Kovos sporto istorikas ir kovos menininkas
Posts about combat sports history from 1870 į 1930.
On a Thursday night, Lapkritis 25, 1909, World Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met Polish Wrestling Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko for a handicap match in Buffalo, New York. Gotch agreed to forfeit the bout if he could not throw Zbyszko twice in an hour. Zbyszko’s size and strength created problems for Gotch, who weighed 190 pounds to Zbyszko’s 260 svarų. Tačiau, Zbyszko
Wrestling promoter Samuel Rachman created the International Wrestling Tournament in Spring 1915 to highlight the abilities of Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Aberg was the Russian Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. Rachman believed Aberg could beat any wrestler. Rachman also wanted to lure Frank Gotch, the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, out of retirement to wrestle with Aberg. Gotch wrestled George Lurich in
In a blog post last month, I wrote about the difficulty promoters had in staging the Joe Stecher vs Jess Westergaard match. Originally scheduled for Omaha, Nebraska, the Omaha Chief of Police and Police Commissioner were concerned about the match being prearranged or a “work”. They didn’t want gamblers being taken in by the exhibition. To prevent this occurrence, they
An ad was printed in the January 16, 1921 leidimas St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising a mail order course on Jujitsu from Capt. Allan Smith. Kapitonas. Smith was originally born in Scotland but was fascinated with demonstrations of Japanese Jujitsu (actually Judo) he saw in England. Smith traveled to Japan with a company and learned Judo reaching 1st degree
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Gegužės 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kas
Frankas Gotch, ūkio berniukas iš Humboldto, Ajova, sužlugdytų George Hackenschmidt Pasaulio sunkaus svorio imtynių čempionate 1908. Ši pergalė, o jo vėlesnis pralaimėjimas “Įkarta” į 1911 rematch suklijuoti Gotch vietą kaip viena iš didžiausių kovotojai visą laiką. Gotch buvo labai talentingas imtynininkas, bet jis buvo ne nepralaimi vunderkindas legenda. Gotch
On January 10, 1912, Stanislaus Zbyszko continued his campaign for another title shot with World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. To press his claim, he secured a match with Gotch training partner and protegé, Jake Westergard. Westergard claimed a questionable win over his mentor Gotch, who probably dropped the match to Westergard in a prearranged match. Zbyszko was a skilled
Omaha policijos viršininkas H.W. Dunn sukūrė antraštes kovo mėnesį 28, 1915, kai jis išleido įsakymą, draudžiantį reklamuojamas profesionalių imtynių varžybas tarp Joe Stecher ir Jess Westergaard. The April 6, 1915 mačas buvo numatytas „Omaha“ auditorijoje. Viršininkas iš tikrųjų įsakymą išleido policijos superintendento A.C nurodymu. Kulka. Kugel issued a statement to
Gruodžio 13, 1920, Ed “Strangler” Lewis defeated Joe Stecher for his World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Professional wrestling was a staged exhibition by 1920. Tačiau, such was the strong feelings between the men that the match may have been a “shoot” or legitimate match in which Lewis took the belt. Whether the outcome of the match was real, the feud
Evanas “Strangler” Lewis, taip pat vadinamas Evanas Lewisas “žmogžudys”, buvo imtynininkas iš 1882 į 1899. Lewisas buvo pirmasis Amerikos Sunkiojo Pagauk-kaip priegauda gali Imtynės čempionas. He was also the first wrestler to perfect the “stranglehold” arba “hang hold”, which modern MMA fans know as a guillotine choke. Lewisas padarė savo profesinę debiutavo laimėti 64 man tournament