קאַמבאַט ספּאָרט היסטאריקער און מאַרשאַל קינסטלער
Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
אין שפּעט 1909, סטאַניסלאַוס זביסזקאָ געפארן צו די פאַרייניקטע שטאַטן צו אַרויסרופן וועלט כעוויווייט ראַנגלערייַ מייַסטער פראַנק גאַטש. איידער צו באַגעגעניש גאַטש, זביסזקאָ טורד די פאַרייניקטע שטאַטן און געקעמפט פילע היגע רעסאַלערז איבער די פרי טייל פון 1910. זביסזקאָ וואָלט אַרומפאָרן 37,000 מייל. פרי אין זיין רייַזע, זביסזקאָ באגעגנט פראַנק גאַטש אין אַ כאַנדיקאַפּ גלייַכן. זביסזקאָ דיפיטיד גאַטש, וואס איז געווען
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
אויף דאנערשטאג, יאַנואַר 27, 1904, טאָם דזשענקינס פארטיידיקט זיין אמעריקאנער ראַנגלערייַ טשאַמפּיאָנשיפּ קעגן אַן אַפּקאַמינג ראַנגלער פון Iowa. After the first fall, די פאַנס איינגעזען אַז עס איז געווען די טאַפאַסט גלייַכן פון די Frank Alvin Gotch, די הומבאָלדט, Iowa פאַרם יינגל וואס וואָלט באַזיגן געאָרג האַקקענסטשמידט פֿאַר די וועלט כעוויווייט טשאַמפּיאָנשיפּ אין 1908, איז דזשענקינס’ טשאַללענגער. דזשענקינס האט דיפיטיד גאָטש ס
אין יאנואר 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “סטראַנגלער” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. נאָך
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
Polish wrestler and strongman Stanislaus Zbyszko first came to the United States in 1909 to campaign for a shot at World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. He received and lost the match in a legitimate contest during 1910. Zbyszko continued wrestling for a few more years and actually won the World Greco-Roman Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1914 from hated rival
When thinking about African American history month, I thought about the first great Black wrestler that I saw personally. When I started watching wrestling in St. לוי בעשאַס 1979, “Sailor” Art Thomas wrestled regularly on Wrestling at the Chase, our local weekly wrestling show. Wrestling at the Chase aired every Sunday at 11 אַ.ם. on KPLR Channel 11. Although Thomas
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