Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours in 1910

In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko ورلڈ ہیوی ویٹ کشتی چیمپیئن فرینک Gotch چیلنج کرنے کی امریکہ کا سفر. Gotch میٹنگ سے پہلے, Zbyszko کے ابتدائی حصے میں بہت سے مقامی پہلوانوں امریکہ کا دورہ کیا اور لڑائی 1910. Zbyszko سفر کرے گا 37,000 میل کے فاصلے پر.

صبح ان کے دورے میں, Zbyszko ایک معذور میچ میں فرینک Gotch سے ملاقات. Zbyszko Gotch شکست دے دی, who was unable to throw him, in a non-title match. The validity of this match is questionable though. Gotch would sometimes lose non-title matches but crush the challenger in the title match. Wrestling correspondents believed Gotch sometimes threw matches to build interest and increase the gate receipts in the title fights.

When Zbyszko landed in America in October 1909, he weighed in at 272 پاؤنڈ. After six months of touring, Zbyszko weighed 228 پاؤنڈ. In March 1910 alone, Zbyszko wrestled 8 legitimate contests in Nebraska, مسوری, ایلی نوائے, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Zbyszko had one of his toughest matches with Dr. Ben Roller in Kansas City, Missouri on March 22, 1910. Zbyszko wrestled Roller to a 2 hour and 17 minute draw without a pin being scored. ڈاکٹر. Roller did better during the first hour but Zbyszko took over in the second hour. Both men resorted to rough tactics but neither man could score an advantage. Kansas City Police stopped the bout after it became apparent neither man would score a fall.

Zbyszko met Gotch in June 1910 but was defeated in two straight falls. Gotch did not prove himself a gentlemen however. Gotch scored the first fall by tackling Zbyszko off the hand shake to start the match. Zbyszko did eventually become champion in 1926 in a double cross.

کی طرف سے 1926, promoters prearranged match results but Zbyszko beat and pinned the champion Wayne Munn in a double cross that would have made Frank Gotch proud. Stanislaus Zbyszko became a world champion in his own right.

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