Oscar Wasem Defeats Joe Carroll

Oscar Wasem pib nws cov hauj lwm nyob rau hauv St. Louis, Missouri nyob rau hauv lub tutelage ntawm George Baptiste. Wasem yog ib tug zoo txaus wrestler uas Wasem tua yeej ib tug hluas Frank Gotch nyob rau hauv 1901. Wasem, cov me nyuam. Louis Champion, pinned Gotch, Iowa Champion.

Thaum Gotch mus ua America tus loj tshaj tseeb kev wrestler, Wasem tseem nyob ib solid journeyman. Wasem supplemented nws kev wrestling khwv nyiaj ua ib tug neeg ua mov ci, ua ntej hauv St. Louis, ces nyob rau hauv Omaha, Nebraska. Ntawm 1905 rau, Wasem nyob hauv Omaha thiab wrestled part-time.

Hnub Monday, Kaum ib hlis 25, 1907, Wasem wrestled Joe Carroll, Ib qho lus Askiv wrestler uas kawm Dr. Benjamin Roller thiab tom qab Bert Assirati. Carroll possessed solid catch-as-catch-can wrestling txawj ntse.

Wasem wrestled Carroll ntawm lub Norfolk Municipal Auditorium hauv Norfolk, Nebraska txog 100 mais ntawm Omaha. Norfolk muaj txog 3,000 pej xeem huab hwm 1907 Tab sis feem ntau nyob deb ntawm daim card vim hais tias cov pawg neeg them chim lub koom haum organizers.

Tus kiv cua tu ib rarity, ib qho tseeb contest los yog “tua” Ntawm ob tug zoo tshaj-nruab nrab ntes wrestlers. Wasem thiab Carroll tau sib npaug zos nyob rau hauv ob txoj kev txawj ntse thiab loj, nyob ib ncig ntawm 175 phaus. Wasem lub zog kom zoo dua proved ib qhov zoo tshaj yuav decisive hauv contest.

Tom qab lub referee pib ntais ntawv, Carroll muab cov hais los ntawm kev noj Wasem cia nrog ib zaug xwb-ceg takedown. Wasem powered tawm hauv txoj hauj lwm phem thiab Carroll tus tom sim nce ib tuav.

Wasem wrestled offensively hauv spurts. Tom qab defending tiv thaiv Carroll tus kws muaj txuj ci rau li nees nkaum feeb, Wasem sprung rau lub tiring Carroll. Wasem ruaj ib caj npab scissors.

Thaum Carroll struggled nrog cov caj npab scissors, Wasem mus txog ruaj ntseg ib txhais ceg tuav. Carroll sai xa rau thawj lub caij nplooj zeeg ntawm nees nkaum ob feeb, nees nkaum tsib vib nas this.

Lub caij nplooj zeeg thib ob yog txawm nrog Wasem wrestling aggressively. Nyob ib ncig ntawm lub kaum tsib-feeb kos, Wasem ruaj ib sab nraum qab thiab caj npab tuav rau Carroll. Wasem transitioned rau ib caj npab thiab crotch tuav ua ntej xa nws mus rau hauv ib lub yob yob ntawm rau (6) feeb, tsib vib nas this. Wasem muab ntais ntawv nyob rau hauv ob ncaj ntog.

Carroll hais tias nws yuav tsum tau zoo mob rau ntais ntawv. Txawm li cas los, Carroll muab rho Wasem nrog ib tug yeej ncaj ncees yeej.

Dua li ntawm Wasem commanding yeej hla Joe Carroll thiab ib tug tsis tshua muaj yeej hla Frank Gotch, Ob peb kiv cua paub txog Oscar Wasem hnub no. Kuv tsuas sab Wasem thaum kuv kev tshawb fawb ntawm Frank Gotch txoj hauj lwm dua li ntawm Wasem txoj kev twb kev txuas rau St. Louis thiab kawm tau zoo nyob rau hauv lub 1900s.

Wasem tus caum qab ntawm ib bakery lag luam thiab part-time wrestling teem robbed nws ntawm noteriety tias nws in-ring exploits khwv tau rau nws.

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Qhov chaw: Lub Norfolk txhua lub limtiam xov xwm-Journal (Norfolk, Nebraska), Kaum ib hlis 29, 1907, p. 3

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