캔자스의 브라우닝 캠페인

에 1922, 미래의 세계 헤비급 레슬링 챔피언인 짐 브라우닝(Jim Browning)은 캔자스에서 경력을 시작했습니다.. 브라우닝은 고향인 베로나에서 이사했다., Missouri in 1921 프로레슬링 경력을 쌓기 위해 훈련하다. 톰 로, 위치타, 캔자스 프로모터, 브라우닝의 훈련을 감독했다.

By May 1923, 브라우닝은 이미 소규모 쇼의 메인 이벤트에 참여했습니다.. 오거스타에서, 캔자스 카드, Browning wrestled Jack Roller in a best 2-out-of-3-falls match. Roller actually won the first fall in 36 minutes with an armbar.

Browning took over the match after the first fall. He won the next two falls with the leg scissors. It took him 10 minutes to win the second fall. Roller was a little harder to defeat in the third fall. It took Browning 14 minutes to apply the leg scissors for the third fall.

Browning used a number of different holds and didn’t really specialize in one finishing hold. 그러나, his successful use of the leg scissors drew comparisons to past and future World Champion Joe Stecher. Fans and reporters started referring to Browning as “젊은 스테처”. The nickname stuck for several years.

Browning was bigger than Stecher and was a large heavyweight for the day. He stood 6’03” 및 무게 215 파운드. Browning was a lean, muscular young wrestler the fans could get behind.

It wasn’t all success for the young prospect though. 6 월 22, 1923, 브라우닝 씨름 “Sailor” Jack Lewis. Browning had previously defeated Lewis in March 1923. This rematch was the undercard of a Dick Daviscourt-Taro Miyaki main event in Wichita. It was a tough match for Browning.

In what may have been an accident, Lewis kicked Browning under the chin near the ropes. Browning fell through the ropes. Ringside spectators said Browning’s head struck the floor.

Whether it was a bad fall from a worked spot or a stiff kick, Browning appeared legitimately injured. The referee stopped the match. Browning was reportedly semi-conscious for 30 minutes after the fall.

Five days later on June 27th, Browning recovered enough to wrestle Charles Jenkins of Emporia, Kansas for the chance to meet Kansas Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Alan Eustace. Law scheduled the match for Eureka, Kansas.

Jenkins won the first fall in 58 분. 브라우닝은 두 번째 추락을 겪었습니다. 26 분. Neither man was able to win the third fall before the 2-hour time limit expired. Law was disappointed with the small crowd, not an uncommon occurrence in the summer months.

It was obvious by his early wins and wrestling in the main event on smaller cards that Tom Law had big plans for Jim Browning. It is doubtful at this time, if either man knew how big a star Browning would become one day.

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Sources: The Augusta Daily Gazette (Augusta, Kansas), 할 수있다 8, 1923 edition, 피. 1, Herrington Times (Herrington, Kansas), 행진 22, 1923 edition, 피. 3, 타 매일 독수리, 6월 23, 1923 edition, 피. 3 and The Eureka Herald (Eureka, Kansas), 6월 28, 1923 edition, 피. 1

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