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Posts about 19th Century professional wrestlers and matches.
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,
Septembra 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. Za let, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Avgusta 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. Vsaj tako sem prvotno mislil in večina zgodovinarjev je citirala. Moderno
On June 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, California. When the wrestlers stripped to their trunks for the match, it was obvious Muldoon’s power would prove a formidable challenge to Rigal. Muldoon stood around 6 feet tall and weighed between 193 in 210 funtov v svoji karieri.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Ker so oboževalci samo menili, da je Clarence Whistler dovolj izkušen, da resnično ogrozi njegovo vladavino, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Maja 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, ki
Marca 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. Zadnjo jesen bi odločil New York
William Muldoon, Svetovna grško-rimske rokoborbe prvak in telesno kulturo zagovornik, prišel v Los Angelesu je v torek, April 15, 1884 soočiti z lokalno rokoborec Fred Bauer. Tekma je potekala v lokalni Turnvereine dvorani v Los Angelesu. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he
Decembra 1, 1938 pri 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 let. 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
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
V dokaz, da njegovo predvidevanja in vizije, Svetovne Wrestling prvak William Muldoon je pripravljal, da bo fitnes trenerja, tudi ko na vrhuncu svojih pooblastil, kot rokoborec. Muldoon potekala v prvenstvu od 1880 dokler se je upokojil leta 1890. Med njegovo vladavino, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,