Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Die International Wrestling Turnier verlief in zwei Phasen zwischen Mai 19, 1915 und Dezember 31, 1915. Fünfzig Wrestler würde in der ersten Phase des Turniers, darunter Weltmeister griechisch-römischen Aleksander konkurrieren “Alex” Aberg. Die zweite Rate hatte 40 Ringer einschließlich aufstrebende Star Ed “Würger” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Die
Paul Pons war ein Französisch griechisch-römischen Ringkampf-Champion. Er war gut genug, George Hackenschmidt einen Lauf für sein Geld in mehrere Turniere zu geben. Jedoch, als er nach Chicago kam, 1900, er “unterlegen” durch einen lokalen Wrestler. Die Umstände des Verlustes lassen viel zu wünschen übrig. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Ein
Earl Caddock hatte Ende der 1910er und Anfang der 1920er Jahre eine relativ kurze, aber erfolgreiche Karriere als Profi-Wrestler. Sein Profidebüt gab er in 1915 nachdem er drei nationale AAU-Titel im Amateur-Wrestling gewonnen hatte, Caddock rang bis dahin nur professionell 1922. Jedoch, Er würde als Weltmeister anerkannt werden, nachdem er Joe Stecher im April besiegt hatte 1917. Caddock würde den Titel wieder verlieren
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Bauer” 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 Pfund. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg rang hinein
On December 1, 1938 bei 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 Jahren. 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. Während diese Geschichte vielleicht oder vielleicht
“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 looked over at his rival George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
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, beschloss, seinen Herausforderern etwas Stärke zu entziehen, indem er sie zusammenbrachte
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Rachmanns Plan zur Gründung von Aberg verlief nach Turnierbeginn wie geplant
On December 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 betrat die