Whistler Wrestles Dufur in New York

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Nhar il-Ħamis, Marzu 31, 1881, 200 fans filtered into New York’s Turnverein Hall to watch Clarence Whistler wrestle Henry Moses Dufur in a three-out-of-five-falls catch-as-catch-can wrestling match with both wrestlers wearing jackets. The promoters used the rules and jackets to even the chances of each wrestler to win. Clarence Whistler specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Whistler took World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion

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McMillan Jiddomina lil Foe

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D. A. McMillan serva bħala wrestler vjaġġatur kompetenti matul l-aħħar żewġ deċennji tas-Seklu 19.. McMillan ġġieled liċ-Champion Amerikan tal-Lotta tal-Piż Tqil Martin "Farmer" Burns fi skema ta' logħob tal-azzard maħduma li ġurnalist tal-gazzetta kixef. Filwaqt li McMillan qatt ma rebaħ it-titlu Amerikan, McMillan għelbu kompetizzjoni inqas qabel ma l-aqwa wrestlers bħal Burns għelbuh. Fuq Diċembru 22, 1888,

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McLaughlin Wrestles Dufur

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Nhar il-Ħamis, Ottubru 7, 1884, Il-Kurunell James Hiram McLaughlin ġġieled lil Henry Moses Dufur għal dak li ż-żewġt irġiel sostnew li se tkun l-aħħar darba. Iż-żgħażagħ ta’ 40 sena speċjalizzati fil-lotta tal-għonq u l-minkeb. L-irġiel iġġieldu f'Detroit, Michigan, it-territorju domestiku ta' McLaughlin. Il-partita saret fid-Detroit Opera House quddiem folla żgħira. Il-lotta professjonali ma kinitx żviluppata

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McLaughlin Jiddefendi t-Titolu?

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Nhar it-Tlieta, Jannar 29, 1884, approximately two thousand fans crowded into the Detroit Opera House to watch the first of a two-match series between Colonel James H. McLaughlin and Henry Moses Dufur. The crowd had to delight the organizers and wrestlers. Matches drawing crowds in the thousands were rare during the 19th Century. Organizers claimed McLaughlin was defending the American

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Reminiscences Henry Moses Dufur

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Henry Moses Dufur kellu ċ-Champion Dinji tal-Lotta tal-Għonq u l-Minkeb tal-piż tqil matul is-snin 70. Billi 1855, Dufur irtira mil-lotta professjonali biex iwettaq il-professjoni full-time tiegħu ta’ ħajjata tal-ħwejjeġ. Anke matul il-karriera tiegħu fil-lotta, Dufur ħadem bħala ħajjata. Dufur qal lill-korrispondent minn The Boston Globe li twieled Richford, Vermont f'Ġunju 5, 1943. Din id-data ta'

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Dufur Jiġbed ma’ Cox

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Henry Moses Dufur speċjalizza fil-lotta tal-għonq u l-minkeb meta Dufur ilella professjonalment fis-snin 70 u 80.. Imwieled f'Mejju 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur ġġieled primarjament fil-Grigal tal-Istati Uniti. Dwar Ġunju 27, 1878, Dufur ġġieled partita tar-ritorn ma’ wrestler jismu Cox fil-Boston Baseball Park quddiem ħames mitt partitarju. Ħames mitt partitarju

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Burns Wrestles Wasem

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Minbarra li huwa l-post preferut għal boxers u wrestlers professjonali biex jitħarrġu meta jkunu f’St. Louis, San. Louis Business Men's Gymnasium ospita avvenimenti iżgħar tal-boxing u tal-lotta. Fil 1898, l-eks Champion Amerikan tal-Lotta tal-Piż Tqil Martin "Farmer" Burns ġġieled lil Oscar Wasem quddiem folla żgħira fil-Business Men's Gymnasium. Burns kien qed isir transizzjoni għal wrestlers taħriġ full-time u

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Imut Sorakichi Matsuda fi New York

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Sorakichi Matsuda vvjaġġa lejn l-Istati Uniti tard 1883 biex jibda l-karriera professjonali tiegħu fil-lotta. Matsuda kellu l-intenzjoni li jitgħallem il-lotta professjonali Amerikana u jirritorna lejn art twelidu biex jibda l-promozzjoni tiegħu stess tal-lotta. Il-maniġer ta’ Matsuda għamel stqarrijiet dwar it-taħriġ tiegħu fil-Ġappun, li ma setgħetx tkun verifikata. Matsuda tħarreġ fil-lotta tas-sumo mal-istalla famuża Isegahama iżda għamel

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McLaughlin Mixes It Up with Ross

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Nhar il-Ħamis, April 10, 1884, America’s first full-time professional wrestler, J.H. McLaughlin wrestled all-around Scottish athlete and wrestler Duncan C. Ross at Detroit’s Opera House. The men wrestled a three-out-of-five falls mixed styles match. McLaughlin specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling. The men wrestled two falls under collar-and-elbow rules. Ross favored side hold rules. The men wrestled two falls by securing side

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Roeber Jesponi Negozju

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Meta l-World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon irtira fih 1889, hu ttama li l-proteġġ tiegħu Ernest Roeber ikun rikonoxxut bħala ċ-champion il-ġdid. Madankollu, Muldoon rebaħ it-titlu tiegħu fil-lotta Greko-Rumana, li kienet il-kompetenza ta’ Roeber imwieled Ġermaniż. Sfortunatament, l-isfruttamenti ta’ Martin “Farmer” Burns u Evan “Il Strangler” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can lotta fl-istil dominanti. Roeber kellu a

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