젠킨스에게는 빅맨이 너무 많다

월에 7, 1901, Tom Jenkins는 뉴욕시에서 거인 Nouralah Hassan과 씨름했습니다.. 불가리아에서 태어났습니다. 1870, 하산은 6피트 서 있었습니다., 키 8인치, 몸무게 331 파운드. While Jenkins possessed superior wrestling skill, 팬들과 기자들은 Hassan의 엄청난 규모가 Jenkins에게 문제를 일으킬 것으로 예상했습니다..

Promoters booked the men to wrestle at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 4,000 fans crowded the historic arena to watch the main event.

George Bothner, the World Lightweight Wrestling Champion, refereed the bout. The New York State Athletic Commission frequently employed Bothner to referee wrestling cards at the Garden.

Hassan’s manager, Martin Julian, served as Hassan’s chief second. Tom McMahon and Frank Lynch joined Jenkin’s manager, George Tuchey of Detroit, as the cornermen for Jenkins.

Tuchey argued with Bothner about the grounds for awarding a fall. Bothner and Hassan’s manager Martin Julian agreed to Tuchey’s condition, which meant Bothner only awarded falls scored completely on the mat. If either men’s body extended past the mat, Bothner would not count the fall.

When Bothner started the bout at 10:10 오후, Hassan proved his size and strength were more than a match for Jenkin’s wrestling skill. Hassan secured a bar lock and turned Jenkins to his back.

Jenkins struggled ferociously but Hassan cross-bodied Jenkins with his full body weight. Hassan crushed Jenkins into the mat for the first fall at four minutes, thirty-five seconds. Jenkins scored no offense in the first fall.

The men rested fifteen minutes. As they started the second fall, Jenkins desperately rushed Hassan. Jenkins applied a front face lock and pulled Hassan down to his knees.

Jenkins tried his own bar lock but switched to a hammerlock. The hammerlock is a more effective hold, but Jenkins’ hands slipped off and he fell face forward to the mat.

Jenkins tried to get back to his feet, but Hassan secured a crotch hold. Using the crotch hold, Hassan turned Jenkins onto his head. Jenkins spun on his head back and forth twice to break Hassan’s grip and escape the hold. Fans cheered the clever escape.

Jenkins’ respite was short. Hassan reapplied the crotch hold and flipped him to his back. Hassan cross-bodied Jenkins again. After dropping his full weight on Jenkins’ chest, referee Bothner awarded the match to Hassan at five minutes, two seconds of the second fall. Despite Jenkins’ skill, Hassan defeated him quickly in two straight falls.

The defeat proved a temporary setback for Jenkins. In November of the same year, Jenkins won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship.

Hassan bounced between the United States and Europe for the next four years, but he never wrestled Jenkins again. Hassan, 누군지 31 years old at the time of this match, died in 1912, at approximately 42 살.

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Sources: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 할 수있다 8, 1901, p.2 and wrestlingdata.com

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