Muldoon Survives Hard Tilt With Whistler

The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Aðeins einn maður alvarlega áskorun Muldoon á markaðsráðandi valdatíma hans. The 165-pund Clarence Whistler stöðugt gaf Muldoon ströngustu viðfangsefni hans. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Nóvember 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California í einn af nokkrum leikjum sínum.

William Muldoon was almost a head taller and weighed between 190 og 225 £. Despite this great size disparity, minni en öflugur Whistler notað bæði hraða og eigin töluvert hans styrk til að fluster Muldoon. The men met for $2,000 hlið og allt gate kvittanir fyrir the atburður.

The journalist in the November 2, 1883 útgáfa af the Sacrament Bee took Muldoon to task for “spending as much time posing lately as training.” The athugasemd var vísað til Muldoon skipta tíma sínum milli glímu þjálfun og breiða kerfi hans líkamlega hæfni í gegnum ferðir og stigi sýningar.

Menn inn í hringinn, tókust í hendur og tók að hornum þeirra. 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. Muldoon lyfti Whistler yfir höfuðið aðeins til að baka með háls bið Flip, sem nánast skoraði fyrsta falla fyrir Whistler.

The Sacramento Bee Blaðamaður hélt Whistler tók í raun falla en Muldoon kom af pallinum taka Whistler með honum áður en dómarinn gat séð fall. 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, sem var augljóst brot á Greco-Roman reglur. Allir halda fyrir neðan mitti er bönnuð. The referee did not allow the foul as the action occurred out of the ring.

Eftir nokkrar mínútur rugl, menn aftur að glíma fyrr Whistler reyndi að lyfta Muldoon og féll afturábak. 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 mínútur, 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, William Muldoon myndi enda þessa samsvörun í grimmur hátt.

After several minutes of fierce wrestling, Muldoon lifted Whistler over his head and threw him towards the floor head first. Whistler haldið höfðinu frá sláandi gólfið en lenti á vinstri öxl hans. 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. Hann hélt áfram að vera erfiðasta Challenger Muldoon er. Þeir glímdu um 7 klst með engum fellur í einum leik.

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, íþróttamenn og orðstír á sínum New York fylki Health Farm Olympia. Until the day he died, he would single out Clarence Whistler as his toughest challenger.

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