Gotch Buaileann Match i Zbyszko
Ar oíche Déardaoin, Samhain 25, 1909, Domhanda Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch bhuail Wrestling Polainnis Champion Stanislaus Zbyszko do chluiche gcis i Buffalo, Nua-Eabhrac. D'aontaigh Gotch a fhorghéilleadh an bout más rud é nach bhféadfadh sé caith Zbyszko dhó i uair an chloig.
Frank Gotch ón Fearann Poiblí
Méid Zbyszko agus neart a cruthaíodh fadhbanna do Gotch, a mheá 190 punt go Zbyszko ar 260 punt. Mar sin féin, Zbyszko riamh faoi bhagairt Gotch. A sprioc a bhí chun maireachtáil agus buaigh an cluiche a chur ar bun ar chluiche teideal domhan níos déanaí. Dhá uair Gotch gafa beagnach Zbyszko faoi dhó le toehold dreaded Gotch ach bhí Zbyszko ann dul in olcas saor.
Má cheap Zbyszko mbeadh an straitéis cabhrú leis i n-chluiche craoibhe ar Meitheamh 1, 1910, bheadh sé a fháil amach go héagsúil. D'aontaigh Gotch chun freastal Zbyszko i Chicago, IL ag an Coliseum ar an gCéadaoin, Meitheamh 1, 1910. Gotch would retire after the match at 33 years of age but he returned the next year.
The men agreed to a split of 80 percent for the winner and 20 percent for the loser. Zbyszko entered the ring first around 10 p.m. Gotch entered next, some photographs were taken and the men met at the center of the ring for the handshake.
Stanislaus Zbyszko from the Public Domain
Frank Gotch would occasionally engage in less than sportsmanlike conduct. Gotch took a step back, tackled Stanislaus Zbyszko and pinned him to the mat with a bar-arm and half-nelson. Zbyszko and his manager Jack Hermann protested to referee Dick Fleming. Fleming refused to entertain their protest.
Zbyszko was more cautious during the second fall, which lasted 27 nóiméad agus 35 soicind. Gotch took Zbyszko down with a single-leg takedown. Zbyszko answered by slamming Gotch to the mat several times with Gotch squirming back to his feet each time.
In an impressive feat of strength, Zbyszko slammed Gotch to the mat. Before Gotch could squirm back to his feet, Zbyszko lifted him from the mat and slammed him again.
At the twenty-seven minute mark, the pace finally wilted Zbyszko. Gotch slammed Zbyszko to ground. A look of panic came across Zbyszko’s face as Gotch applied a bar-arm and wristlock for the second fall.
Gotch won $22,000 to Zbyszko’s $2,000. Gotch retired after the fight although it would be brief. Zbyszko stated that he was returning to Poland. Zbyszko would return to the United States after World War I. He would finally win a world title in 1925, when he was in his mid-forties.
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