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Aprila 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 let. Gotch je bil leto starejši, a veljal za vzpona. Navijači in novinarji, ki pokrivajo šport, so menili, da je Gotch
V torek, Marec 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 in 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.
Novembra 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). V tem filmu, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Gospa. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Gospa. 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, ki je bil 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. Na žalost, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Pogosto sem ugotovil, da je največji izziv pri raziskovanju zgodnje profesionalne rokoborbe ločiti dejstva od fikcije. Tudi ko so rokoborci tekmovali v legitimnih dvobojih, pogosto so napihnili rezultate, zgradili apokrifno folkloro okoli svojih zmag in si izmislili domišljijske zgodbe, da bi razložili svoje izgube. Profesionalna rokoborba je izšla iz karnevalov in ohranila promocijske nagone te umetnosti. St.
Januarja 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 se je rodil v Birminghamu, Angliji, vendar se je nekaj svojih najbolj znanih bojev boril v Ameriki. V 1867, Allen se je preselil v St. Louis, največje mesto zahodno od Mississippija. Allen ni nikoli odšel in bi uporabil St. Louis kot svojo domačo bazo za trening za borbe za nagrade. Allen se je večinoma boril v borbah z golimi členki, saj ameriški boks ne bi bil
Decembra 16, 1917, Frank Alvin Gotch izgubila tri tedne bitko z zastrupitvijo uremičnega. Zdravniki so poskušali obdržati svoje ledvice ki gredo skozi delovanje v Chicagu pa je predstavljalo le začasno rešitev. Gotch je namenjen potovati v Hot Springs, Arkansas poskusiti in obnoviti njegovo zdravje. Operacija se je končalo to upanje. Gotch spent the last couple weeks only able
V torek, November 18, 1884, Svetovni prvak v borbah z golimi členki v težki kategoriji John L. Sullivan se je boril z Alom Greenfieldom v Madison Square Gardnu v New Yorku. Sullivan je moral v tem dvoboju premagati več kot le nasprotnika. Moški so se prvotno dogovorili, da se bodo borili v ponedeljek, November 17, 1884, vendar so newyorške oblasti grozile moškim z aretacijo. Prepir z
Ponedeljek, Februar 7, 1887, Evan “Strangler” Lewis and “Malo Demon” Joe Acton se je srečal pri Battery D v Chicagu, Illinois. To bi bil prvi od več ekshibicijskih dvobojev med moškimi. Te razstave so že zgodaj izvajali v večjih mestih na srednjem zahodu 1887. Tako kot St. Paul match, ki sem ga obravnaval v prejšnji objavi, Lewis in Acton sta se strinjala