লুইস এবং জেবিসকো রেফারি নিয়ে তর্ক করেন

ওয়ার্ল্ড হেভিওয়েট রেসলিং চ্যাম্পিয়ন এড “<বিঘত bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "2015" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = "” লুইসের সেন্ট পিটার্সবার্গে প্রাক্তন চ্যাম্পিয়ন স্ট্যানিস্লাউস জেবিসকোর সাথে দেখা করার কথা ছিল. বৃহস্পতিবার লুই কলিজিয়াম, <বিঘত bbox_x = "326" bbox_y = "1148" bbox_w = "66" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = " 14, 1922 কিন্তু রেফারি নির্বাচন নিয়ে মতবিরোধের কারণে ম্যাচটি প্রায় বাতিল হয়ে যায়. এটা শুধুমাত্র সেন্ট এর মধ্যস্থতা পরে ছিল. লুই প্রবর্তক জন কন্টোস যে উভয় পুরুষ সেন্ট পিটার্সবাক্সে সম্মত হয়েছেন. Louis retired wrestler and chief referee George Baptiste as the official for the contest.

The argument may seem odd since Lewis and Zbyszko had been taking part in prearranged bouts for the last two years. Lewis dropped the belt to Zbyszko in 1921. After holding the title for 10 months, Zbyszko dropped the belt back to Lewis in a prearranged exhibition in Wichita, কানসাস. Why would they be so concerned about the referee?

The answer is the “double-cross” or the practice of a wrestler and/or promoter deciding to change the agreed upon outcome of the match. Wrestlers would often “shoot” or start wrestling their opponent for real. For this type of double cross to be successful, the double crossing wrestler would have to be able to beat the champion.

While Zbyszko is one of the few wrestlers Lewis felt could give him a contest, it is unlikely the 43-year-old Zbyszko could beat the 31-year-old “<বিঘত bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "2015" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = "”. Lewis also told Lou Thesz that Zbyszko and his brother Wladek had a tell, if they were going to change the match to a contest.

Both started breathing heavily, when they thought about “shooting” in a match. Lewis picked up on this tell early in his matches with the brothers although he couldn’t explain why both had the same tell.

When Lewis noticed them start to breath heavily, he would extricate himself from the vulnerable position and do something to get their attention. The brothers would then go back to treating the match like an exhibition.

Since beating Lewis in a shoot was virtually impossible, if someone wanted to double-cross Lewis, they would need the help of the referee. Lewis was actually double-crossed this way in 1931, when a referee disqualified Lewis in a match with Olympic wrestler Henri Deglane.

Lewis had very little to worry about in this case. George Baptiste was a very successful St. Louis businessman, who was president of the Baptiste Tent and Awning Company started by his father Alexander. If anyone wanted to pay him off, Baptiste had enough money not to be tempted and valued his reputation enough to refuse any shenanigans.

Baptiste was always Contos’ choice of referee. He was able to convince both Lewis and Zbyszko of Baptiste’s integrity.

John Contos, who just started promoting wrestling in St. Louis during the early 1920s, was also unlikely to risk losing such star attractions. Contos would eventually hand the business over to a family member, Tom Packs, when he left to manage Dan Kolov and promote wrestling in Atlanta, Georgia. Packs became a powerful promoter and built St. Louis into a wrestling hot spot prior to focusing on Kolov’s management.

Zbyskzo may have thought about a double-cross. Despite his age, Zbyszko was in great shape for this rematch as he had been training with Jack Dempsey all through the summer of 1922. While he didn’t try to double-cross Lewis, he would double-cross Lewis and his partners in the Gold Dust Trio during 1925. Zbyszko would drop the belt to Lewis’ rival Joe Stecher a month later in St. লুই.

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Sources: হুকার by Lou Thesz and <বিঘত bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "2094" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = ". Louis Star-Times, <বিঘত bbox_x = "326" bbox_y = "1148" bbox_w = "66" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" লাল = "255" সবুজ = "255" নীল = "255" আলফা = " 11, 1922 edition, পি. 16

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