" The Title Match "


Almost every one who worked at Bathurst St. knew that Danny M. The General Yardmaster, or boss at Bathurst St was a professional wrestler, in a previous career, but many never knew he was a Silver Medal Winner in the 1932 Olympic Games, in Greco -Roman Wrestling. (Check the ears!!)

After an amateur career Danny went on to wrestle professionally around North America, and as he told me, made a good living at it, during the " Great Depression" .

Eventually Danny got out of wrestling and worked for the CNR, and was the undisputed best boss I had.

Danny was built like a " Brick Shithouse" and would have had no trouble with any four guys around, but many weren't aware of this because, when things had quietened down and nothing was happening for the minute, mostly on weekends, we would have impromptu wrestling matches, none of which he ever seemed to win.

One night when he was cutting out, John S. comes into the office, John being an older Ukrainian guy about sixty years old at the time, and decides he wants a match.

Danny obliges, and the grappling begins, with falls and tosses yelling and scree ms of fake pain, when, Danny has a bad fall and throws his back out, telling John to stop, gets up and calls John a few choice names and tells him there will be a rematch, at which time John throws his chest out and sucks it all in telling everyone he showed Danny what was what.

This was a true injury as Danny was walking around bent over for three weeks, and every time he sees John says just wait for the rematch, I will kill you.

Danny always said you could tell a good professional wrestler, if he could make his new comer opponent look good, and he always did.

Guys who knew Danny had been a professional, would look on in honest disbelief, wondering how some of the weakest looking guys could better him.