Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

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In late 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 “Mkulima” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Hata hivyo, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. By 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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Siku ya Jumamosi, Novemba 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 dakika. 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 amepagawa

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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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Kimataifa Wrestling mashindano ilitokea katika awamu mbili kati ya Mei 19, 1915 na Desemba 31, 1915. Hamsini wrestlers inaweza kushindana katika awamu ya kwanza ya mashindano ikiwa ni pamoja na World Greco Kirumi Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. awamu ya pili na 40 wrestlers ikiwa ni pamoja na kuja juu na nyota Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The

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Paul Pons Hometowned katika 1900

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Paul Pons mara Kifaransa Greco Kirumi Wrestling Champion. Alikuwa nzuri ya kutosha kutoa George Hackenschmidt kukimbia kwa pesa yake katika mashindano kadhaa. Hata hivyo, alipofika Chicago katika 1900, alikuwa “kushindwa” na wrestler ndani. mazingira ya hasara kuondoka mengi ya taka. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Moja

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Mkulima” 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 paundi. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg aliyepigana katika

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George Baptiste Dies

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Desemba 1, 1938 katika 5:15 jioni, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 umri wa miaka. 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. Ingawa hadithi hii inaweza au inaweza

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Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt Available

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“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!” Frank Gotch alimtazama mpinzani wake George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt

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