Stanislaus Tours Zbyszko fil 1910

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Fl-aħħar 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko vvjaġġaw lejn l-Istati Uniti biex jisfidaw World Wrestling Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Qabel laqgħa Gotch, Zbyszko daret l-Istati Uniti u battled wrestlers lokali ħafna matul il-parti bikrija ta ' 1910. Zbyszko l-ivvjaġġar 37,000 mili. Kmieni fil-tour tiegħu, Zbyszko iltaqa Frank Gotch fil-logħba handicap. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, li kien

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Nhar is-Sibt, Novembru 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minuti. 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 fil-pussess

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins for Title

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Nhar il-Ħamis, Jannar 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins iddefenda l-Kampjonat tal-Lotta Amerikana tiegħu kontra wrestler li ġej mill-Iowa. After the first fall, il-partitarji indunaw li kienet l-aktar partita iebsa tal-c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins kien għeleb lil Gotch’s

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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, Novembru 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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Reminiscences Henry Moses Dufur

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Henry Moses Dufur kellu ċ-Champion Dinji tal-Lotta tal-Għonq u l-Minkeb tal-piż tqil matul is-snin 70. Billi 1855, Dufur irtira mil-lotta professjonali biex iwettaq il-professjoni full-time tiegħu ta’ ħajjata tal-ħwejjeġ. Anke matul il-karriera tiegħu fil-lotta, Dufur ħadem bħala ħajjata. Dufur qal lill-korrispondent minn The Boston Globe li twieled Richford, Vermont f'Ġunju 5, 1943. Din id-data ta'

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Tom Allen Fights Bill Davis

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In the 19th century, 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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