Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
Frá tilkomu þess sem áhorfendaíþrótt á seinni hluta 19. aldar, verkefnisstjórar og glímumenn voru undir skýi gruns um að þeir væru að vinna eldspýtur sínar. Þó fagleg glíma myndi að lokum samanstanda nánast eingöngu af sviðsettum sýningum, margir, ef ekki flestir, af leikjunum voru lögmæt keppni fyrir 1915. Frumkvöðlar og glímumenn fóru með prýði
Í 1894, Martin “Farmer” Burns var að búa sig undir að glíma við Evan “Strangler” Lewis fyrir American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Á meðan Burns var að komast í blómaskeiðið, Lewis hafði verið á toppnum í bandarískri atvinnuglímu í 5 ár. Lewis glímdi einnig við seigfljótandi stíl með áherslu á uppgjöf. Burns þyrfti að búa sig undir harða keppni, sem gæti
Á laugardag, 2. desember, 1893, Staðbundinn Saint Louis hnefaleikakennari og grísk-rómverski glímukappinn Mike Mooney hitti Max Luttbeg á Saint Louis’ Skemmtihöll. Fyrir leik var fókusinn á að Mooney tapaði aldrei glímu eða hnefaleika. Mooney var talinn betri grísk-rómverskur glímumaður, á meðan Luttbeg var betri glímumaður. Á 19. öld, það var algengt fyrir eldspýtur
Þegar William Muldoon hætti í atvinnuglímu í 1889, hann ætlaði til skjóls síns, Ernst Roeber, að verða nýr heimsmeistari í þungavigt í glímu. Þar sem Muldoon varði alltaf meistaratitilinn í grísk-rómverskum glímustíl, val hans var skynsamlegt. Roeber var án efa besti grísk-rómverski glímumaðurinn í Ameríku á þeim tíma. Þó, glímuaðdáendurnir og blaðamaðurinn, fjalla um íþróttina,
In a recent post, I wrote about Charles Green’s unsuccessful attempt to defeat Evan “Strangler” Lewis in 1889. Ári síðar, Green had greater success with another American wrestling legend, Martin “Farmer” Burns. The soon-to-be 29-year-old Burns was an excellent wrestler but wasn’t yet on the level of Evan Lewis. Þó, he would have to be in the top 10
Charles Green, a skilled English catch-as-catch-can wrestler, traveled to the United States in the late 1880s to wrestle the best American wrestlers. Green got his opportunity on July 21, 1889, when he wrestled American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Champion Evan Lewis. To prepare for this match, Green took a handicap bout with journeyman wrestler Bert Scheller in late June. Scheller was born
On Joe Acton’s 33rd birthday, Mars 8, 1885, he wrestled fellow countryman Tom Cannon in a 2-out-of-3-falls match at Sportsman Park in New Orleans, Louisiana. Acton and Cannon had a long history together. Both men were born in England in early 1952. Cannon was born a month later than Acton on April 19, 1852. Both men started wrestling in the
When William Muldoon retired as the World Heavyweight Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion in 1889, there was no ready successor to the championship. Evan “Strangler” Lewis was the best wrestler in the United States not named William Muldoon but his specialty was catch-as-catch-can wrestling. The best American Greco-Roman wrestler, Clarence Whistler, had died in Australia during 1885. Muldoon’s handpicked successor was German-born
Stærsta bandaríska atvinnuglíma 19. aldarinnar fór fram í apríl 21, 1895 í Chicago, Illinois. Evan “Strangler” Lewis varði American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship gegn Martin “Farmer” Burns. 34 ára gamlir voru báðir færir með “krókar” eða uppgjöf heldur því að þeir séu efstir í fæðukeðjunni í lögmætri atvinnuglímu. Lewis hafði verið óumdeildur meistari síðan 1893
Clarence Whistler was born in Indiana during 1856. While standing only 5’09” or so and weighing 165 £, Whistler was considered one of the most powerful wrestlers of his era. Whistler was the only wrestler able to give William Muldoon a hard time during Muldoon’s 9-year run as World Champion. Whistler primarily competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, the dominant style in