Charles Green Preps برای Evan Lewis

چارلز گرین, یک کشتی گیر ماهر انگلیسی, در اواخر دهه 1880 به ایالات متحده سفر کرد تا با بهترین کشتی گیران آمریکایی کشتی بگیرد.. گرین فرصت خود را در جولای به دست آورد 21, 1889, when he wrestled American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Champion Evan Lewis. تا برای این مسابقه آماده شود, گرین در اواخر ژوئن با کشتی گیر کارکشته برت شلر مبارزه کرد.

Scheller was born in Pennsylvania but was based out of St. لوئیس, so he was often billed from both. Scheller was good enough to almost catch Martin “کشاورز” Burns in a stranglehold in 1896. <طول bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ", in his Erie, Pennsylvania match with Green, Scheller was definitely second best.

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اوان “<طول bbox_x = "976" bbox_y = "1956" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = "” Lewis in his prime from the public domain

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 دقیقه و 4 <طول bbox_x = "405" bbox_y = "1557" bbox_w = "50" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ", 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 <طول bbox_x = "405" bbox_y = "1557" bbox_w = "50" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ", 49 ثانیه. 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 <طول bbox_x = "405" bbox_y = "1557" bbox_w = "50" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ".

The second fall was much more of a struggle and lasted 1 hour, 3 <طول bbox_x = "405" bbox_y = "1557" bbox_w = "50" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ". 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.

ایوان-لوئیس-خفه کردن

Artist Drawing of Evan LewisStranglehold from unknown newspaper in 1890s (I have to find it again because I’ve forgotten the source)

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. <طول bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = ", 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, نیویورک) جولای 1, 1889 edition, P. 3, Saint Paul Globe (Saint Paul, Minnesota), جولای 22, 1889 edition, P. 5 و خیابان. لوئیس پست دیسپچ, فوریه 3, 1896 edition, P. 5

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