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I decided to start 2020 by using two examples from professional wrestling to discuss why you would change a historical account you wrote in the past. In writing history, you are limited by the available sources on the subject matter. Primary sources like diaries, official records and autobiographies are very valuable. Other sources like newspapers are good as well but
On St. Patrick’s Day 1908, Martin “Farmer” Cyfarfu Burns â Fred Beell bach ond pwerus. Tra yr oedd y ddau reslwr yn pwyso 165 bunnoedd, “Farmer” Safai Burns 5’11” i Beell's 5’04”. Ond roedd gan Beell, 32 oed, fantais oedran fawr dros y chwaraewr 47 oed Burns. Burns debuted yn 1879, pan oedd Beell yn 3 oed. Roedd y dynion wedi'u hamserlennu ar gyfer gêm yn Omaha, Nebraska, un
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, Ed “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. He also entered as one of
Evan “Strangler” Roedd Lewis yn gystadleuydd brawychus. Although he was not a large man at five feet, nine inches tall. Lewis weighed 170 bunnoedd, Lewis’ meistrolaeth o gyflwyniadau ei wneud yn gyfartal neu well o'r rhan fwyaf wrestlers ei gyfnod. Roedd Jack Carkeek yn wrestler gwych ond un gêm gyda Lewis bron achosi iddo ymddeol. Lewis’ enw da yn gryf
Ar Ebrill 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. While they were supposed to be working the match, Lewis and Wladek Zbyszko struggled to work together. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek’s older brother Stanislaus Zbyszko. Yn
Frank J. Quinn, a lleol St. Louis atwrnai, gwasanaethodd fel rheolwr reslwyr proffesiynol George Baptise, Charley Olson a Fred Beell. Yn wreiddiol yn edmygydd o George Baptiste, yr hwn oedd chwedl yn y St. Louis cymdogaeth o amgylch Cook a Vandeventer Avenues. Byddai Baptiste yn cyflogi Quinn fel ei reolwr ac yn ddiweddarach atwrnai ar gyfer ei babell a'i gwmni cysgodlenni. During his
Mike “Twin” Sullivan claimed the Welterweight World Boxing Championship, when he decisioned Honey Mellody in April 1907. Possessing both heavy hands and better than normal boxing skills, Sullivan claimed victories over the great Joe Gans and future Welterweight World Boxing Champion Harry Lewis during his career. Lewis won the welterweight title, when Sullivan could no longer make the 147 pound
In early 1916, Martin “Farmer” Burns, a hyfforddodd a rheolodd Frank Gotch i Bencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm y Byd, dechreuodd wadu ei fod wedi datblygu Pencampwr Pwysau Trwm America Joe Stecher. Roedd yr honiad yn ymddangos yn rhyfedd oherwydd bod Burns wedi bod yn gweithio gyda Stecher ers sawl blwyddyn. Helpodd Burns i baratoi Stecher ar gyfer ei ornest bencampwriaeth gyda Charlie Cutler i mewn 1915. Mewn ffordd, beth Burns