查尔斯·格林（Charles Green）为埃文·刘易斯（Evan Lewis）准备
查尔斯·格林, 一位熟练的英国摔跤手, 在 1880 年代后期前往美国与美国最好的摔跤手进行摔跤. 格林在七月得到了机会 21, 1889, when he wrestled American Heavyweight Catch-as-Catch-Can Champion Evan Lewis. 为这场比赛做准备, 格林于 6 月下旬与熟练摔跤手伯特·谢勒 (Bert Scheller) 进行了一场障碍赛.
Scheller was born in Pennsylvania but was based out of St. 路易, so he was often billed from both. Scheller was good enough to almost catch Martin “农民” Burns in a stranglehold in 1896. 然而, in his Erie, Pennsylvania match with Green, Scheller was definitely second best.
埃文 “<跨度bbox_x =“949”bbox_y“1780”bbox_w =“52”bbox_h =“19”的fsize =“13”fweight =“3”红=“255”绿色=“255”蓝色=“255”阿尔法“” 刘易斯在公共领域的鼎盛时期
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 分 4 分钟, 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 分钟, 49 秒. 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 分钟.
The second fall was much more of a struggle and lasted 1 hour, 3 分钟. 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.
Artist Drawing of Evan Lewis’ Stranglehold 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. 然而, 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, 纽约) 七月 1, 1889 版, p. 3, Saint Paul Globe (Saint Paul, Minnesota), 七月 22, 1889 版, p. 5 和 圣. 圣路易斯邮报, 二月 3, 1896 版, p. 5
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