Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Posts about early Twentieth Century professional wrestling.
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Worger” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. De
Paul Pons was een Frans Grieks-Romeins worstelen kampioen. Hij was goed genoeg om George Hackenschmidt een run voor zijn geld in verschillende toernooien. Echter, toen hij naar Chicago in 1900, hij was “verslagen” door een lokale worstelaar. De omstandigheden van het verlies laat veel te wensen over. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Een
Earl Caddock had eind jaren tien en begin jaren twintig een relatief korte maar legendarische professionele worstelcarrière. Maakte zijn professionele debuut in 1915 na het winnen van drie AAU nationale titels in amateurworstelen, Caddock worstelde pas professioneel tot 1922. Echter, hij zou worden erkend als wereldkampioen na het verslaan van Joe Stecher in april 1917. Caddock zou de titel terug verliezen
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Boer” 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 pond. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg worstelde zich erin
Op december 1, 1938 bij 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 jaar. 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. Terwijl dit verhaal misschien wel mag
“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. Weer, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!Frank Gotch keek naar zijn rivaal 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, besloot een deel van het zetmeel uit zijn uitdagers te halen door ze met elkaar te matchen
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
Op 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 kwam binnen