Muldoon Survives Hard Tilt With Whistler

The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Níor thug ach fear amháin dúshlán mór do Muldoon le linn a réimeas ceannasach. An Clarence Whistler 165-punt thug Muldoon a dhúshláin is deacra go seasta. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Samhain 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California i gceann dá gcuid cluichí éagsúla.

William Muldoon was almost a head taller and weighed between 190 agus 225 punt. Despite this great size disparity, d'úsáid an Whistler níos lú ach cumhachtach luas agus a neart féin chun Muldoon a shruthlú. The men met for $2,000 taobh agus fáltais iomlán an gheata don imeacht.

The journalist in the November 2, 1883 eagrán de the Sacrament Bee took Muldoon to task for “spending as much time posing lately as training.” Ba thagairt a bhí sa trácht do Muldoon a chuid ama a roinnt idir oiliúint wrestling agus a chóras folláine coirp a scaipeadh trí thurais agus léirithe stáitse..

Tháinig na fir isteach sa fáinne, Chroith lámha agus thóg chun a n-coirnéil. When the men came to the center for a tie-up, Whistler immediately secured a back hold and brought Muldoon down on all fours. Whistler was not able to turn Muldoon but brought him back to the ground two more times after Muldoon stood up.

Muldoon finally broke loose from the back hold. D'ardaigh Muldoon Whistler thar a cheann ach é a aisiompú le smeach greim muineál, a scóráil beagnach an chéad titim do Whistler.

An Sacramento Bee mhaígh an tuairisceoir gur thóg Whistler an titim ach rith Muldoon den ardán ag tabhairt Whistler leis sula bhféadfadh an réiteoir an titim a fheiceáil. The men continued wrestling on the floor before the referee was able to separate the men.

Muldoon’s seconds claimed a foul against Whistler for grabbing Muldoon’s leg, a bhí ina sárú soiléir ar rialacha Greco-Rómhánach. Tá cosc ​​ar aon shealbhú faoi bhun an choim. The referee did not allow the foul as the action occurred out of the ring.

Tar éis cúpla nóiméad mearbhall, d'fhill na fir ar wrestling go dtí go ndearna Whistler iarracht Muldoon a ardú agus thit sé ar gcúl. Muldoon pinned Whistler’s shoulders for the first fall after 48 minutes of action. Both men took a ten minute rest before resuming the match.

Whistler was more aggressive to begin the second fall. Whistler scored three near falls in the first 15 minutes but the referee did not call any of the near falls for Whistler. Clarence Whistler would not be denied however. After continuous wrestling of about 42 minutes, Whistler slammed Muldoon onto his back to end the second fall and tie the score.

The capacity crowd that attended the fight went wild as the previously impervious Muldoon lost a fall to Whistler. Whether the crowd reaction irritated him or his frustration with Whistler boiled over, Chuirfeadh William Muldoon deireadh leis an gcluiche seo ar bhealach brúidiúil.

After several minutes of fierce wrestling, Muldoon lifted Whistler over his head and threw him towards the floor head first. Choinnigh Whistler a cheann ó bhuaileadh an t-urlár ach thuirling sé ar a ghualainn chlé. Whistler attempted to re-engage but signaled to the referee that he was injured. A doctor looked at Whistler’s shoulder and diagnosed a broken shoulder-blade. The referee declared the match a draw due to Whistler’s inability to continue the match.

Muldoon protested that he should be declared the winner but gave Whistler half of the $2,000, when public opinion turned against him. Despite his strong showing, Whistler was not able to wrest the title from Muldoon in the future. Lean sé de bheith ar an iomaitheoir is deacra ag Muldoon. wrestled siad le haghaidh 7 uair an chloig gan aon titim i gcluiche amháin.

William Muldoon would reign as champion for 6 more years before retiring to become America’s first celebrity trainer. He lived into his 80s and trained many statesmen, lúthchleasaithe agus daoine cáiliúla ag a fheirm sláinte stát Nua-Eabhrac Olympia. Until the day he died, he would single out Clarence Whistler as his toughest challenger.

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