Ringer Throws Wasem

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On laupäev, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 protokoll. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Henry Moses Dufuri meenutused

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Henry Moses Dufur oli 1870. aastatel kaelarihma ja küünarnuki maadluse raskekaalu maailmameister. Poolt 1855, Dufur loobus professionaalsest maadlusest, et jätkata täiskohaga rõivarätsepa eriala. Isegi oma maadluskarjääri ajal, Dufur töötas rätsepana. Dufur rääkis The Boston Globe'i korrespondendile, et ta on sündinud Richfordis, juunil Vermontis 5, 1943. See kuupäev

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Tom Allen Fights Bill Davis

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19. sajandil, most states banned bare-knuckled prizefighting and professional gloved boxing. Police often arrested fighter, managers, and promoters to stop prizefighting. A unique aspect of geography turned St. Louis into an ideal fight venue to get around the authorities’s activity to stop professional prizefighting. In the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, the river’s current created a handful

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