Epizodo 64 – St. Louis’ Unua Profesia Luktisto
Podcast: Ludado en nova fenestro | Deŝuto
En ĉi tiu epizodo, I discuss the professional wrestling and refereeing career of St. Louis’ first professional wrestler, Georgo Baptiste.
Ĝisdatigo
With this episode, we will now be a weekly podcast. We may do review episodes occasionally.
Dan will also be returning to the show in two weeks.
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Ĉefa Enhavo
St. Louis’ first professional wrestler, Georgo Baptiste, was five feet, six inches tall and weighed one hundred sixty-five pounds. A successful middleweight wrestler, Baptiste also trained wrestlers, like Oscar Wasem, before transitioning into refereeing.
Artist Rendering of George Hackenschmidt’s St. Louis Matches from the Public Domain
Baptiste wrestled his most famous opponent, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Georg Hackenschmidt, En St. Louis dum 1905. Hackenschmidt dominated the 42-year-old Baptiste.
I did mention Hackenschmidt’s training manual and autobiography, How to Live in Health and Strength (Filia ligo). At least the last half of the book is Hackenschmidt’s life story. “Hako” talks about the match with Baptiste in St. Louis.
Baptiste had two tumultuous marriages before find happiness near the end of his life.
Baptise died of stomach cancer at 74 Jaroj de aĝo sur decembro 1, 1938. Baptiste left an estate valued at $200,000. His brothers and nephew contested the will but the judge ruled in favor of Baptiste’s new wife and niece.
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