George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

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During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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Sentyabrın 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. Illərlə, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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Evan Lewis Strangles Tom Cannon

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Avqust 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis Cincinnati Britaniya Güləş çempionu Tom Cannon görüşüb, Ohio. Qanuni güləş dövründə, digər güləşçilər çünki onun stranglehold güclü Lewis qorxulan. Lewis Cüdo arxa çılpaq choke kimi tanınan carotid arterial boğmaq işə. Ən azından mən əvvəlcə düşündüm və əksər tarixçilər sitat gətirdilər. Müasir

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Fransız Pehlivan üçün Muldoon çox güclü

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Iyun 4, 1883, Yunan-Roma Dünya ağır Güləş çempionu William Muldoon San Francisco ixtisaslı Fransız güləşçi Jules Rigal qarşı-qarşıya, California. Güləşçilər matçı mayo lüt zaman, o Rigal bir nəhəng problem sübut edir ki, açıq-aydın Muldoon hakimiyyəti. Muldoon ətrafında dayanıb 6 hündür arasında çəkilmək ayaqları 193 və 210 karieri boyunca funt.

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Muldoon Fails to Throw Sorakichi 5 Times

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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Mayın 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kim

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Did Muldoon Duck McMahon?

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Martın 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. son payız nə Nyu-Yorkda vasitəsilə qərar olardı

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William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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William Muldoon, Dünya yunan-Roma güləşi üzrə çempionu və fiziki mədəniyyət müdafiəçisi, Çərşənbə axşamı günü Los Angeles gəldi, Aprel 15, 1884 yerli güləşçi Fred Bauer üz. Qarşılaşmanın Los-Ancelesdə yerli Turnvereine Salonunda reallaşan. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he

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George Baptiste Dies

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Dekabr 1, 1938 at 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 yaş. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home

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George Baptiste’s Heartbreak

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During February 1901, St. Louis professional wrestler and local businessman George Baptiste reluctantly filed for divorce from his wife, Nellie May Baptiste, alleging desertion. It was actually the second time, Baptiste filed for divorce from Mrs. Baptiste. During the summer of 1896, Baptiste was vacationing in Millford, Connecticut. The 31-year-old was a powerful swimmer and all-around athlete in addition to

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William Muldoon Promotes Health System

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In a testament to his foresight and vision, the World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon was preparing to be a fitness trainer even while at the height of his powers as a wrestler. Muldoon held the championship from 1880 until he retired in 1890. During his reign, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,

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