Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
William Muldoon var den regerande världsmästaren i tungviktsbrottning och en känd fysisk kulturist, när Muldoon förlovades av John L. Sullivans stödjare för att få sin fighter i form. Sullivan var den regerande världsmästaren i Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting. Han skrev på ett avtal för att möta sin tuffaste utmanare, Jake Kilrain, i juli 1889. Sullivan erkände att han var i dålig form,
På tisdag, Februari 22, 1910, Ad Wolgast utmanade världsmästaren i lättviktsboxning som kämpade mot Nelson om Nelsons titel på Richmond Arena i Point Richmond, Kalifornien. Den 28-årige Nelson vann titeln genom att slå ut den store Joe Gans 1908. Boxningsexperter förväntade sig inte att Wolgast skulle besegra Nelson även om Wolgast höll ett tidningsbeslut över Nelson 1909. Pundits
På 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
Och “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 i maj 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
På April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch träffade World Wrestling Champion Georg Hackenschmidt för världstiteln på Dexter Park Pavilion i Chicago, Illinois. Hackenschmidt var obesegrad som professionell men hade varit världsmästare för cirka 7 år. Gotch var ett år äldre men ansågs vara en up-and-comer. Fans and reporters covering the sport considered Gotch
På tisdag, Mars 22, 1910, Dr. Benjamin Roller mötte Stanislaus Zbyszko i en legitim brottningsmatch. Professionell brottning skulle övergå från legitima tävling för att iscensatt utställningen mellan 1910 och 1920. Dr. Benjamin Roller utexaminerades från University of Pennsylvania genom att spela professionell fotboll. Roller accepted an academic appointment in physiology where he assisted in the writing of a textbook. Dr.
På November 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). I denna film, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Fru. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Fru. 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, som var 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. Tyvärr, he didn’t arrive in the United States until 1914, when most wrestling matches were prearranged. Wladek had proved his bona
I’ve frequently found the biggest challenge in researching early professional wrestling is separating fact from fiction. Even when the wrestlers competed in legitimate matches, they often inflated outcomes, built up apocryphal folklore around their victories and made up fanciful tales to explain away their losses. Professional wrestling sprang from the carnivals and retained the promotional instincts of this art. St.