threat on the various fronts, with his languages, intelligance and brawn.
He speaks Italian without an accent, having been born and given his early schooling in Italy. He understands and speaks French fairly well, having lived in pre-war France more than eight months. At Notre Dame, under the late Knute Rockne, he won his varsity letter as a fullback for three seasons; and he was graduated with a B.S. degree. He won Jim Londos’ claims to the heavyweight wrestling championship in 1933, and lost them to Jim Browning in 1935. He played pro football with the Chicago Bears before turning to the more lucrative field of modified mayhem.
Jumping Joe admitted that he had made “good money” during 12 years on the mat. Now, at 36, he has a fine home at Harbert, Mich., where his 11-year old son, Joe Jr., enjoys a private beach on Lake Michigan. Just before the war, he opened a soft-drink manufactory; but he had to close after Pearl Harbor, because his brief career as a munufacturer did not entitle him to priorities on ingredients.
Savoldi believes that the war will have two effects uponw restling. “There will be a boom in the sport when peace comes,” he said, “for thousands of service boys have become interested in it because of their training in commando tactics. And this commando training probably will make future wrestling much rougher than it is now – with a tendency towards gouging, chopping, butting and kneeing. Meanwhile, modernized wrestling of the present must be given credit for contributing much to command tactics – improvements that have out-dated the old jiu-jitsu of the Japanese.”
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Council Bluffs Nonpareil
August 23, 1944
Former Iowa Mat Star Loses Life
Graettinger (AP) – Sgt. Bernard Doerning, 30, widely known Iowa wrestler before the war, was killed in France July 21, the war department has advised his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Doerning.
Bridgeport Connecticut
Bridgeport Telegram
December 8, 1955
Wrestler Fined $25
Boston, Dec. 8 – (UP) Indian wrestler Don Eagle, a 220-pound terror of the ring, sought a rematch today with the judge who fined him $25 for allegedly beating up a landlady.
Eagle was free in $1,000 bond after appealing the fine imposed yesterday by Municipal Judge George W. Roberts. He denied a charge of assault and battery on Paula Kobbel, 120-pound proprietor of a Back Bay lodging house.
Statesville Daily Record
Statesville, North Carolina
January 17, 1945
Sports Parada
By Jack Cuddy
New York, Jan. 16 – (UP) – Jumping Joe Savoldi, one of the war’s mystery men, returns to the mat at Philadelphia tomorrow night after an absense of nearly 18 months – most of which were spent at various European fronts on secret missions for the armed forces.
Exact details of Savoldi’s activities “over there” must remain cloaked for some time, upon orders from Uncle Sam, but no Hollywood scenarist is needed to imagine the perilous enterprises probably undertaken by this linguist, Notre Dame graduate, and bone-crushing athlete.
“I am not permitted to say much about my duties overseas,” the brawny, black-haired wrestler explained today at the Al Mayer-Toots Mondt booking office. “You see, I’m still subject to recall if they need me again.”
“Have you been discharged from the Army?”
“I wasn’t in the Army.”
“What were you in?”
“Let’s say I wasn’t in anything. Let’s just say I was working for the government on special assignment. Yes, I am permitted to tell what areas I visited. They were North Africa, Siciliy, Italy – including Salerno, and France – including Normandy. Yes, I was under fire – plenty, at times. No, I wasn’t wounded.” He grinned and added, “this scar on my cheek and these cauliflower ears came before the war.”
Jumping Joe, who contributed the “drop-kick” (under a man’s chin) to wrestling, probably was picked fo rhis secret duties because he provided a triple threat on the various fronts, with his languages, intelligance and brawn.
He speaks Italian without an accent, having been born and given his early schooling in Italy. He understands and speaks French fairly well, having lived in pre-war France more than eight months. At Notre Dame, under the late Knute Rockne, he won his varsity letter as a fullback for three seasons; and he was graduated with a B.S. degree. He won Jim Londos’ claims to the heavyweight wrestling championship in 1933, and lost them to Jim Browning in 1935. He played pro football with the Chicago Bears before turning to the more lucrative field of modified mayhem.
Jumping Joe admitted that he had made “good money” during 12 years on the mat. Now, at 36, he has a fine home at Harbert, Mich., where his 11-year old son, Joe Jr., enjoys a private beach on Lake Michigan. Just before the war, he opened a soft-drink manufactory; but he had to close after Pearl Harbor, because his brief career as a munufacturer did not entitle him to priorities on ingredients.
Savoldi believes that the war will have two effects uponw restling. “There will be a boom in the sport when peace comes,” he said, “for thousands of service boys have become interested in it because of their training in commando tactics. And this commando training probably will make future wrestling much rougher than it is now – with a tendency towards gouging, chopping, butting and kneeing. Meanwhile, modernized wrestling of the present must be given credit for contributing much to command tactics – improvements that have out-dated the old jiu-jitsu of the Japanese.”
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Council Bluffs Nonpareil
August 23, 1944
Former Iowa Mat Star Loses Life
Graettinger (AP) – Sgt. Bernard Doerning, 30, widely known Iowa wrestler before the war, was killed in France July 21, the war department has advised his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Doerning.