马哈茂特 (Mahmout) 在直线瀑布比赛中击败詹金斯 (Jenkins)

关于美国的感恩节, Thursday, 十一月 26, 1908, 尤索夫·马哈穆特 (Yussouff Mahmout) 在纽约麦迪逊广场花园与前美国重量级摔跤冠军汤姆·詹金斯 (Tom Jenkins) 摔跤. 马哈茂特最近前往美国与弗兰克·戈奇争夺世界重量级摔跤锦标赛冠军.

如果马哈茂特击败詹金斯, 马哈茂特将被证明是戈奇的真正挑战者. Jenkins was the only wrestler to defeat Gotch more than one time in their historic series of matches.

At the time of this match, Jenkins had been semi-retired for three years. Jenkins took the position of self-defense instructor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Jenkins was 36 years old compared to Mahmout’s 30 岁.

Jenkin at his peak wrestled at about 196 英镑. 詹金斯称重 220 这场比赛的英镑. Mahmout weighed 199 英镑.

The contest started slowly as Mahmout and Jenkins tugged on each other for seven minutes without an advantage. Mahmout finally threw Jenkins to the mat. Jenkins laid on his stomach and did not allow Mahmout to turn him on the mat. Jenkins stood back to his feet.

Mahmout tried for a stranglehold. The referee warned Mahmout that Mahmout could not use the illegal hold.

At around the twenty minutes, Jenkins struck Mahmout twice with a palm strike. The referee warned Jenkins about striking Mahmout.

Around the thirty-minute mark, Mahmout took Jenkins to the mat with a crotch hold. Mahmout could not pin Jenkins with the crotch hold, so Mahmout switched to a three-quarters Nelson. Mahmout pinned Jenkins at thirty-two minutes, forty seconds of the first fall.

After a fifteen-minute intermission, Mahmout secured a waist hold and slammed Jenkins face first to the mat. Jenkins tried to stand back up, but Mahmout slammed Jenkins heavily with a body hold.

After trying to turn Jenkins, Mahmout switched to a hammerlock and turned Jenkins to his back. Realizing his precarious position, Jenkins tried to bridge to prevent the pin.

Despite Jenkins’ bridge, Mahmout pressed his body into Jenkins chest eventually pinning Jenkins at seven minutes, thirty seconds of the second fall. Mahmout won the match in two straight falls.

Even though Jenkins was not the champion wrestler of old, Mahmout’s dominant performance earned Mahmout the title shot with Frank Gotch. It was yet to be seen if Mahmout could defeat the dominant world champion.

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Sources: The New York Times (纽约, 纽约), 十一月 27, 1908, p. 6

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