During the 1930's there was a handful of Stand-Out Top Quality Wrestlers in the World-
2 of these were JACK SHERRY a Burly Rugged 17 Stoner from ALASKA and a World
Title Claimant-and KARL POJELLO- a LITHUANIAN and one of the Master Ring Craftsmen
of the 20th Century!!-It was inevitable that these two Ring Greats would have to Collide!!
SHERRY had even Defeated the Great DOUGLAS CLARK-albeit on a Cut-Eye Retirement
at BELLE VUE MANCHESTER in 1938.-POJELLO-a European Champion in 1933 beat
JOHNNY MEYERS-a Supreme Master in his Weight Class f-for the World Light-Heavyweight
Title!-So these two Rivals epitomised the very Best of the World's ELITE Heavyweights!
But there was an Obstacle to this 'Match of the Century' taking place-it was a Government
'Diktat' that no two 'Aliens'could Wrestle together in a Public Place...........SO.......
This Match would have to take place in a Gymnasium!!
So the 'usual' Build-Up to this Clash began with POJELLO 'Baiting' SHERRY in a Series
of Press Challenges and Diatribe from his BAYSWATER Flat!!
SHERRY for his Part stated he'd meet POJELLO anywhere and he didn't want Paying-
just a Personal Side Stake between the two of them!
SHERRY'S War Slogan was 'Tell POJELLO I'll Pin him 10!! Times in one nite'!!
So the Scene was set...........
Poster/Article to follow!
MAIN MASK
question is still open - when/where/from whom did G.Gregory win title in may 1941. and which style it was....so the questions multiply as we go, hahaha
3 styles:
XX C CACC - 2 falls, Points, KO
All In - 2 falls, subs, KO
Pro Freestyle - 2 falls, KO
any correction will be highly appreciated. thanks.
Found this on Virtual Belle Vue (an excellent scrapbook collection via the Chetham's library):
There are also newspaper clippings on these bouts:
November 11th, 1938 – Manchester, England
[King’s Hall Belle Vue]
Jack Sherry b Douglas Clark (utc, 7th round)
December 16th, 1938 – Manchester, England
[King’s Hall Belle Vue]
Jack Sherry b Douglas Clark (DQ, 7th round) to retain the World Heavyweight title
Lots of splendid posters like this on Mike Hallinan's All-In Wrestling site
http://allinwrestling.co.uk/
Might be worth you who are interested having a look at the research I did on Sherry.
https://www.wrestlingheritage.com/onthetrailofjacksherry
I have listed his matches that I knew about at that time.
I do believe that his toughness was hyped up in true wrestling panto.
He was being put over by people like Garnon and Van Dutz , seems to have ducked out on Assirati and only fought Doug Clark because of the money put up to do so. All arranged by Kath Looke and Oakeley,
Clark was happy to take the late paydays in 1938 and 1939 and may have met Sherry five times and almost certainly four and I am only talking Belle Vue. But of course no other hall could have held so many so it made the most money.
Cuts eye match was something Clark learned in working with Lurich in Australia.
If you look at the list of opponents , most were not that formidable.
Bulldog Garnon was only five eight.
The date, poster and promoter are on Heritage Ruslan.
Main Mask sent Heritage this article he had found on Jack Sherry. Unknown to Main Mask this is a Wrestling Heritage article from around 1973, using one of our various assumed names at that time.
and another question if its was Sherry who won it then more likely it was Oakeley's Rules XX Century CACC - NO submissions, FALLS AND POINTS ONLY.
Dear Main Mask, so far I failed at obtaining the newspaper report on 1938 Sherry v Clark match report...do you have the exact date of that event? What was the match like...how did Sherry win was it a fall, KO...or it was a submission, did Clark win at least one fall from him or it was 0-2?