Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours in 1910

Stanislaus-Zbyszko

In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, ktorý bol

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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V sobotu, 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 minutes. 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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Gotcha drvenie Jenkins v hlave

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On Thursday, Január 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins obhájil svoje americké majstrovstvo v zápasení proti začínajúcemu zápasníkovi z Iowy. After the first fall, fanúšikovia si uvedomili, že to bol najťažší zápas 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 porazil Gotcha

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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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Spomienky Henryho Mosesa Dufura

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Henry Moses Dufur bol v 70. rokoch 19. storočia majstrom sveta v zápase o golier a lakte v ťažkej váhe. Podľa 1855, Dufur odišiel z profesionálneho wrestlingu, aby sa mohol venovať profesii odevného krajčíra na plný úväzok. Aj počas svojej zápasníckej kariéry, Dufur pracoval ako krajčír. Dufur povedal korešpondentovi The Boston Globe, že sa narodil v Richforde, Vermont v júni 5, 1943. Tento dátum

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Dan Daly Beats Ed Kelly

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In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in

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Tom Allen Fights Bill Davis

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V 19. storočí, 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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