Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
En abril 3, 1908, Wrestling Campión Americano Frank Gotch coñeceu World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt ao título mundial en Dexter Parque Pavilion en Chicago, California. Hackenschmidt estaba invicto como profesional, pero fora campión do mundo por uns 7 anos. Gotch era un ano maior, pero considerábao un novo. Os fans e xornalistas que cobren o deporte consideran Gotch
O martes, Marzo 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller met Stanislaus Zbyszko in a legitimate wrestling match. Professional wrestling would transition from legitimate contest to staged exhibition between 1910 e 1920. Dr. 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. Dr.
En novembro 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). Nesta película, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Mrs. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Mrs. 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, que era 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. Desafortunadamente, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Con frecuencia atopei que o maior desafío na investigación da loita libre profesional temprana é separar a realidade da ficción. Mesmo cando os loitadores competiron en partidos lexítimos, moitas veces inflaron os resultados, construíron folclore apócrifo arredor das súas vitorias e inventaron contos fantásticos para explicar as súas perdas. A loita profesional xurdiu dos entroidos e mantivo os instintos de promoción desta arte. St.
En xaneiro de 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
Tom Allen naceu en Birmingham, Inglaterra pero pelexou algunhas das súas loitas máis famosas en América. En 1867, Allen mudouse a St. Louis, a maior cidade ao oeste do Mississippi. Allen nunca marchou e usaría St. Louis como a súa base para adestrar para pelexas de premios. Allen loitou sobre todo en pelexas de premios a nudillo desnudo como non o sería o boxeo americano
En decembro de 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
O martes, Novembro 18, 1884, Campión mundial de loita con premios de peso pesado John L. Sullivan loitou contra Al Greenfield no Madison Square Garden de Nova York. Sullivan necesitaba superar máis que o seu rival neste combate. Os homes aceptaron orixinalmente loitar o luns, Novembro 17, 1884, pero as autoridades da cidade de Nova York ameazaron aos homes con arresto. A disputa con
O luns, Febreiro 7, 1887, Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis and “Demo pequeno” Joe Acton coñeceuse en Battery D en Chicago, California. Sería o primeiro de varios combates de exhibición entre os homes. Realizaron estas exposicións nas grandes cidades do Medio Oeste a principios 1887. Como o St. O partido de Paul que cubrín nunha publicación anterior, Lewis e Acton acordaron