19.04.2010, 18:33
Nell Stewart
Oktober 1952
"Orginally attracted by the lure of big money in professional girl wrestling, Nell Stewart is collecting some of that lucre these days. The Betty Gable of girl wrestlers is not only one of the better looking performers, but she is one of busiest and one of the most sensational performers.
The only thing her detractors says of her is “Nell has the first dollar she ever made in girl wrestling.” That is a compliment to her consecutive qualities and her credit. After all, she is one of the Big Five of girl wrestlin today --- a sport approved of in 43 American states. Nell Stewart was an ordinary working girl eight years ago in Birmingham, Alabama, where she was a waitress, saving tips to help support her mother and two brothers. Altough Nell sacrificed her graduation pin and the ceremonial frills that go with it, the Alabama Assassin has gained her education today through travel, good books and drama, wherever she can see it on the stage. “Although I got enough drama in every match in the ring,” she added with a chuckle. Today, that drama has paid off. Her mother has her own home and her brothers are in good schools. “I’m really more proud of that achievement than anything I received in the ring against tough opposition,” she says. Hard work did all that.
“I saw my first wrestling match in 1942”, said the 24-year-old statuesque wrestler, owner of a pair of sprightly limbs. “I was always a good athlete in school,” says Nell, “but the first time I saw girls wrestle in Alabama I knew that I could fit into the picture. After all, Mildred Burke was earning $30,000 a year in 1942 and what Mildred Burke can do, I can do, too, in the ring. I always feld that way, anyway. Well here I am. I got my first taste of girl wrestling in Memphis, Tenn., under the promotional banner of Charley Rontrop. He had lots of patience with me, but it paid off and I am never so grateful to him. From Memphis, I went to California, when several friends advised me to go there. It was there that I met Gladys Gillem, a former star. Again I am thankful to her, too. Six or seven years ago, Gladys was a top notch wrestling star. What I have learned from Glayds stood me in good all over the country. She was a stern teacher and disciplinarian. She was in the sport 12 years and as you know, everything she did inside the ring, I had to follow. I trained with Gladys seven months before she would permit me to wrestle and when I did it was in Mexico City. I met all types, but I learned. I made my first star appearance in the Mexico City Bull Ring. Everyone attends girl wrestling there. I wrestled under the promotion of Salvadore Lutteroth.
He booked me in many matches there and I also have him to thank. When I came back to California with Gladys Gillem, I was ready to go on tour of America --- and did. I have been wrestling for years now and I’ve never really been badly hurt although I got my bumps and bruises. I’ve made close to $20,000 each year, and I have it invested in real estate, furs, clothes and diamonds. I’ve got to have something to show for my work, haven’t I?” And Nell Stewart has plenty of security for the day when she will be retired, thanks to Rontrop, Gillem, Lutteroth and Mr. and Mrs. Wrestling Fan throughout the country.”
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Ab wann Wolfe den Women's Title genau kontrollierte, kann ich jetzt noch nicht sagen. 1932 scheint aber gut möglich zu sein, da Wolfe dort schon in Kansas City arbeitete. Ursprünglich kam er aus Daviess County, Missouri. Wolfe war mehrfach verheiratet: In zweiter Ehe mit Women's Wrestler Barbara Ware. Er arbeitete seit Ende der 20er Jahre im Kansas City YMCA. Ich habe noch was über Mildred Burke. Soll ich das auch posten?
Oktober 1952
"Orginally attracted by the lure of big money in professional girl wrestling, Nell Stewart is collecting some of that lucre these days. The Betty Gable of girl wrestlers is not only one of the better looking performers, but she is one of busiest and one of the most sensational performers.
The only thing her detractors says of her is “Nell has the first dollar she ever made in girl wrestling.” That is a compliment to her consecutive qualities and her credit. After all, she is one of the Big Five of girl wrestlin today --- a sport approved of in 43 American states. Nell Stewart was an ordinary working girl eight years ago in Birmingham, Alabama, where she was a waitress, saving tips to help support her mother and two brothers. Altough Nell sacrificed her graduation pin and the ceremonial frills that go with it, the Alabama Assassin has gained her education today through travel, good books and drama, wherever she can see it on the stage. “Although I got enough drama in every match in the ring,” she added with a chuckle. Today, that drama has paid off. Her mother has her own home and her brothers are in good schools. “I’m really more proud of that achievement than anything I received in the ring against tough opposition,” she says. Hard work did all that.
“I saw my first wrestling match in 1942”, said the 24-year-old statuesque wrestler, owner of a pair of sprightly limbs. “I was always a good athlete in school,” says Nell, “but the first time I saw girls wrestle in Alabama I knew that I could fit into the picture. After all, Mildred Burke was earning $30,000 a year in 1942 and what Mildred Burke can do, I can do, too, in the ring. I always feld that way, anyway. Well here I am. I got my first taste of girl wrestling in Memphis, Tenn., under the promotional banner of Charley Rontrop. He had lots of patience with me, but it paid off and I am never so grateful to him. From Memphis, I went to California, when several friends advised me to go there. It was there that I met Gladys Gillem, a former star. Again I am thankful to her, too. Six or seven years ago, Gladys was a top notch wrestling star. What I have learned from Glayds stood me in good all over the country. She was a stern teacher and disciplinarian. She was in the sport 12 years and as you know, everything she did inside the ring, I had to follow. I trained with Gladys seven months before she would permit me to wrestle and when I did it was in Mexico City. I met all types, but I learned. I made my first star appearance in the Mexico City Bull Ring. Everyone attends girl wrestling there. I wrestled under the promotion of Salvadore Lutteroth.
He booked me in many matches there and I also have him to thank. When I came back to California with Gladys Gillem, I was ready to go on tour of America --- and did. I have been wrestling for years now and I’ve never really been badly hurt although I got my bumps and bruises. I’ve made close to $20,000 each year, and I have it invested in real estate, furs, clothes and diamonds. I’ve got to have something to show for my work, haven’t I?” And Nell Stewart has plenty of security for the day when she will be retired, thanks to Rontrop, Gillem, Lutteroth and Mr. and Mrs. Wrestling Fan throughout the country.”
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Ab wann Wolfe den Women's Title genau kontrollierte, kann ich jetzt noch nicht sagen. 1932 scheint aber gut möglich zu sein, da Wolfe dort schon in Kansas City arbeitete. Ursprünglich kam er aus Daviess County, Missouri. Wolfe war mehrfach verheiratet: In zweiter Ehe mit Women's Wrestler Barbara Ware. Er arbeitete seit Ende der 20er Jahre im Kansas City YMCA. Ich habe noch was über Mildred Burke. Soll ich das auch posten?
