Lewis Solves Masked Marvel

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When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Sonra

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Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

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Mərhum 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Fermer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Lakin, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. By 1902, George

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George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

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During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,

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Duncan Ross Wrestles Sorakichi Matsuda

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Aprelin 21, 1884, Duncan C. Ross met Sorakichi Matsuda, also known as Matsada, the first Japanese professional wrestler in the United States. Matsuda immigrated to the United States to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler because it didn’t really exist in Japan at the time. 28-year-old Duncan Ross was born in Turkey of Scottish descent on March

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Evan Lewis Strangles Tom Cannon

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Avqust 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis Cincinnati Britaniya Güləş çempionu Tom Cannon görüşüb, Ohio. Qanuni güləş dövründə, digər güləşçilər çünki onun stranglehold güclü Lewis qorxulan. Lewis Cüdo arxa çılpaq choke kimi tanınan carotid arterial boğmaq işə. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern

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Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Şənbə günü, Noyabr 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 dəqiqə. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed

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William Muldoon Defeats Local Wrestler

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William Muldoon, Dünya yunan-Roma güləşi üzrə çempionu və fiziki mədəniyyət müdafiəçisi, Çərşənbə axşamı günü Los Angeles gəldi, Aprel 15, 1884 yerli güləşçi Fred Bauer üz. Qarşılaşmanın Los-Ancelesdə yerli Turnvereine Salonunda reallaşan. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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Beynəlxalq Güləş Turnir May arasında iki mərhələdə meydana gəldi 19, 1915 dekabr 31, 1915. Əlli güləşçiləri Dünya yunan-Roma çempionu Aleksandr o cümlədən turnirin ilk mərhələsində rəqabət “Alex” Åberg. Ikinci hissədə idi 40 up o cümlədən star Ed gələn güləşçiləri “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The

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William Muldoon, Physical Culture Legend

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I first read about William Muldoon in a biography of John L. Sullivan, Son çılpaq knuckle ağır çempionu. Sullivan ushered in gloved boxing by refusing to take part in any more bare knuckle bouts. Son böyük çılpaq knuckle bout ildə Jake Kilrain qarşı Sullivan mübarizə edilmişdir 1889. Odds were against Sullivan, a binge drinker indulging heavily between bouts. He was

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