Gotch Beats Lurich in His Last Match
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, მსოფლიო ჩემპიონი მოჭიდავე და ძალოსანმა in 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch გაიმართა სათაური ხუთი წლის განმავლობაში და დაამარცხა ყველა comers. ერთი შედარებით ახალგაზრდა ასაკის 35, Gotch გადაწყვიტა გადადგეს. მისი ბოლო მატჩი, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich.
George Lurich was actually two years older than Gotch. Lurich had been wrestling since the late 1890s. Several sources claimed Lurich trained Hackenschmidt but they were actually rivals. Lurich beat Hackenschmidt, when the latter was still an amateur. Hackenschmidt credited Lurich’s victories with encouraging his increased interest in wrestling. At the time, Hackenschmidt was already one of the strongest men in the world, while only in his late teens.
Frank Gotch from the Public Domain
Lurich and Hackenschmidt would have probably been friends except George Lurich bragged to everyone how he defeated “Hack” after Hackenschmidt won the world championship. Lurich often left out that “Hack” was an inexperienced amateur at the time. Georg Hackenschmidt spent a lot of time pursuing Lurich for a rematch but it never occurred. Lurich would claim illness or simply leave the area after “Hack-ის” arrival.
George Lurich did train Aleksander “Alex” Aberg, who would become World Wrestling Champion after Frank Gotch retired. However, Aberg’s trainer never one his own championship, so he wanted to make the most of this shot at the world championship. Despite his notable successes as a competitive wrestler, he never won a championship.
Georg Lurich from the Public Domain
Frank Gotch and George Lurich met in the Convention Hall at Kansas City, MO on Tuesday, აპრილი 1, 1913. According to the April 2, 1913 გამოცემა Ogden Standard, Lurich was not much of a match for Gotch. Gotch scored the first fall on Lurich at 18 minutes, ten seconds with a toe hold and arm lock. After a short rest, Gotch defeated Lurich in five minutes, 35 seconds with a head chancery and bar arm.
The Ogden Standard კორესპონდენტი Gotch გაჩნდა გაცილებით უფრო ძლიერია, ვიდრე Lurich, a weightlifting champion. Lurich არ მიიღოს უკან Gotch ექვსი ან შვიდი ჯერ, მაგრამ ვერაფერს. After Gotch secured his famous and painful toehold, Lurich quickly submitted. Lurich არ გვაქვს ბევრი ინტერესი გრძელდება მატჩის შეგრძნება Gotch ის pet ხელში, so he quickly succumbed in the second fall.
Frank Gotch პენსიაზე ამაღლება ოჯახში. Gotch, ვინც ცოლად ორი წლის განმავლობაში ამ მატჩი, would only live four more years. He died on December 16, 1917 from blood poisoning.
Gotch იყო ასეთი ნიჭიერი მოჭიდავე და პრომოუტერი, რომ მან შეძლო ამაღლება ჭიდაობა, რომ სოლიდური პროფესიის ადრეულ მეოცე საუკუნის. He also had a mean streak and was criticized for cruelty to inferior opponents.
Georg Lurich and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg continued wrestling before being caught up in the Russian Revolution. თავდაპირველად, they were accepted by the Bolsheviks. During the Russian Civil War, both men decided their fortunes would be better if they left Russia for America. They were attempting to leave Russia through the south, when both men caught typhoid fever. George Lurich died at 43 years of age on January 20, 1920. Aberg beat the illness but caught pneumonia. Aberg died on February 15, 1920.
გიორგი Hackenschmidt outlasted ყველა მისი კონკურენტები. He died on February 19, 1968 at 90 წლის ასაკიდან.
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Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: The Matches That Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling is available on Amazon in both paperback and e-book.
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