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William Muldoon was the reigning World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion and a noted physical culturist, when Muldoon was engaged by John L. Sullivan’s backers to get their fighter in shape. Sullivan was the reigning World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Champion. He signed an agreement to meet his toughest challenger, Jake Kilrain, in July 1889. Sullivan admitted he was in bad shape,
On Tuesday, February 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast utfordret verdensmester i lettvektboksing som kjempet mot Nelson om Nelsons tittel på Richmond Arena i Point Richmond, California. Den 28 år gamle Nelson vant tittelen ved å slå ut den store Joe Gans inn 1908. Bokseeksperter forventet ikke at Wolgast skulle beseire Nelson selv om Wolgast holdt en avisavgjørelse over Nelson i 1909. Pundits
Oktober 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
Og “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 turnerte i USA 1910 som forberedelse til en tittelkamp med World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch senere på året. Turen hans brakte ham til St. Louis i mai 29, 1910. Zbyszko skulle etter planen møte høyt ansett lett-tungvekt-grapper Charley Olson. Olson var en dyktig bryter, som trente med St. Louis-bryteren George
April 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 år. Gotch was a year older but considered an up and comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
On Tuesday, March 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 and 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.
November 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). I denne filmen, 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. Dessverre, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
Jeg har ofte funnet ut at den største utfordringen med å forske på tidlig profesjonell bryting er å skille fakta fra fiksjon. Selv når bryterne konkurrerte i legitime kamper, de oppblåste ofte utfall, bygget opp apokryfisk folklore rundt sine seire og laget fantasifulle historier for å bortforklare tapene deres. Profesjonell bryting sprang ut av karnevalene og beholdt reklameinstinktene til denne kunsten. St.