Wesley is known to be "a man who evaded pursuit semiprofessionally."

He took up the bass fiddle, and for 18 years he has played semiprofessionally in various British jazz groups.

At least in 1915 he played semiprofessionally, for the Media, Pennsylvania team in the Delaware County League at age 46.

Dodo and Osmar played these instruments semiprofessionally until 1950, when, 20 days before carnival, the 150-musician Vassourinha orchestra from the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco visited here.

An only child who grew up in Crown Heights, at one point he wrestled semiprofessionally under the name Bootsy Parker, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said.

He played for a season in the Eastern League, then for years afterward he competed semiprofessionally in Harlem's Rucker League and in tournaments throughout the East.