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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.
On Thursday, Kovas 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. Po
Penktadienį, Kovas 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
Rugpjūčio 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, jo
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. Į 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, Birželis 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. Pagal 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. Ilgainiui, Pesek did
During March 1910, Jungtinių Valstijų generalinis prokuroras Council Bluffs, Ajova apkaltino Johną C. Mabray (tikrojo vardo versija, Mabry) ir keliolika kaltinamųjų, pasinaudojusių paštu sukčiavimui lošimo srityje profesionaliame bokse, profesionalios imtynės, ir profesionalias žirgų lenktynes. Mabry, gyvulių prekeivis, gyvenantis Kanzas Sityje, Misūris, įdarbino bokso savininkus, imtynės, ir arklys
Ankstų rugpjūčio rytą 5, 1933, keturi saugūs įsilaužėliai išdaužė langą Marshfield Brewing Company Maršfilde, Wisconsin. Įsilaužėliai numušė nuo seifo ciferblatą ir išėmė $1,550.00 federaliniuose pašto ženkluose. Į 2024 dollars, vagys apvogė $37,000.00. Tie patys įsilaužėliai sėkmingai paėmė kitą $1,000 federaliniuose Wausau Brewing Company pašto ženkluose
Karjeros pradžioje, Fredas Beellas kovojo su Gusu „Americu“ Schoenleinu 1904 ir 1905. During the 1904 match, Beell laimėjo vienintelį kritimą ir rungtynes. Schoenleinas norėjo atkeršyti už šį pralaimėjimą. In May 1905, Schoenleino vadovas užsitikrino revanšą Schoenleino gimtajame mieste Baltimorėje, Maryland. Schoenleinas stovėjo penkių pėdų aukštyje, dešimties centimetrų ūgio ir svorio 210 svarų. Bellas dažniausiai susidurdavo su a