Charles Ntsuab Preps rau Evan Lewis

Charles Ntsuab, Ib skilled Lus Askiv catch-as-catch-can wrestler, Mus rau teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas hauv lub caij 1880s wrestle tus zoo American wrestlers. Ntsuab tau txais nws lub sijhawm rau lub Xya hli ntuj 21, 1889, when he wrestled American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Champion Evan Lewis. Npaj rau ntais ntawv no, Ntsuab muab ib handicap bout nrog journeyman wrestler Bert Scheller nyob rau lub rau hli ntuj lig.

Scheller was born in Pennsylvania but was based out of St. Louis, so he was often billed from both. Scheller was good enough to almost catch Martin “Ua teb” Burns in a stranglehold in 1896. Txawm li cas los, 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 feeb thiab 4 feeb, 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 feeb, 49 vib nas this. 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 feeb.

The second fall was much more of a struggle and lasted 1 teev, 3 feeb. 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. Txawm li cas los, 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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Qhov chaw: Buffalo Commercial (Buffalo, New York) Lub Xya hli ntuj 1, 1889 ib tsab, p. 3, Saint Paul Globe (Saint Paul, Xeev Minnesota), Lub Xya hli ntuj 22, 1889 ib tsab, p. 5 thiab St. Louis Dispatch tom qab, Lub ob hlis ntuj 3, 1896 ib tsab, p. 5

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