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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.
Pada hari Kamis, Maret 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
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. After
Pada hari Jumat, Maret 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, sebuah
Pada Agustus 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, -nya
Jim Londos developed into professional wrestling’s biggest box office star during the 1930s. Londos wrestled main events against Ed “Strangler” Lewis and Jim Browning at baseball stadiums. These matches drew crowds of more than 30,000 fans for the first time since the second Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt in 1911. When Londos wrestled in Greece, Londos drew crowds estimated to be at
Professional wrestlers dying in the ring is rare but occasionally happens. Di 1936, 5,000 wrestling fans in Washington, D.C. inadvertently booed a dead man at the end of the Mike Romano vs. “Irish” Jack Donovan match at Griffith Stadium on Thursday, Juni 25, 1936. The 40-year-old Romano was putting Donovan over in a worked match. Newspapers inaccurately reported Romano as
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Oleh 1915, wrestlers worked their matches. Skilled lightweight wrestler Clarence Ecklund trained Pesek in catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Pesek developed into a skilled hooker or submission wrestler. Pesek never liked working and wrestled contests in his early career. Akhirnya, Pesek did
During March 1910, Jaksa Agung Amerika Serikat di Council Bluffs, Iowa mendakwa John C. Mabray (versi nama aslinya, Mabry) dan selusin terdakwa menggunakan surat untuk melakukan penipuan perjudian di tinju profesional, gulat profesional, dan balap kuda profesional. Mabry, seorang pedagang ternak yang tinggal di Kansas City, Missouri, mempekerjakan orang dalam di tinju, gulat, dan kuda
Di pagi hari bulan Agustus 5, 1933, empat pencuri yang aman memecahkan jendela di Marshfield Brewing Company di Marshfield, Wisconsin. Para pencuri menekan tombol brankas dan mengeluarkannya $1,550.00 dalam perangko federal. Di 2024 dolar, para perampok mencuri $37,000.00. Pencuri yang sama berhasil merampas yang lain $1,000 dalam perangko federal dari Wausau Brewing Company
Di awal karirnya, Fred Beell bergulat dengan Gus “Americus” Schoenlein 1904 dan 1905. During the 1904 match, Beell memenangkan satu-satunya musim gugur dan pertandingan. Schoenlein ingin membalas kekalahan ini. Pada bulan Mei 1905, Manajer Schoenlein mengamankan pertandingan ulang di kampung halaman Schoenlein di Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein berdiri lima kaki, sepuluh inci tinggi dan beratnya 210 pon. Beell biasanya menghadapi a