Lurich Throws Losson

Georg Lurich ua nws lub koob npe nrov li ib tug neeg wrestler nyob nyob sab Europe wrestling Greco-Roman tournaments competing. Thaum Lurich travelled lub tebchaws los ply nws pauv, nws ua rau kev hloov mus catch-as-catch-can wrestling, cov hom style lwm teb chaws Europe.

Lurich txais tau zoo rau cov style no thiab yuav tau txhaj tshuaj rau lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Wrestling tau zus ib, Frank Gotch, nyob rau Gotch tus dab phim. Lurich yog tsis vam meej hauv beating Gotch nyob rau hnub tim 1913 Match tab sis Gotch yog tseem nyob nws prime. Gotch yog ze li ntawm unbeatable nyob rau hauv nws cov prime.

Thaum Gotch retired hauv 1913, ob peb promoters sim mus nrhiav kom tau ib lub tau zus ib qab ntuj tshiab. Sam Rachmann tsim lub 1915 International Wrestling kev sib tw nyob New York rau crown ib tug tshiab tau zus ib. Rachmann twb qhia Aleksander “Alex” Aberg ua ib daim tuaj hloov tab sis tau ib roster feemxyuam rau stake qhov claim.

Rachmann recruited Lurich 38 xyoo li kev nkag teb chaws thaum ntxov nyob rau hauv cov kev sib tw. Thaum Lurich yog tias laus lawm, yog nws tseem yog ib tug wrestler muaj peev. Lurich, Aberg thiab tuaj txog lig Ed “Lub Strangler” Lewis tau tus favorites los yeej muaj txoj kev sib tw.

Lurich yeej los txawm nta hlo nws ntais ntawv feem ntau nyob rau hauv cov kev sib tw. Nws tseem yog ib tug neeg finalist, Thaum twg nws ntsib tau zus ib lus Askiv Charles Losson rau lub kaum ib hlis 10, 1915. Ua tau, Kuv tsis paub tseeb yog ib tug tau zus ib ntawm txhua yam uas nws. Kuv twb pom me ntsis qhia txog nws los yog nws cov hauj lwm kev wrestling.

Rachmann manipulated ntau bouts nyob rau hauv qhov kev sib tw lub sij hawm. Nws kuj tshawb ntau wrestlers nyob rau hauv cov kev sib tw ua champions uas me me ntawv yuav rov qab mus rau tus neeg pab leg ntaubntawv.

Lurich siv tus tshiab tuav, “Lub Windmill viav”, uas ua rau kuv xav yog tus bout yog tseeb los yog Rachmann ntiav Losson mus poob rau lub caij nplooj zeeg thiab piv tau rau Lurich. Ntais ntawv tsuas ntawd kub ntev li 13 feeb tab sis peb tsis nyeem ntau dhau rau nws. Txawm li cas los, ob peb kev txhawj xeeb txog lub caij uas swb seb puas tsimnyog tau.

Lurich khaws Losson tom qab txog 13 rooj sib tham ntawm chav rau tus tuav, swung nws ntawm tsib lub sij hawm thiab tsoo khwb kiag nws rau hauv pem teb. Lurich ces pinned lub groggy Losson. Lurich yuav tsis poob rau hauv cov kev sib tw kom txog rau thaum nws wrestled cov “Masked Marvel”.

Lurich poob dab tsi yog muaj tseeb tau lub sij hawm prearranged. Tus “Masked Marvel” yuav sib sau ua Mort xeeb, tus journeyman wrestler tsis nyob rau hauv cov hoob kawm ntawv Lurich. Vim li cas rau Lurich cov “Marvel” dhau no tsis paub tiam sis ob peb wrestlers poob rau nws nyob rau hauv cov kev sib tw tshwj Ed Lewis thiab Alex Aberg.

Rachmann resorted kom cov tactics vim hais tias cov kev sib tw tau lom zem ntau ib tug tsis ua hauj lwm kom txog thaum nws cog lub “Masked Marvel” nyob rau hauv pawg neeg. Yog tuaj pom pom ntawm txoj kev sib tw lub Menasha nyob tim 1915.

Yog ntuj, kiv cua feem ntau muaj nyob deb. Lub promotional tricks tau siv kom neeg txaus siab rau cov kev sib tw. Lawv muaj kev lom zem ntau vam meej.

Crowds rov qab rau lub kaum hli ntuj 1915 tom qab cov mysterious masked txiv neej twb cog ntawm ringside. Kiv cua tuaj rov qab los thaum twg cov ntawv xov xwm reporters zus rau cov kev sib tw. Txawm li cas los, kev wrestling yuav ib exhibition lom zem ntau ntawm no taw tes rau pem hauv ntej.

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab thiab Twitter profile.

Qhov chaw: Lub New York Tribune, Kaum ib hlis 11, 1915 ib tsab, p. 15

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