Ringer Throws Wasem

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Szombaton, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 jegyzőkönyv. 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 megszállta

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins for Title

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Csütörtökön, Január 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins megvédte amerikai birkózóbajnokságát egy feltörekvő iowai birkózó ellen. After the first fall, a szurkolók rájöttek, hogy ez volt a Frank Alvin Gotch legnehezebb meccse, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins legyőzte Gotchékat

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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, November 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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Henry Moses Dufur visszaemlékezések

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Henry Moses Dufur volt a nehézsúlyú nyakörv és könyök birkózás világbajnoka az 1870-es években. Által 1855, Dufur visszavonult a hivatásos birkózástól, hogy teljes munkaidőben ruhaszabó szakmáját folytassa. Még birkózói pályafutása alatt is, Dufur szabóként dolgozott. Dufur a The Boston Globe tudósítójának elmondta, hogy Richfordban született, Vermont júniusban 5, 1943. Ez a dátum

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Dan Daly Beats Ed Kelly

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Decemberben 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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A 19. században, 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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Januárjában 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” 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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Paul Pons, Maker of Wrestling Stars

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Paul Pons volt a görög-római birkózás bajnok Franciaország a 1890-es években. Ő nyert egy versenyen, a Folies-Bergeres előtt megnyerte a versenyt Oroszországban 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons kihasználja ezt a hírhedtté megnyitásával a tornaterem vonat birkózók és az erős férfiak. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of

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Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Louis Robbery

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-Ben 1934, Charles ArthurPretty BoyFloyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. Viszont, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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