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Posts about 20th Century wrestlers, wrestling matches, and wrestling films.
אין שפּעט 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 “פּויער” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. אָבער, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. לוי, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. דורך 1902, George
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “אַלעקס” אַבערג. 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
אויף שבת, נאָוועמבער 25, 1899, סט. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 מינוט. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. לוי’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. װאםעם האט פארמאגט
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
די ינטערנאַטיאָנאַל ראַנגלערייַ טאָורנאַמענט פארגעקומען אין צוויי פייזיז צווישן מייַ 19, 1915 און דעצעמבער 31, 1915. פופציק רעסאַלערז וואָלט קאָנקורירן אין די ערשטער פאַסע פון די טורנאַמאַנט אַרייַנגערעכנט וועלט גרעקאָ-רוימער טשאַמפּיאָן אַלעקסאַנדער “אַלעקס” אַבערג. די רגע ינסטאָלמאַנט האט 40 רעסאַלערז אַרייַנגערעכנט אַרויף און קומענדיק שטערן עד “סטראַנגלער” לויס, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. די
פאולוס פּאַנז איז געווען אַ פראנצויזיש גרעקאָ-רוימער ראַנגלערייַ טשאַמפּיאָן. ער איז געווען גוט גענוג צו געבן דזשארזש האַקקענסטשמידט אַ לויפן פֿאַר זיין געלט אין עטלעכע טערנאַמאַנץ. אָבער, ווען ער געקומען צו טשיקאַגאָ אין 1900, ער איז געווען “דיפיטיד” דורך אַ היגע ראַנגלער. די אומשטאנדן פון די אָנווער לאָזן אַ פּלאַץ צו ווערן געבעטן. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. מען
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “פּויער” 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 פונט. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. בערג האט זיך ארײנגעריםן
אויף דעצעמבער 1, 1938 בייַ 5:15 PM, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 יאָרן פון עלטער. 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
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. While this story may or may
“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!"פראַנק גאָטש האט געקוקט אויף זיין קאָנקורענט דזשאָרדזש האַקענשמידט, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt