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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 “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Paul Pons je francosko, grško-rimski Wrestling Champion. Bil je dovolj dober, da bi George Hackenschmidt teči za svoj denar na več turnirjih. Vendar, ko je prišel v Chicago 1900, je bil “poraženi” z lokalnim rokoborec. Okoliščine izgube pusti veliko od želenega. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Eden
Earl Caddock je imel v poznih 1910-ih in zgodnjih 1920-ih razmeroma kratko, a znamenito poklicno rokoborsko kariero.. Svoj profesionalni prvenec v 1915 po osvojitvi treh naslovov državnega prvaka AAU v amaterski rokoborbi, Caddock se je profesionalno boril samo do 1922. Vendar, bi bil priznan kot svetovni prvak, potem ko je aprila premagal Joeja Stecherja 1917. Caddock bi izgubil naslov nazaj
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Kmet” 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 funtov. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg se je prerival
Decembra 1, 1938 pri 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 let. 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. Medtem ko je ta zgodba morda ali morda
“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 je pogledal svojega tekmeca Georgea Hackenschmidta, 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, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up
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. Rachmannov načrt za ustanovitev Aberga je po začetku turnirja potekal po načrtih
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