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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 “Давитељ” Луис, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Павле Понс је француски грчко-римском рвању шампион. Он је био довољно добар да дају Џорџ Хацкенсцхмидт се кандидује за свој новац у неколико турнира. <Спан ббок_к = "289" ббок_и = "553" ббок_в = "56" ббок_х = "20" фсизе = "14" фвеигхт = "3" црвено = "255" зелено = "255" плави = "255" алфа = ", када је дошао у Чикаго у 1900, он је био “поражен” од стране локалног рвача. Околности губитка остављају много да се жељени. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Један
Еарл Цаддоцк је имао релативно кратку, али богату професионалну каријеру рвања у касним 1910-им и раним 1920-им. Свој професионални деби у 1915 након освајања три ААУ националне титуле у аматерском рвању, Кадок се само професионално рвао до 1922. <Спан ббок_к = "289" ббок_и = "553" ббок_в = "56" ббок_х = "20" фсизе = "14" фвеигхт = "3" црвено = "255" зелено = "255" плави = "255" алфа = ", био би признат као светски шампион након што је у априлу победио Џоа Стечера 1917. Цаддоцк би изгубио титулу назад
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Фармер” 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 фунти. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Берг се рвао
На дан 1, 1938 у 5:15 ам, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 година. 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. Док ова прича може или може
“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!” Френк Гоч је погледао свог ривала Џорџа Хакеншмита, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Хацкенсцхмидт
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, одлучио да из својих изазивача извуче мало скроба тако што ће их упарити
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
На дан 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