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Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
During June 1927, the Illinois state legislature rocked the professional boxing and professional wrestling worlds when a subcommittee started investigating the state athletic commission. The legislature believed that promoters were putting on “fake” contests in both sports. Before the committee concluded its work, it suspended the boxing and wrestling licenses of 130 Atletoj. These revelations further disillusioned wrestling fans aggravated
Bernarr MacFadden, born Bernard Adolphus McFadden in Mill Spring, Misuro, Sur aŭgusto 16, 1868, founded a publishing company in 1899 that still operates today. MacFadden, an early proponent of physical culture, authored books and published magazine about physical culture, early bodybuilding training. MacFadden moved into pulp magazines like True Detective in the 1920s. Before MacFadden made his fortune as a publisher
Jim Londos developed a national reputation as one of the top professional wrestlers during the 1910s. Tamen, Londos’ career took a major step forward when Londos started wrestling for the fledgling St. Louis promotion in the early 1920s. Londos headlined the first card in late 1921. Londos wrestled on the second card on Thursday, Januaro 26, 1922, Ankaŭ. Current
When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. Post kiam
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yrvcvp86fj5ja5zg/Episode_72_agae9.mp3Podcast: Ludado en nova fenestro | DownloadUpdate I am giving away Wayfarer in a Foreign Land: Sorakichi Matsuda Wrestles in America between Monday, Decembro 30, 2024 to Friday, Januaro 3, 2025. Dan and I will release the next episode on Monday, Januaro 13, 2025. Main Content I discuss the October 1916 mixed styles match between Taro Miyake and Ad Santel.
En Memortago, Majo 30, 1925, Joe Stecher venkis Stanislaus Zbyszko en laborita matĉo por repreni la Mondan Pezegulluktado-Ĉampionecon kiun Stecher perdis en decembro. 1920. Stecher estis parto de komploto kiu pagis Stanislaus Zbyszko por duobligi Wayne "Big" Munn en aprilo. 1925. Zbyszko venkis Munn laŭleĝe en unu el la plej famaj duoble-krucoj de profesia luktado.. Kiel
#?A?de, Julio 9, 1925, Ed "Strangler" Lewis faris unu el la fruaj defendoj de sia versio de la Monda Pezegulo-Luktado-Ĉampioneco en Tulsa., Oklahomo. Lewis luktis kun Howard Cantonwine antaŭ 5,000 adorantoj ĉe McNulty Park. Post kiam Stanislaus Zbyszko duobligis la varban grupon de Sandow kaj Lewis venkante Wayne "Big” Munn laŭleĝe, kaj Joe Stecher kaj Ed "Strangler" Lewis
#?A?de, Marto 31, 1881, 200 fans filtered into New York’s Turnverein Hall to watch Clarence Whistler wrestle Henry Moses Dufur in a three-out-of-five-falls catch-as-catch-can wrestling match with both wrestlers wearing jackets. The promoters used the rules and jackets to even the chances of each wrestler to win. Clarence Whistler specialized in Greco-Roman wrestling. Whistler took World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion
Vendrede, Marto 11, 1932, wrestlers George Tragos and Rudy Dusek faced boxers, Stanley McRae and Tom Pivac in wrestler versus boxer bouts. It took the fans longer to get to their seats than it took the combatants to complete the bouts. The men fought the pair of bouts in Memphis, Tennessee at the Auditorium. Fans know George Tragos, a
Jim Londos evoluis en la plej grandan biletvendejstelulon de vrestlingo dum la 1930-aj jaroj. Londos luktis ĉefajn okazaĵojn kontraŭ Ed "Strangler" Lewis kaj Jim Browning ĉe basbalstadionoj. Tiuj matĉoj tiris homamasojn de pli ol 30,000 adorantoj por la unua fojo ekde la dua Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt en 1911. Kiam Londos luktis en Grekio, Londos tiris homamasojn taksitajn esti ĉe