Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Τον Απρίλιο του 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt for the World Title at Dexter Park Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt was undefeated as a professional but had been World Champion for approximately 7 χρόνια. Ο Γκοτς ήταν ένα χρόνο μεγαλύτερος, αλλά θεωρήθηκε ανερχόμενος. Οι οπαδοί και οι δημοσιογράφοι που καλύπτουν το άθλημα θεωρούν τον Γκοτς
Την Τρίτη, Μάρτιος 22, 1910, Ο Δρ. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 και 1920. Ο Δρ. Benjamin Roller graduated from the University of Pennsylvania by playing professional football. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Ο Δρ.
Τον Νοέμβριο του 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). Σε αυτή την ταινία, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Η κ.. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Η κ.. Stack suspects Dr. Jannery, who operates her hospital, of negligence in the death of
Wladek Zbyszko’s legacy is often overshadowed by his brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Stanislaus, ο οποίος ήταν 12 years older, posed the last real threat to Frank Gotch’s World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Wladek Zbyszko was a skilled wrestler in his own right. Δυστυχώς, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.
Τον Ιανουάριο 10, 1910, recently arrived Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko took on Charlie “The Kid” Cutler in a best two-out-of-three falls match. Cutler had been a boxer in a troupe run by John L. Sullivan before transitioning to wrestling. While Cutler was extremely tough, Stanislaus Zbyszko had been wrestling since his youth. Zbyszko would use these skills to overcome Cutler
Ο Τομ Άλεν γεννήθηκε στο Μπέρμιγχαμ, Αγγλία αλλά έδωσε μερικούς από τους πιο διάσημους αγώνες του στην Αμερική. Σε 1867, Ο Άλεν μετακόμισε στο St. Louis, η μεγαλύτερη πόλη δυτικά του Μισισιπή. Ο Άλεν δεν έφυγε ποτέ και θα χρησιμοποιούσε το St. Ο Λούις είναι η βάση του για προπόνηση για αγώνες με έπαθλα. Ο Άλεν πολέμησε ως επί το πλείστον σε αγώνες με γυμνές αρθρώσεις όπως δεν θα ήταν η αμερικανική πυγμαχία
Τον Δεκέμβριο 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch lost a three week battle with uremic poisoning. Doctors attempted to keep his kidneys going through an operation in Chicago but it provided only temporary relief. Gotch intended to travel to Hot Springs, Arkansas to try and restore his health. The operation ended this hope. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
Την Τρίτη, Νοέμβριος 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan fought Al Greenfield at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sullivan needed to overcome more than just his opponent in this bout. The men originally agreed to fight on Monday, Νοέμβριος 17, 1884, but New York City authorities threatened the men with arrest. The wrangling with
Την Δευτέρα, Φεβρουάριος 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Μικρή Demon” Joe Acton met at Battery D in Chicago, Illinois. It would be the first of several exhibition bouts between the men. They performed these exhibitions in the larger Midwestern cities in early 1887. Like the St. Paul match I covered in an earlier post, Lewis and Acton agreed to