Muldoon Survives Hard Tilt With Whistler

强大的威廉·马尔登被认为是不可战胜的希腊罗马世界摔跤冠军. 他的优势统治期间只有一个人受到严重挑战马尔登. 165磅重的克拉伦斯·惠斯勒一直给他马尔登最严峻的挑战. 马尔登和惠斯勒满足周四, 十一月 1, 1883 在旧金山, 加州在他们的几场比赛之一.

威廉·马尔登几乎是头高和体重之间 190 和 225 英镑. Despite this great size disparity, 较小但功能强大的惠斯勒既利用速度，又利用自己的强度来慌张muldoon. The men met for $2,000 事件的一侧和整个大门收据.

The journalist in the November 2, 1883 版 the Sacrament Bee took Muldoon to task for “spending as much time posing lately as training.” 评论是指muldoon在摔跤训练和通过巡回演出和舞台表演传播他的身体健康系统之间的时间.

男子进入环, 握手，走到他们的角落. 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将Whistler抬到头上, 惠斯勒几乎为第一个摔倒了.

该 Sacramento Bee 记者声称，惠斯勒实际上倒下了. 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, 这显然违反了希腊罗马规则. 腰部下方的任何握住都被禁止. The referee did not allow the foul as the action occurred out of the ring.

几分钟后混乱, 这些人回到摔跤. 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 分钟, 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, 威廉·穆尔顿（William Muldoon）将以残酷的方式结束这场比赛.

After several minutes of fierce wrestling, Muldoon lifted Whistler over his head and threw him towards the floor head first. 惠斯勒阻止了他的头撞地地板，但降落在他的左肩上. 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. 他继续成为Muldoon最艰难的挑战者. 他们为 7 一场比赛中没有跌倒的小时.

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, 他的纽约州健康农场奥林匹亚的运动员和名人. Until the day he died, he would single out Clarence Whistler as his toughest challenger.

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