Ֆերմեր Բերնսը հայտնաբերում է Ֆրենկ Գոտչին
Մեջ 1897, Դեն ՄաքԼեդը հաղթեց Մարտին «Ֆարմեր» Բերնսին ծանր քաշային կարգում ըմբշամարտի Ամերիկայի առաջնության համար. Պարտությունից հետո, Բերնսը ըմբշամարտում էր կես դրույքով, երբ նա անցավ ըմբշամարտի մարզիչի իր հիմնական դերին. Over the next 30 տարի, Բերնսը մարզել է Միացյալ Նահանգների օրինական բռնող ըմբիշների մեծ մասին.
Բերնսը սկսեց շրջագայել ներս 1899, where he would both wrestle an opponent in a 2-out-of-3 falls match and teach a wrestling seminar. Burns would also accept challenges from spectators in the audience. If the spectator could last 15 արձանագրություն, Burns would give them $25.00. Burns and his opponent would work the match, but the challenges were legitimate contests. These challenges would lead to his greatest discovery.
Ծիծեռնակների ընտանիքին պատկանող թռչուն “Ագարակատեր” Burns and his greatest trainee, Frank Gotch (Հանրային Դոմեն)
Burns held one of his exhibition/seminars on Monday, Դեկտեմբեր 18, 1899, in Fort Dodge, Iowa. A young wrestler named Frank Gotch, who had a professional record of 1-1, traveled with several of his friends from Humboldt, Iowa to Fort Dodge.
Gotch defeated Marshall Green in his hometown of Humboldt, Iowa on April 2, 1899. On June 16, 1899, Dan McLeod, the current American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, defeated Gotch in his second match on June 16, 1899, in Laverne, Iowa. Wrestling McLeod in his second match was a feat for such a young wrestler but he was hardly a world-beater.
Burns worked a match with Murad Adrali, who had also been his opponent in Sioux City, Iowa. I suspected Adrali may have been one of Burns’ students. Burns often worked matches with wrestlers he had trained or was training. In the future, he would work at least ten matches with his star pupil, Frank Gotch.
Burns was introduced to his new pupil when he challenged any man in the crowd to last 15 minutes with him in a wrestling match. Frank Gotch jumped into the ring in answer to the challenge. Burns noticed Gotch’s generous size at 5’11” and 198 ֆունտ.
Burns and Gotch wrestled a contest which caused Burns to use all his skills to defeat the powerful novice. Besides Gotch’s considerable strength, Burns was impressed by Gotch’s wrestling ability as well. After 11 արձանագրություն, Burns pinned Gotch’s shoulders to the mat.
Gotch admitted being beaten fairly. He said, “I thought I could last the 15 արձանագրություն, but 15 minutes is a long time to be in the hands of Burns.”
Burns was so impressed, he offered to train Gotch. Gotch accepted the offer. Burns and Gotch would go on to be the most successful wrestler and trainer team in history. - Ից 1900 մինչեւ 1904, only two men defeated Gotch. Oscar Wasem won a March 1901 match in Burlington, Iowa, which is recorded as a win for Gotch in his record book. Tom Jenkins defeated Gotch in February 1903. Not all the matches were legitimate contests, but Gotch wrestled legitimate contests in most of the matches.
Burns wrestled less as he focused on his star pupil. It paid off for them both in 1908.
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Sources: Frank A. Gotch, World Champion Wrestler by George Sanders Robbins and Humboldt Republican (Humboldt, Iowa), Դեկտեմբեր 21, 1899 edition, p. 9
