Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
Starptautiskā Cīņas turnīrs notika divos posmos no maija 19, 1915 un decembrī 31, 1915. Piecdesmit cīkstoņi varētu konkurēt pirmajā posmā turnīra, tostarp Pasaules grieķu-romiešu čempionu Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Otrā daļa bija 40 cīkstoņi skaitā un tuvākajos star Ed “Strangler” Vilka ķetna, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Paul Pons bija franču grieķu-romiešu cīņa Champion. Viņš bija pietiekami labs, lai dotu George Hackenschmidt palaist savu naudu vairākos turnīros. Tomēr, kad viņš ieradās Čikāgā 1900, viņš “uzvarēta” ar vietējo cīkstonis. Zaudējumu apstākļi atstāt partiju var vēlamo. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Viens
Ērlam Kaddokam 1910. gadu beigās un 20. gadu sākumā bija salīdzinoši īsa, bet stāstiem bagāta profesionālā cīkstoņa karjera. gadā piedzīvoja savu profesionālo debiju 1915 pēc trīs AAU nacionālo titulu izcīnīšanas amatieru cīņā, Caddock profesionāli cīnījās tikai līdz 1922. Tomēr, viņš tiktu atzīts par pasaules čempionu pēc Džo Stehera pieveikšanas aprīlī 1917. Caddock zaudētu titulu atpakaļ
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Lauksaimnieks” 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 mārciņas. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Bergs cīnījās
Decembrī 1, 1938 pie 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 gadiem. 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. Kamēr šis stāsts var vai var
“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!Frenks Gočs paskatījās uz savu sāncensi Džordžu Hakenšmitu, 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, nolēma izņemt daļu cietes no saviem izaicinājumiem, saskaņojot tos
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. Rachmann’s plan for establishing Aberg was going as planned after the tournament kicked off
Decembrī 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