Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

Джордж-Батыст

У канцы 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Фермер” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Аднак, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Луіс, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Па 1902, George

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Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Алекс” Аберг. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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Ringer Throws Wasem

Оскар-Васэм

У суботу, Лістапада 25, 1899, Вуліца. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 хвілін. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Луіс’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Васем апантаны

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Stecher Beats Катлер для амерыканскага Назвы,en

Joe-Stecher-Championship-пояс

When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

Alex-Aberg

Міжнародны турнір па вольнай барацьбе адбылася ў два этапы ў перыяд з мая 19, 1915 і снежань 31, 1915. Пяцьдзесят змагары будуць канкураваць на першым этапе турніру ў тым ліку сусветны грэка-рымскай Чэмпіён Аляксандр “Алекс” Аберг. Другі ўнёсак быў 40 змагары у тым ліку і бліжэйшыя зоркі Эду “Душыцель” Люіс, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The

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Павел Понс Hometowned ў 1900

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Paul Pons was a French Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. He was good enough to give George Hackenschmidt a run for his money in several tournaments. Аднак, when he came to Chicago in 1900, he was “defeated” by a local wrestler. The circumstances of the loss leave a lot to be desired. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. One

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

Джон-Бэрг

John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Фермер” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 фунты. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Берг змагаўся

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George Baptiste Dies

Джордж-Батыст

Сьнежня 1, 1938 ў 5:15 вечара, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 гадоў. 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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Ad Santel Brings The Pain

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Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Хоць гэтая гісторыя можа і можа

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Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt Available

Гоч-супраць-Hackenschmidt

“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!Фрэнк Готч паглядзеў на свайго суперніка Джорджа Хакеншміта, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt

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