Lexington (CVA 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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Slllllillli During the 1961-62 West Pac cruise Smokers featured boxing bouts, tag-team wrestling, PU9llSflCk matches, and Japanese-style Sumo grappling. The firST smoker, held November 30, 1961 presented 10 boxing events with two KO's, one TKO, and seven decisions. The December 17 Smoker sported seven boxing events and a special halftime pugil-stick contest. Tag-team wrestling successfully made it's Smoker debute on Christmas Day, December 25, 1961. The Smoker featured one man-to-man event and one tag-team tussle. The boxers eked out six decisions, without any KO's or TKO's. Five hundred men witnessed a January 21, 1962 Smoker which resulted in two TKO's, three draws, and two decisions. On the same program, a Sumo wrestling event took place, the first of the cruise, in which Bernard Wainscott won two of three falls from Bill Simon. Lexington boxer Dave Widelski won the Best Boxer Award at the February 1st Fifth Inter-Service Invitational Boxing Smoker at Fleet Activities, Yokosuka. In the March 8, 1962 Smoker, fight fans saw one man-to-man wrestling event, one tag-team match, and among the boxers, two TKO's a decision, and a draw. Among the regular ring officials were referees Capt. Armstrong, MarDet, Red Oerline, and LTJG Carr, Ship's Gunner. J. B. Clonts, SN, refereed the wrestling events, and Lt. John P. Flaherty, MarDet, mediated the pugil-stick tumbles. The ring announcers were Ted Loth, YN1, and SfSgt. John P. Novak. Gary Mouse Kranz, PFC, MarDet, was the matchmaker and manager for the boxing events, and a frequent boxing participant as well.

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