Henry Moses Dufur Reminiscences

Henry Moses Dufur nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb Heavyweight Collar-and-Elbow Wrestling Champion thaum lub 1870s. Los ntawm 1855, Dufur txijnkawm los ntawm kev wrestling mus caum nws full-time profession ntawm khaub ncaws tailor. Txawm tias thaum nws wrestling hauj lwm, Dufur ua haujlwm li ib tailor.

Dufur hais rau tus correspondent ntawm Lub ntiaj teb Boston Nws yug hauv Richford, Vermont rau lub rau hli ntuj 5, 1943. Hnub no yug tej teeb meem nrog nws obituary, Uas hais Dufur yug rau lub rau hli ntuj 5, 1844

Dufur tus txiv kawm Henry Moses Dufur, Hu ua "Mose" rau nws cov phooj ywg. Dufur hais tias txawm nyob xya-ob, Nws txiv yuav tiv thaiv tau cov txiv neej los ntawm kev noj nws txhais taw.

Dufur muaj peb lwm cov kwv tij, Nau - a, John, Davi thiab Davi. Tag nrho plaub kwv tij wrestled txawm tias Mose tsom cov competence ua ib wrestler.

Thaum Dufur yog kaum xya xyoo, Dufur wrestled yog ib qhov zoo wrestlers hauv nws lub xeev. Tus wrestler weighed ob puas tsib caug-tsib phaus. Dufur tsuas weighed ib puas tsib caug-tsib phaus. Dua li ntawm ib-puas phaus disadvantage, Dufur yeej ntais ntawv nyob rau hauv kaum ob feeb.

Thaum Dufur muab yimeen, Nws wrestled ib tug neeg Asmeskas American barber hu ua Billy Jenkins. Tsis muaj leej twg nyob Vermont xav tej wrestler yuav muab pov tseg Billy Jenkins. Jenkins weighed 252 phaus rau Dufur tus 164 phaus.

Dufur tag sawv daws thaum nws txawb Jenkins kom nyuaj tias Jenkins yuav tsis ua hauj lwm raws li ib barber rau ob lub lis piam tom qab contest.

Thaum Dufur yog nees nkaum xyoo, Nws nyuam qhuav txav los rau Marlboro, Vermont, Qhov twg Dufur qhib ib tailor kav. Dufur cia tus tsov tus kav khw thoob plaws thiab tom qab nws kev wrestling hauj lwm. Kev wrestlers hauv lub 19^th Xyoo pua feem ntau ua haujlwm ib full-time profession thiab wrestled part-time.

Dufur yeej lub Collar-and-Elbow Championship hauv lub 1870s thaum ntxov. Dua li ntawm qhov pom tau hais tias lub ntiaj teb tau zus ib, Dufur wrestled exclusively nyob rau hauv lub northeastern teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas nyob ze ntawm nws lub tsev Vermont.

Dufur poob lub npe rau John McMahon lig 1870s. Txawm li cas los, hnub nws, Dufur yog tus nto moo tshaj practitioner ntawm cov style. McMahon gained ib lub koob npe nrov loj vim William Muldoon yog ua tsov ua rog ntawm wrestling cov skilled McMahon.

Koj yuav tawm ib saib los nug cov lus nug txog qhov no los yog tej tsev xa rau kuv Facebook phab.

Qhov chaw: Lub ntiaj teb Boston (Boston, Massachusetts), Tim 22, 1855, p. 4

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