Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

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Në fund 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 “Fermer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Megjithatë, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Nga 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 “Alex” Aberg. 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

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Të shtunën, Nëntor 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minuta. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem i pushtuar

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Stecher Beats Cutler for American Title

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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

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Tournament International Wrestling ndodhur në dy faza në mes të majit 19, 1915 dhe dhjetor 31, 1915. Pesëdhjetë mundësit do të konkurrojnë në fazën e parë të turneut, duke përfshirë Botërore greko-romak kampion Aleksandër “Alex” Aberg. Kësti i dytë kishte 40 mundësit duke përfshirë deri dhe të vijnë yll ed “Strangler” Lewis, i cili u bashkua një muaj në turneun më November 22, 1915. The

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Paul Pons Hometowned në 1900

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Paul Pons ishte një francez greko-romake Champion Wrestling. Ai ishte mjaft e mirë për të dhënë George Hackenschmidt një të kandidojë për paratë e tij në disa turne. Megjithatë, kur ai erdhi në Çikago në 1900, ai ishte i “i mundur” nga një mundës lokale. Rrethanat e humbjes lënë shumë për të dëshiruar. Paul Pons udhëtoi për në Shtetet e Bashkuara në 1900. One

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Fermer” 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 £. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg luftoi në

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George Baptiste Dies

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Më dhjetor 1, 1938 në 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 vjeç. 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. Ndërsa kjo histori mund ose mund

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