Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
William Muldoon oedd Pencampwr Reslo Pwysau Trwm y Byd a oedd yn teyrnasu ac yn ddiwylliannwr corfforol nodedig, pan ddyweddiwyd Muldoon gan John L. Cefnogwyr Sullivan i gael siâp eu hymladdwr. Sullivan oedd Pencampwr Ymladd Gwobr Pwysau Trwm Bare Knuckle a oedd yn teyrnasu. Arwyddodd gytundeb i gwrdd â'i heriwr caletaf, Jake Kilrain, ym mis Gorffennaf 1889. Cyfaddefodd Sullivan ei fod mewn cyflwr gwael,
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Chwefror 22, 1910, Heriodd Ad Wolgast Bencampwr Bocsio Pwysau Ysgafn y Byd yn brwydro yn erbyn Nelson am deitl Nelson yn Richmond Arena yn Point Richmond, California. Enillodd Nelson, 28 oed, y teitl trwy guro'r gwych Joe Gans i mewn 1908. Nid oedd arbenigwyr bocsio yn disgwyl i Wolgast drechu Nelson er bod Wolgast wedi cynnal penderfyniad papur newydd dros Nelson yn 1909. Pundits
Ar Hydref 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men
Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Joe Stecher conducted one of the greatest rivalries of the early arranged professional wrestling exhibition era. Lewis and Stecher wrestled many times including a five and a half hour draw in 1916. Several of their early matches appeared to be legitimate. Legend also has it that Lewis actually had to beat Stecher in a “shoot match”
Bu Stanislaus Zbyszko ar daith o amgylch yr Unol Daleithiau yn 1910 i baratoi ar gyfer gêm deitl gyda Phencampwr Reslo Pwysau Trwm y Byd Frank Gotch yn ddiweddarach yn y flwyddyn. Daeth ei daith ag ef i St. Louis ym mis Mai 29, 1910. Roedd Zbyszko i fod i gwrdd â'r grappler pwysau trwm ysgafn uchel ei barch, Charley Olson. Roedd Olson yn reslwr medrus, a hyfforddodd gyda St. Louis wrestler George
Ar Ebrill 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 blynyddoedd. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Mawrth 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 a 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.
Ar Dachwedd 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). Yn y ffilm hon, 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, who was 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. Yn anffodus,, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Yn aml rwyf wedi canfod mai’r her fwyaf wrth ymchwilio i reslo proffesiynol cynnar yw gwahanu ffaith oddi wrth ffuglen. Hyd yn oed pan oedd y reslwyr yn cystadlu mewn gemau cyfreithlon, roeddent yn aml yn chwyddo canlyniadau, adeiladu llên gwerin apocryffaidd o amgylch eu buddugoliaethau a llunio chwedlau ffansïol i egluro eu colledion. Deilliodd reslo proffesiynol o'r carnifalau a chadw greddfau hyrwyddo'r gelfyddyd hon. St.