Kovos sporto istorikas ir kovos menininkas
Šeštadienį, Gruodžio 2 d, 1893, vietinis Sent Luiso bokso instruktorius ir graikų-romėnų imtynininkas Mike'as Mooney'is susitiko su Maxu Luttbeg'u Saint Louise’ Pramogų salė. Ažiotažas prieš rungtynes buvo nukreiptas į tai, kad Mooney niekada nepralaimėtų imtynių ar bokso kovos. Mooney buvo laikomas geresniu graikų-romėnų imtynininku, tuo tarpu Luttbegas buvo geresnis imtynininkas „pagauk kaip pagauk“.. XIX amžiuje, tai buvo įprasta rungtynėms
Birželio 11, 1976, Juozapas “Toots” Mondt died enroute to Christian Northeast Hospital in North St. Louis County. Mondt had moved to St. Louis 1969 to help take care of his wife Alda’s mother. After her mother died in 1971, the Mondts decided to stay in St. Louis, where Alda had been born and raised. Mondt was a legendary
Wayne “Big” Munn’s a meteoric rise in professional wrestling. Debuting in 1924, Munn “won” the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Ed “Strangler” Lewis in early 1925. His fall was just as quick. Pagal 1926, Munn was retired. A college football lineman from Nebraska, Munn was recruited into professional wrestling by Billy Sandow, defacto leader of the Gold Dust Trio. The
Fred Beell was a strong, talentingas profesionalus imtynininkas XX amžiaus sandūroje. Beell gave all the best wrestlers of the day tough contests but his lack of size often hampered his ability with world class wrestlers. Nors ir galingai pastatytas, Beell was generously listed at 5’06”. At his heaviest, Beell never exceeded 170 svarų. While possessing a bodybuilder’s
When William Muldoon retired from professional wrestling in 1889, he intended for his protege, Ernst Roeber, to become the new World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Since Muldoon always defended his championship in the Greco-Roman wrestling style, his choice made sense. Roeber was arguably the best Greco-Roman wrestler in America at the time. Tačiau, the wrestling fans and journalist, covering the sport,
Willard “Wild Bill” Longson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 8, 1906 but spent most of his adult life in St. Louis, Misūris. After beginning his career as a professional wrestler in 1931, Longson found himself working for Tom Packs in St. Louis. He never really left as it would be his home base for the remainder
In a recent post, I wrote about Charles Green’s unsuccessful attempt to defeat Evan “Strangler” Lewis in 1889. Metų, Green had greater success with another American wrestling legend, Kregždė “Ūkininkas” Nudegimai. The soon-to-be 29-year-old Burns was an excellent wrestler but wasn’t yet on the level of Evan Lewis. Tačiau, he would have to be in the top 10
The Gold Dust Trio’s dominance of professional wrestling in the early to mid-1920s bred lots of resentment with other wrestlers and promoters. This professional jealousy led to a famous double-cross in 1925. From this time on, the world title was disputed as Joe Stecher held one version, while Ed “Strangler” Lewis held the other version. Due to the real resentment
The following excerpt is from my new book Double Crossing the Gold Dust Trio, which will be out this summer. During the summer (of 1921), the Zbyszko brothers received word that their mother was gravely ill. Making quick preparation, they let Curley and the other promoters know they would be leaving as soon as they could arrange passage on a
Charles Green, a skilled English catch-as-catch-can wrestler, devintojo dešimtmečio pabaigoje išvyko į Jungtines Valstijas imtyniauti su geriausiais Amerikos imtynininkais. Greenas savo galimybę gavo liepos mėnesį 21, 1889, kai jis kovojo su Amerikos sunkiasvorių „pagauk kaip pagauk“ čempionu Evanu Lewisu. Pasiruošti šioms rungtynėms, Birželio pabaigoje Greenas kovojo su negalia su imtynininku Bertu Schelleriu. Schelleris gimė