Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Louisville's Greatest Show The Story of the Allen Athletic Club by John Cosper Episode 67: Coin Envelopes. Baby Baby! The Only Podcast That Matters is back and it’s time for another episode of the 6:05 Superpodcast! Hop aboard the Mothership with The Great Brian Last and this week’s co-host Jeff Bowdren for another wild ride, featuring: – In The News with returns this week, and we look at stories involving wrestler lawsuits, riots, forced labor & more! – John Cosper, author of this week’s Book Of The Week, joins the show to discuss the history of Louisville wrestling and the legacy of the Allen Athletic Club. This conversation includes stories of wrestling bears, alligators and escaped prisoners! We discuss many of the greats that wrestled in Louisville, like Lou Thesz, Bill Longson, Gorgeous George, Buddy Rogers and more! This look at what, until now, had been a forgotten period in Louisville’s wrestling history is both informative and fun! – Bob Barnett returns to the show to discuss why Dr. Mike Lano is no longer allowed to practice dentistry. – We introduce the 605’ers to Marion Crumley, who was a rather unique jobber, with Jim Cornette, who watches a Crumbly match with us. – TGBL & Bowdren The Booker discuss many topics, from the worst angles in Mid South to tastelessness in World Class. Plus TRnac, Stuttering , The Handsome Boogie Man, a missive from The Hangman & more! THE ONLY PODCAST THAT MATTERS! Book Of The Week: ***** The Top Ten is sponsored by Ramseur Records & the release of David Childers’ new album “Run Skeleton Run.” ***** Time Stamps: Rasslin Memories with Mike Mooneyham (10/14/17) George Schire and Glen Braget welcome Pro Wrestling Fan and writer Mike Mooneyham to the program to talk old school . Mooneyham’s weekly Sunday pro wrestling column has been a staple of the Post and Courier newspaper in the heart of Crockett Country, Charleston, South Carolina for over 30 years. George and Mike swap stories of what it was like to grow up a fan in pro wrestling’s Golden era of the 60’s and 70’s, long before the Internet when Kayfabe ruled. Rasslin Memories with Special Guest Gary Michael Cappetta 10/07/17. On this edition of Rasslin Memories, Glen Braget welcomes the World’s Most Dangerous Announcer Gary Michael Cappetta to the program to discuss his career and promote upcoming dates on his Beyond Bodyslams multi media stage show. Cappetta is a legendary pro wrestling announcer best known for working with the WWWF, WWF, AWA,NWA, WCW and countless Indys since debuting in 1974. Gary and Glen discuss topics that focus on working with the AWA,the ESPN show, Tropicana Tapings, dealing with , what went wrong with Pro Wrestling USA, moving on to the NWA, WCW and much more. Rasslin Memories with Special Guest Boris Zhukov (9/30/17) On this edition of Rasslin Memories, Glen Braget catches up with Boris Zhukov. Boris is best known for his runs with the American Wrestling Association and World Wrestling Federation in the mid to late 1980s. Glen and Boris discuss his early days working for Georgia Championship Wrestling, Promotions, becoming Boris, working for Ron and Robert Fuller, Bill Watts, , Verne Gagne and Vince K McMahon. Find out how a good old Virginia named Jim becomes a hated Cold War era Russian Heel in the world of pro wrestling. Rasslin Memories Remembers (9/23/17) On this edition of Rasslin Memories, George Schire and Glen Braget look back on the career of Bobby the Brain Heenan, who passed away September 17, 2017. George and Glen discuss Bobby’s early days of breaking into the wrestling business with , his time with the WWA in ring and as manager, his move to the AWA, Georgia Championship Wrestling and much more. it’s an old school sendoff to a True Pro Wrestling LEGEND. Rasslin Memories Remembers Otto Wanz (9/16/17) Rasslin Memories returns for Season Six on a somber note as George Schire and Glen Braget remember the life and career of former AWA World Champion Otto Wanz, who passed away September 14, 2017 at the age of 74. Find out the story behind how Wanz became AWA champion and it’s impact on the company. PDF Download. Visual Art and the Urban Evolution of the New South. Author : Deborah C. Pollack. Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press. Category: History. 1968 in Railroads. The Louisville & Nashville Employes' Magazine. Category: Railroads. 2017-02-17 in John Cosper. Louisville's Greatest Show. The Story of the Allen Athletic Club. Author : John Cosper. Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. 2012-01-17 in Fiction James Bailey. The Greatest Show on Dirt. Author : James Bailey. Publisher: James Bailey. Category: Fiction. 2001 in Drama Michael Bigelow Dixon. 30 Ten-minute Plays for 2 Actors, from Actors Theatre of Louisville's National Ten-Minute Play Contest. Author : Michael Bigelow Dixon. Publisher: Smith & Kraus Pub Incorporated. Category: Drama. 1976 in Copyright Library of Congress. Copyright Office. Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series. 1974: January-June: Index. Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office. Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress. Category: Copyright. 1971 in Community organization Joan Levin Ecklein. Community Organizers and Social Planners. A Volume of Case and Illustrative Materials. Author : Joan Levin Ecklein. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons. Category: Community organization. 1907 in Trials. Louisville Election Contest Cases. In the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky, April Term 1907 . Charles L. Scholl, Appellant, Versus Henry A. Bell, Appellee . Opinion by Lassing, J. Episode 78: Corky Dan. It’s time to let out your best Dr. Jerry Graham war cry, as the Mothership has touched down once again! This week on the 6:05 Superpodcast, The Great Brian Last is joined by popular co-host Kurt Brown (aka Vandal Drummond) for a super packed show, featuring: – Part two of our conversation with Kevin Sullivan, going over Kevin’s turn to the darkside in Florida. Kevin explains how Gordon Solie and Blackjack Mulligan helped establish him as the lead heel after many years as a babyface. We hear the rationale behind some of Kevin’s interviews. We also discuss underrated bookers and Bob Roop’s attempts to steal promotions. – In The News with Jim Cornette returns! This week, TGBL & Jim look at stories about Wahoo McDaniel, Mr. Moto, stolen wrestling rings & more! – John Hitchcock makes his debut on the Superpodcast, sharing stories of the famed Front Row Section D in Greensboro. This week, John talks about the night that he and his friends christened the Four Horsemen with the name we all know them by! – Popular segment “What If?” returns this week, with TGBL & Bix answering listener inquires about Paul Heyman, , Sgt. Slaughter, , , Mid South & World Class! Plus TGBL & Kurt talk about Dr. Jerry Graham, Manami Toyota, Don Muraco, Norman Dooley, & much more! THE ONLY PODCAST THAT MATTERS! Book Of The Week: Front Row Section D by John Hitchcock. ***** Please support Ramseur Records by visiting their online store and using the promo code “605” at checkout to save 20%! ***** Time Stamps: “What If?” with David Bixenspan (1:12:06) In The News with Jim Cornette (2:06:03) Front Row Section D with John Hitchcock (2:38:44) Kevin Sullivan part two (3:12:39) Follow the show on Twitter at @605pod, as well as Brian at @GreatBrianLast. Make sure to like the official Superpodcast Facebook page. Official Superpodcast merchandise is now available. To make ongoing monthly donations to the Superpodcast, you can go to our Patreon page. You can also make PayPal donations to Brian. Subscribe by adding 605feed.com to your preferred podcast app, or our iTunes link. The official show wiki, a constant work in progress, is available at 6:05 Superpodcast Wiki. The 6:05 Superpodcast is a production of the Arcadian Vanguard Podcast Network. Lance Russell Special. The 6:05 Superpodcast looks back on the life and career of Lance Russell, the greatest pro wrestling announcer of all time, with this special episode. The Great Brian Last is joined by former Memphis manager, and the man behind Kentucky Fried Rasslin’, Scott Bowden, for this tribute to Lance, with many voices lending their thoughts and memories! Lance Russell Interviewed By Jerry Lawler (0:30:48) Ron Fuller (0:38:34) David Bixenspan (0:48:21) Bobby Fulton (1:15:07) Pete Lederberg (1:20:48) Howard Baum (1:48:20) (1:57:29) Kurt Brown (2:31:15) Austin Idol (2:39:36) Bobby Blaze (2:54:45) Jammie Ward (3:01:22) Kevin Sullivan (3:13:21) Jim Cornette (3:40:56) Follow the show on Twitter at @605pod, as well as Brian at @GreatBrianLast. Make sure to like the official Superpodcast Facebook page. Official Superpodcast merchandise is now available. To make ongoing monthly donations to the Superpodcast, you can go to our Patreon page. You can also make PayPal donations to Brian. Subscribe by adding 605feed.com to your preferred podcast app, or our iTunes link. The official show wiki, a constant work in progress, is available at 6:05 Superpodcast Wiki. Bobby Heenan Special. The 6:05 Superpodcast presents a special episode paying tribute to Bobby “The Brain” Heenan. The Great Brian Last is joined by experts and historians for a look at every facet of The Brain’s legendary career. John McAdam & TGBL Talk Heenan (0:01:05) Richard Vicek on Heenan In Chicago & Indianapolis (0:34:24) George Schire on Heenan In The AWA (1:04:56) David Bixenspan on His Recent Deadspin Article (2:32:15) Jim Cornette & Scott Bowden on Heenan As A Manager (2:51:42) Follow the show on Twitter at @605pod, as well as Brian at @GreatBrianLast. Make sure to like the official Superpodcast Facebook page. Official Superpodcast merchandise is now available. To make ongoing monthly donations to the Superpodcast, you can go to our Patreon page. You can also make PayPal donations to Brian. Subscribe by adding 605feed.com to your preferred podcast app, or our iTunes link. The official show wiki, a constant work in progress, is available at 6:05 Superpodcast Wiki. Episode 75: Brother Midnight. Hurricane winds can’t stop The Mothership from landing! The 6:05 Superpodcast has returned with a packed show! The Great Brian Last is joined this week by former Memphis manager Scott Bowden for a fun episode, featuring: – Brother Midnight makes his long awaited debut on the Superpodcast! Baby! – Longtime referee Scott Dickinson joins the show to discuss his career, as well as his friendship with the late Brian Hildebrand. Scott talks how he first got into the wrestling business as a referee and recalls his experiences working for ICW, Don Muraco, Tony Rumble and WCW. Scott also details his time working with his friend Brian, better known as referee Mark Curtis. Scott reveals how the wrestling world reacted when Brian got sick and battled cancer, as well how Hulk Hogan got involved. This compelling talk concentrates on both the life of a referee and the last years of Brian Hildebrand’s life. – Jim Cornette returns to the Superpodcast to discuss the late Brian Hildebrand. Jim and Brian had a friendship years before they worked together in Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and Jim talks about his fondest memories of Brian. – Allan Blackstock is back on the show to discuss the names being added to the Wrestling Observer Hall Of Fame ballot this year. The names include: Sputnik Monroe, Trish Stratus, Kota Ibushi, Bill Goldberg, , Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson with J.J. Dillon, Chavo Guerrero Sr., George Steele, Wild Bill Curry, Tetsuya Naito, and Sangre Chicana. – TGBL & Scott Bowden talk about everything from Scott’s heat with Dave Brown to the power of a Jackie Fargo endorsement. Plus Hot Dog, The Handsome Boogie Man, Slaughtering A Sacred Cow and much more! THE ONLY PODCAST THAT MATTERS! Book Of The Week: Pro Wrestling Hall Of Fame: The Tag Teams by Greg Oliver & Steven Johnson. ***** Please support Ramseur Records by visiting their online store and using the promo code “605” at checkout to save 20%! ***** Time Stamps: Top Ten (0:06:30) Fantasy Booking (1:09:57) Here & There (1:21:19) Brother Midnight (1:25:44) Allan Blackstock (1:39:40) Scott Dickinson (2:42:12) Jim Cornette on Brian Hildebrand (3:50:31) Follow the show on Twitter at @605pod, as well as Brian at @GreatBrianLast. Make sure to like the official Superpodcast Facebook page. Official Superpodcast merchandise is now available. To make ongoing monthly donations to the Superpodcast, you can go to our Patreon page. You can also make PayPal donations to Brian. Subscribe by adding 605feed.com to your preferred podcast app, or our iTunes link. The official show wiki, a constant work in progress, is available at 6:05 Superpodcast Wiki. Episode 74: Memory Full. The Mothership has landed, and the latest episode of the 6:05 Superpodcast has arrived! This week, The Great Brian Last is joined by popular co-host Kurt Brown, aka Vandal Drummond, for a slam packed show, featuring: – In The News with Jim Cornette returns this week, with a look at classic wrestling newspaper articles covering in-ring deaths, a wrestling match resulting in a grand jury inquiry, an extremely long match, a painful case of mistaken identity and more! – In part two of our discussion with Tony Meyers, Tony shares his memories of his mentor, the late Mr. Pogo. We hear all about Pogo’s career, including why he had to get a real job while working in Los Angeles. Tony tells us how Pogo got his name, why he ended up wrestling a hardcore style, and what Pogo the promoter was like to work for. Tony also goes into detail about Mr’ Pogo’s last days. – TGBL & Kurt talk about Wild Bull Curry, Chavo Guerrero, Jr. and, of course, Dr. Jerry Graham. Also, a new Larry Nelson sound bite, a debate on silliness in wrestling, Kurt’s story of presenting Yoshihiro Asai with an award & more! Plus an update on the medical condition of Tom Robinson! THE ONLY PODCAST THAT MATTERS! Book Of The Week: ***** Please support Ramseur Records by visiting their online store and using the promo code “605” at checkout to save 20%! ***** Time Stamps: Top Ten (0:09:09) Fantasy Booking (2:15:10) Here & There (2:22:08) Tony Myers part two (2:52:28) In The News with Jim Cornette (3:40:12) Follow the show on Twitter at @605pod, as well as Brian at @GreatBrianLast. Make sure to like the official Superpodcast Facebook page. Official Superpodcast merchandise is now available. To make ongoing monthly donations to the Superpodcast, you can go to our Patreon page. You can also make PayPal donations to Brian. Subscribe by adding 605feed.com to your preferred podcast app, or our iTunes link. The official show wiki, a constant work in progress, is available at 6:05 Superpodcast Wiki. Episode 70: Cornette Is Back. The Mothership returns and Jim Cornette is back in the co-host chair! Join The Great Brian Last & Jim for this packed episode of the 6:05 Superpodcast, featuring: – Rock Rims talks about the life and career of Ron Starr, who just recently passed away. Rock, who co-wrote Ron’s autobiography, talks about Ron’s start in pro wrestling and his encounters with some of wrestling’s greats, as well as wrestling’s up and coming superstars. From Canada to Puerto Rico to the territories, this look at Ron Starr shines the spotlight on one of wrestling’s under recognized stars. – Dean Silverstone joins the show again to discuss Chris Colt. Dean promoted Chris in Seattle and has many stories about Chris’s greatness in the ring, difficulties dealing with promoters and battles with spiders while under the influence of psychedelic drugs. Dean also tells the story about why The Hangman has been banned from the Cauliflower Alley Club! – Barry Rose rejoins the show to discuss the recent CWF Legends Fanfest that he promoted. Barry talks about everything that happened that weekend, from tours of Florida wrestling landmarks to the wrestler who wanted to remain incognito during the event. – TGBL’s father makes his debut on the show to discuss why he doesn’t like wrestling and his impressions of what he sees when he watches it. – TGBL & Jim discuss many topics, including Ken Patera, Tommy Young, Dusty Rhodes, and What If Bill Watts had gotten the TBS deal in 1985. Plus TRnac, Stuttering Tommy Rich, The Handsome Boogie Man & more! THE ONLY PODCAST THAT MATTERS! Book Of The Week: ***** Please support Ramseur Records by visiting their online store and using the promo code “605” at checkout to save 20%! ***** Time Stamps: Top Ten (0:09:04) Here & There (1:37:35) TGBL’s Dad (1:50:43) Barry Rose (2:04:27) Dean Silverstone on The Hangman & Chris Colt (2:36:35) Rock Rims on Ron Starr (3:09:40) Follow the show on Twitter at @605pod, as well as Brian at @GreatBrianLast. Make sure to like the official Superpodcast Facebook page. Official Superpodcast merchandise is now available. To make ongoing monthly donations to the Superpodcast, you can go to our Patreon page. You can also make PayPal donations to Brian. Subscribe by adding 605feed.com to your preferred podcast app, or our iTunes link. The official show wiki, a constant work in progress, is available at 6:05 Superpodcast Wiki. Holiday Special: Memorial Day/Sick Day Star Wars. It’s Memorial Day weekend and TGBL has had a few sick days lately, so it’s seems like the perfect time for another Superpodcast Star Wars! As always, Thank You to all the 605’ers for your continued support of the MOTHERSHIP! ***** Please support Ramseur Records by visiting their online store and using the promo code “605” at checkout to save 20%! ***** Follow the show on Twitter at @605pod, as well as Brian at @GreatBrianLast. Make sure to like the official Superpodcast Facebook page. Official Superpodcast merchandise is now available. To make ongoing monthly donations to the Superpodcast, you can go to our Patreon page. You can also make PayPal donations to Brian. Subscribe by adding 605feed.com to your preferred podcast app, or our iTunes link. The official show wiki, a constant work in progress, is available at 6:05 Superpodcast Wiki. Episode 67: Coin Envelopes. Baby Baby! The Only Podcast That Matters is back and it’s time for another episode of the 6:05 Superpodcast! Hop aboard the Mothership with The Great Brian Last and this week’s co-host Jeff Bowdren for another wild ride, featuring: – In The News with Jim Cornette returns this week, and we look at stories involving wrestler lawsuits, riots, forced labor & more! – John Cosper, author of this week’s Book Of The Week, joins the show to discuss the history of Louisville wrestling and the legacy of the Allen Athletic Club. This conversation includes stories of wrestling bears, alligators and escaped prisoners! We discuss many of the greats that wrestled in Louisville, like Lou Thesz, Bill Longson, Gorgeous George, Buddy Rogers and more! This look at what, until now, had been a forgotten period in Louisville’s wrestling history is both informative and fun! – Bob Barnett returns to the show to discuss why Dr. Mike Lano is no longer allowed to practice dentistry. – We introduce the 605’ers to Marion Crumley, who was a rather unique jobber, with Jim Cornette, who watches a Crumbly match with us. – TGBL & Bowdren The Booker discuss many topics, from the worst angles in Mid South to tastelessness in World Class. Plus TRnac, Stuttering Tommy Rich, The Handsome Boogie Man, a missive from The Hangman & more! THE ONLY PODCAST THAT MATTERS! Book Of The Week: ***** The Top Ten is sponsored by Ramseur Records & the release of David Childers’ new album “Run Skeleton Run.” ***** Time Stamps: THE TALE OF JUNIOR AND THE JUDGE--FSM#100. My column here in FSM each month is usually dominated by stories of wrestling's past that are not often told these days, even forgotten in some cases by all but a few ardent wrestling historians. The average fan may know the names, or might have heard rumors or stray bits and pieces about those involved, but usually not the complete facts, much less a first-person account. This month, I present to you a story from wrestling history that has never been told anywhere, by anyone, until now. It's SO obscure that even a wrestling fanatic like myself had never heard it, even though it took place in my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. You can read any book, any website, any historian's scholarly writings, and you won't be hearing this one, folks. Not only that, but you've never heard of any of the people involved. So why, you may ask, should you give a shite? The simple answer is that this, to me, is one of the wackiest, funniest wrestling stories even I have ever heard, and illustrates that the pro wrestling business has not only been filled with unusual, unique personalities for it's entire history, but if you think today's wrestling contains colorful characters, well, they ain't got nothing on the old days. Tim Hornbacker, one of the most knowledgeable researchers of the grapple game in the world, wrote a great article on the powerful and ruthless promoters of days gone by in last month's FSM. This month, I take the opportunity to fill you in on a story concerning a promoter of the past who rivals the inimitable Jack Pfefer for outrageousness. I ran across this piece of wrestling lore while at the Louisville Public Library, helping a friend and local author named John Cosper do research on the history of wrestling in the Derby City. It turns out that Louisville has hosted great wrestling events since the turn of the LAST century, long before Jerry Jarrett brought the Memphis wrestling stars here in 1970, even before legendary promoter Jim Barnett owned Louisville as part of his vast Midwestern territory in the 50's and 60's. The great World Champion Jim Londos wrestled several high profile matches in Louisville. Ed "Strangler" Lewis wrestled some of his earliest matches here in the nineteen-teens after attending the University of Kentucky in nearby Lexington under his real name, Robert Friedrich. Lou Thesz wrestled here in the late '30's as a young rookie out of St. Louis, being billed as "Don Louis Thesz" for some unknown reason. It was during a car trip to and from Louisville in 1946 that Nature Boy Buddy Rogers revealed his dislike of Lewis to Lou Thesz, not knowing the "Strangler" was Thesz's trainer and mentor, and started the lifelong heat between the two that resulted in Thesz never once losing to Rogers by pinfall. The promoter that presented the squared circle action in Louisville for much of the first half of the 20th century was a fellow named Heywood Allen. He had been involved in the sport here for some time, but officially formed the "Allen Athletic Club" in 1935 and began presenting weekly, Tuesday night wrestling events in places like the now-forgotten Sports Arena, the long-demolished Columbia Gym, and the main arena in town, then known as the Jefferson County Armory, later to become famous in the wrestling world as the Louisville Gardens. Allen was a colorful local personality who was no stranger to success or controversy. He once feuded with a local boxing promoter over the right to book the Armory on the night before the Kentucky Derby, cutting a "promo" on the State Athletic Commissioner on one of his shows when he didn't get his way, and getting his promoter's license yanked for a few weeks until he apologized. In 1941 he promoted a show that drew a turnaway crowd of over 7000 to see World Champion Orville Brown unmask the Masked Superman as veteran villian Hans Schnabel. In 1943, Allen presented the first-ever city exhibition of the "newest rage in rasslin'", an "Australian Tag Team Match", when Roy and Herb Welch defeated Nick Carter and Charley Keene in two out of three falls. But some of the most high profile and decidedly unwanted publicity Allen ever got was not from a battle of behemoths inside the ring, but rather a family embarassment outside of it. On May 16, 1941, the front page of the Louisville Courier-Journal, the biggest newspaper in the state, reported that Heywood Allen, Junior, the promoter's son and a former wrestling referee, had been "missing" from the Jefferson County Jail for three months. It seems that Junior had served three months of a one-year sentence for stealing a $27.50 suit from a man named Frank Meyer, when shortly before Valentine's Day Criminal Court Judge Loraine Mix (a male, despite the name), had released Allen from jail to visit his sick mother. Judge Mix released him on "his promise not to take a drink, and to return the next day." Incredible as it may seem, Junior had not been seen since. Judge Mix, for his part, said he had been releasing "deserving" prisoners from jail for short periods for over four years, especially at the holidays, releasing as many as thirty at one time with "very little trouble." He added he had had "very few go back on their word, and all of them, except Allen, had been caught and returned." He defended his practice by saying it helped the jail by "raising the morale of the prisoners". Investigating further into Junior's background might have helped the Judge make a more informed decision. He had previously been sentenced to nine days in jail and a $19 fine for drunken driving--given a two year probated prison term for the theft of a $115 electric drill--a probated two year term in 1940 for stealing a billfold containing $21.25 from a gentleman named A.M. Cornette, which would possibly not be the last time the son of a Louisville wrestling promoter ripped off a guy named Cornette--he had been admitted to Central State Hospital, a mental facility, for almost a month for being of unsound mind, possibly due to "psychosis alcoholism"--and finally, he was once sentenced to thirty days in jail and fined $50 for being "found drunk and wearing the coat, badge and pistol of Detective Ollie Whitehouse, equipment taken from a room the Detective shared with Allen". Allen Senior, for his part, did not immediately leap to his son's defense, saying "The boy has always given me and my wife trouble, and I have washed my hands of him long ago. If I ever heard where he was and could get him, I would be more than glad to turn him over to police." Apparently, as bad publicity usually does to wrestling promoters, this news gave Allen Senior extraordinary powers including the ability to find out the whereabouts of his son within hours. By May 27 the Courier-Journal reported the thirty year old Junior had walked into Criminal Court and given himself up, remarking that he had left because he was "tired of wasting his life in jail", and that he "would never have returned if it hadn't been for all this publicity." As it turned out, immediately upon his February release, Junior, with $8 in his pocket, had skipped visiting his ailing mother and headed straight for the railroad yard, hopping a boxcar south. Spending several days in Nashville, then Chattanooga, Tennessee, he arrived in Atlanta, Georgia on February 24--but when climbing from the top of a boxcar he fell off and landed badly on the car couplings. He was taken by police to Atlanta's Grady Hospital, where he was admitted under an assumed name, underwent three abdominal operations, and remained there until his release on May 18. He had learned of the attention his case had gotten when his father had written him and told him to come back, and he had spent a week hitch-hiking to cover the 425 miles between Atlanta and Louisville. Sadly, Judge Mix was forced by the publicity to suspend his practice of temporary releases for "deserving" prisoners, saying "It is a practice I hate to stop. Young Allen isn't a criminal, he is just a little foolish sometimes. I always knew he would come back, anyway." Junior, philosophically, was quoted as saying that he'd be allright because he was going to "serve out my sentence and then my father has promised to give me back my job as a wrestling referee." Heywood Allen, Senior would continue promoting wrestling in Louisville until 1947, when his partner Francis McDonough bought him out. His retirement show drew 5000 fans to see World Champion Wild Bill Longson defeat Felix Miquet, later to become famous as Corsica Joe. There was no word on whether Junior refereed that match.