Чарльз Грын рыхтуецца да Эвана Льюіса

Чарльз Грын, дасведчаны англійскі барацьбіт у стылі «злаві-як-злаві»., ездзіў у ЗША ў канцы 1880-х гадоў, каб змагацца з лепшымі амерыканскімі барцамі. Грын атрымаў магчымасць у ліпені 21, 1889, when he wrestled American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Champion Evan Lewis. Каб падрыхтавацца да гэтага матчу, У канцы чэрвеня Грын правёў бой з гандыкапам з барцом-чалядніком Бертам Шэлерам.

Scheller was born in Pennsylvania but was based out of St. Луіс, so he was often billed from both. Scheller was good enough to almost catch Martin “Фермер” Burns in a stranglehold in 1896. Аднак, in his Erie, Pennsylvania match with Green, Scheller was definitely second best.

Green agreed to throw Scheller three time in an hour or be considered the loser. Green made short work of Scheller in the first two falls needing only 2 хвілін і 4 хвілін, 45 seconds to win the first two falls.

Scheller wrestled defensively for the final fall but he was just delaying the inevitable. Green threw him for the final fall after 30 хвілін, 49 секунд. Green looked strong coming out of the tune-up match.

When Lewis and Green met on July 21st, they agreed that two points down would result in a fall being awarded. These rules were odd in that the focus was on throws and takedowns.

Lewis was an exceptional submission wrestler, arguably the best American submission wrestler of the 19th Century. While I’m less familiar with Green, he was a catch-as-catch-can specialist also. I struggle to understand why two submission wrestlers would agree to these rules.

The rules would end up favoring Lewis in their match at the Athletic Ball Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lewis took Green down for the first fall in only 2 хвілін.

The second fall was much more of a struggle and lasted 1 hour, 3 хвілін. Lewis finally secured a throw on Green, which appeared to injure his neck. My guess is Lewis used his stranglehold as a front face lock to bring Green to the mat.

Lewis defeated a weakened, possibly injured, Green in 3 minutes with the third takedown of the match. The bout was for $150.00 a side and gate money to the winner.

Green wrestled several more matches, winning or drawing most. Аднак, a rematch with Lewis wasn’t in the cards after this dominant loss. It’s a shame because a submission match would probably have been more interesting and possibly more equal.

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Sources: Buffalo Commercial (Buffalo, New York) Ліпеня 1, 1889 edition, р. 3, Saint Paul Globe (Saint Paul, Minnesota), Ліпеня 22, 1889 edition, р. 5 і Вуліца. Louis Post-Dispatch, Лютага 3, 1896 edition, р. 5

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