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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
At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up
Decembra 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers entered the
Ponedeljek, December 13, 1920, In “Strangler” Lewis je osvojil prvega od šestih naslovov svetovnega prvaka v rokoborbi v težki kategoriji od Joeja Stecherja. The fact he won the title from his biggest rival and business enemy must have been particularly satisfying. Leto pred tem tekmo, Stecher in Lewis sta se srečala v več kot tri ure trajajočem dvoboju. Lewis je naredil miselno napako
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” v St. Louis during the 1904 Sejem na svetu. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 v Chicagu,
For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, Način življenja v zdravje in moč (podružnica povezava) avtorja Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 let do izgube svojega
Maj 9, 1905 izdaja St. Športni oddelek Louis republike vsebuje zgodbo o prihajajoči tekmi med lokalno rokoborec George Baptiste in touring Svetovne Wrestling prvak, George Hackenschmidt. The paper did not give Baptiste a chance against Hackenschmidt, ki je pravkar premagal Tom Jenkins za svetovno prvenstvo. Če urednik vedel “Hack-jev” stanje v času, he may have
Stanislaus Zbyszko je rodil Stanislaw Jan Cyganiewicz aprila 1, 1880 v Jodlow, Poljska, ki je bila del Avstro-Ogrske monarhije. Zbyszko chose the ring name Stanislaus Zbyszko because it was the name of a fictional Polish knight. Članek v Walla Walla, Washington časopis, The Evening Statesman’s on Tuesday, Februar 8, 1910, publicized Zbyszko’s university and intellectual accomplishments.
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) je bil svetovni rekord drži uteži in svetovni prvak v težki kategoriji Wrestling preden je bila rokoborba vnaprej dogovorjene in dvigala so bili z uporabo steroidov. Hackenschmidt dosegla raven veličino posledica več dejavnikov. Je dosegla visoko raven telesne pripravljenosti. Njegovo fizično stanje dovoli mu, da je najbolj uspešna rokoborec njegove dobe. A few wrestlers may have been