Maggs Bros.

The press release details the main event: “When Juanita Coffman, the dark eyed Cherokee Indian damsel faces June Byers, the Texas Tornado at the sound of the gong in the no time limit feature attraction, it will be two out of three falls to a finish. And from what we have heard tell these girls who have been schooled in the rudiments of wrestling by Billy Wolfe … there are plenty of fire works in store for the fans. Of strictly feminine characteristics when outside the ring, and affecting the trend of the modern girl for synthetic pulchritude and beautification, hair dos, facials and what not, and a keen and good taste for the best in feminine attire, these girls put all aside when they begin firing away a teach other with forearm smashes, tackles chanceries, hammerlocks, etc …”

Juanita Coffman (1922-1987) hailed from Oklahoma, and marketed herself with the moniker “Cherokee Tomahawk”. She was married to fellow pro-wrestler Doc Gallaghar, and in 2021 she was posthumously induced into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Coffman grew up in the town of Cherokee Oklahoma, which is a more likely origin for her stage name than actual Indigenous heritage. In the 1940 census her race is given as white. She played into this exotic association however, at other times appearing as Juanita Little Bear and Juanita Mendez.