Lewis “Triumphs” hauv Fake Match

Cov tim 12, 1887 ib tsab ntawm tus St. Paul Daily ntiaj teb ris ib zaj dabneeg txog tus bout ntawm ntshai kev wrestlers, Evan “Strangler” Lewis thiab “Me dab” Joe Acton. Lwm wrestlers ntshai Lewis’ muaj peev xwm ua tau ib tug kws muaj txuj cuav nws Purchased heev nrog lub stranglehold. Joe Acton, chim undersized rau 150 phaus, tau ib liamhim wrestler.

Tus bout yuav tsum tau them ib classic tab sis ntawv xov xwm ices ib tsis thiaj li shocking revelation. Ntais ntawv yog ib “hippodrome”, ib faked match.

Vim Lewis thiab Acton yuav mus koom ib faked match yog tsis paub tab sis nws yuav tau mus noj betting rau ntais ntawv. Acton yeej lawm lub caij nplooj zeeg thawj. Ib tug txiv neej nyob rau hauv pawg neeg yuav tsum tau tabtom nrhiav neeg ntawm ringside mus thawj koom ruam $100 mus $60 tias Lewis yeej.

Tom Acton “yeej” lub caij nplooj zeeg thawj zaug nyob rau hauv kaum feeb tsis, tus txiv neej no thiab ob peb backers rov sim tau wagers ntawm $100 mus $50 rau Lewis’ yeej. Tsis muaj takers tseem. Yog hais tias betting yog cov vim rau qhov kho li cas, tau hai rau cov backers “conning lub mugs”.

Lewis yeej txoj kev uas yuav ntog tom ntej no peb tau comparative yooj yim. Xav tias Acton muab Clarence Whistler txhua yam nws yeej lis, nws tsis zoo li tau tias cov tug Lewis tuav tej zaum tseem yuav tau raug ntaus Acton thiaj yooj yim.

Ua ntej rau cov 1915 Cov kev sib tw Wrestling New York, uas nres tom tsim kev wrestling ntawm spectacle, qhov yuam kev ntau yam tsis muaj tseeb. Txawm li cas los, liam ntawm qhov yuam kev tib tug sawv hauv wrestling sai thaum nyob nruab nrab ntawm lub xyoo pua Nineteenth.

Rau cov wrestlers, lawv kuj tau tas qhov yuam kev ntau yam. Kom tau noj txaus siab rau ib tseeb championship match, tiv thaiv kev raug mob los yog vim ntais ntawv yuav tsis them taus lawv lus kom zoo dua tiag.

Ib yam li prizefighting, organized phem bosses yuav muaj lawv txhais tes rau hauv cov wrestling scene kuj. Txawm tias William Muldoon yog liam kho qhov yuam kev. Nws zoo nkaus li Muldoon puas tau koom tes qee txojkev prearranged.

Cov tau zus ib xwb tsis paub tias yuav tau coj qhov chaw ruaj ntais ntawv yog George Hackenschmidt, lub ntiaj teb Wrestling tau zus ib ntawm 1901 mus 1908.

No match tshwm tau ib lub teeb thaum tsis siv nws cov stranglehold rau ntais ntawv Lewis. Lewis nquag no yeej nws qhov yuam kev thiab los los ua enraged thaum nom sim ban nws.

Joe Acton tseem txhom ua nws yuav luag 60 xyoo. Evan Lewis retired tom 39 xyoo. Lewis yeej tuav Acton hauv ib tseeb match hauv lub peb hlis ntuj txog 1887. No match ho yog tsis tib hom contest.

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

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