Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Viljams Muldūns bija pašreizējais pasaules čempions smagajā cīņā un ievērojams fiziskais kultūrists, kad Muldūnu saderināja Džons L. Salivana atbalstītāji, lai iegūtu savu cīnītāju formā. Salivans bija pašreizējais pasaules čempions cīņas cīņā ar kailām rokām smagajā svarā. Viņš parakstīja vienošanos, lai tiktos ar savu grūtāko sāncensi, Džeiks Kilreins, jūlijā 1889. Salivans atzina, ka ir sliktā formā,
Otrdien, Februāris 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast challenged World Lightweight Boxing Champion Battling Nelson for Nelson’s title at Richmond Arena in Point Richmond, Kalifornija. The 28-year-old Nelson won the title by knocking out the great Joe Gans in 1908. Boxing experts did not expect Wolgast to defeat Nelson even though Wolgast held a newspaper decision over Nelson in 1909. Pundits
Oktobrī 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
Un “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”
Stanislaus Zbyszko toured the United States in 1910 in preparation for a title match with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch later in the year. His tour brought him to St. Louis on May 29, 1910. Zbyszko was scheduled to meet highly regarded light heavyweight grappler Charley Olson. Olson was a skilled wrestler, who trained with St. Louis wrestler George
Aprīlī 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 gadiem. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
Otrdien, Marts 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller tikās STANISLAUS Zbyszko likumīgā cīkstēšanās maču. Profesionālā cīņas būtu pāreja no likumīgās konkursā dala posmos izstādi starp 1910 and 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller beidzis Pensilvānijas universitātē, spēlējot profesionālo futbolu. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.
Novembrī 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). Šajā filmā, 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, kurš bija 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. Diemžēl, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Es bieži esmu atklājis, ka lielākais izaicinājums agrīnās profesionālās cīņas izpētē ir faktu atdalīšana no daiļliteratūras. Pat tad, kad cīkstoņi sacentās likumīgos mačos, tie bieži vien palielina rezultātus, veidoja apokrifu folkloru ap savām uzvarām un izdomāja izdomātus pasakas, lai izskaidrotu savus zaudējumus. Profesionālā cīņa radās no karnevāliem un saglabāja šīs mākslas veicināšanas instinktus. St.