Ringer Throws Wasem

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O sábado, Novembro 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 actas. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem posuído

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins for Title

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O xoves, Xaneiro 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defendeu o seu American Wrestling Championship contra un loitador prometedor de Iowa. After the first fall, a afección decatouse de que era o partido máis duro do c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins derrotara a Gotch

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Novembro 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Reminiscencias de Henry Moses Dufur

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Henry Moses Dufur ocupou o campión mundial de loita de colar e cóbado de peso pesado durante a década de 1870.. Por 1855, Dufur retirouse da loita profesional para exercer a súa profesión a tempo completo de xastre de roupa. Mesmo durante a súa carreira de loita libre, Dufur traballaba de xastre. Dufur díxolle ao correspondente de The Boston Globe que naceu en Richford, Vermont en xuño 5, 1943. Esta data de

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Dan Daly Beats Ed Kelly

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In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in

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Tom Allen Fights Bill Davis

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No século XIX, most states banned bare-knuckled prizefighting and professional gloved boxing. Police often arrested fighter, managers, and promoters to stop prizefighting. A unique aspect of geography turned St. Louis into an ideal fight venue to get around the authorities’s activity to stop professional prizefighting. In the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, the river’s current created a handful

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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En xaneiro de 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.

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Paulo Pons, Creador de estrelas Wrestling

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Paul Pons foi o campión de wrestling greco-romano de Francia na década de 1890. El venceu un torneo no Folies Bergere, antes de gañar un torneo en Rusia 1898. Estas vitorias permitiulle acadar o Campionato Mundial de Loita Grecorromana. Pons capitalizou esta notoriedade a través da apertura dunha academia para loitadores de tren e homes fortes. Pons’ a vitoria foi especialmente notable por mor de

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Pretty Boy Floyd St. Louis Robbery

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En 1934, Charles Arthur “Neno guapo” Floyd rematou a súa carreira criminal nun Liverpool Leste, Ohio campo de millo tras un tiroteo con axentes do FBI e policías locais. Porén, en decembro 1925, el era o número preso 29078 no Missouri Penitenciaria. The 21-year-old Floyd acabara de ser condenado por roubar a oficina principal Kroeger Grocery e Baking Company

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