Londain vs. Shikat isteach 1930
Le fiche bliain anuas, tá roinnt scannán wrestling aimsithe ag caomhnóirí ó na 1920idí go dtí na 1950idí a measadh a cailleadh. Is féidir le lucht leanúna féachaint ar an gcuid is mó de na scannáin nua-aimsithe ar YouTube.
Tá ceann de na scannáin a mhaireann ocht nóiméad déag d’uair an chloig, cluiche fiche nóiméad ó Philadelphia, Pennsylvania i 1930. Throid Jim Londos le Dick Shikat (nasc físe) for a version of the World Championship in front of twenty thousand fans at Shibe Park, the home of the Philadelphia Athletics.
Artist rendering of Jim Londos (Fearann Poiblí)
According to the pre-match publicity, Jim Londain wrestled Dick Shikat twice before with each man wining one of the matches. Promoters scheduled the rubber match for a baseball park correctly predicting fan interest in a match between the two men.
If you watch the mat, you will see it includes a lot of mat wrestling. Mar sin féin, the match was never boring.
The men traded holds throughout the match until Londos secured a top body lock with an armbar. Londos pinned Shikat for a count of three.
Grianghraf de Dick Shikat ag gortú go dlisteanach Danno O’Mahoney ar an Márta 2, 1936 as an Fearann Poiblí
I thought promoters started using the three count later in the 1930s. Mar sin féin, the promoters implemented the three count for this match years earlier.
With the addition of the three count, it was impossible for a wrestler to hold down his opponent for a three count unless he was completely knocked out. The change made double-crosses by pin nearly impossible.
Both Londos and Shikat could hook or legitimately submit opponents although observers considered Shikat the better hooker. Shikat did double-cross Danno O’Mahony in Boston in 1936.
After being double-crossed behind the scenes by Joseph “Toots” Mondt and motivated by a strong personal dislike of O’Mahony, Shikat shot on O’Mahony legitimately injuring O’Mahony in the process.
Shikat had no intention to shoot on Jim Londos. Londos still is the biggest drawing card in the history of professional wrestling. Shikat knew what a match with Londos meant to his pocket book.
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Sources: The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Meitheamh 7, 1930, p. 18
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