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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.
Nhar il-Ħamis, Marzu 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. Wara
Nhar il-Ġimgħa, Marzu 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
Fuq Awissu 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, tiegħu
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. Fil 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, Ġunju 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. Billi 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. Eventwalment, Pesek did
During March 1910, l-Avukat Ġenerali tal-Istati Uniti fil-Kunsill Bluffs, Iowa akkuża lil John C. Mabray (verżjoni tal-isem attwali tiegħu, Mabry) u tużżana akkużati bl-użu tal-posta biex iwettqu frodi tal-logħob tal-azzard fil-boxing professjonali, lotta professjonali, u tlielaq taż-żwiemel professjonali. Mabry, negozjant tal-bhejjem li jgħix f’Kansas City, Missouri, impjegati insiders fil-boxing, lotta, u żiemel
Fis-sigħat ta’ filgħodu kmieni ta’ Awwissu 5, 1933, erba’ ħallelin sikuri kissru tieqa fil-Marshfield Brewing Company f’Marshfield, Wisconsin. Il-ħallelin ħallew dial mis-safe u neħħew $1,550.00 f’bolli federali. Fil 2024 dollars, il-burglars serqu fuq $37,000.00. L-istess burglars ħadu ieħor b'suċċess $1,000 f’bolol federali mill-Wausau Brewing Company
Kmieni fil-karriera tiegħu, Fred Beell ġġieled lil Gus "Americus" Schoenlein fi 1904 u 1905. Matul il- 1904 match, Beell rebaħ l-unika waqgħa u logħba. Schoenlein ried jivvendika din it-telfa. F'Mejju 1905, Il-maniġer ta 'Schoenlein assigura rematch fil-belt twelid ta' Schoenlein ta 'Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein kien qiegħed ħames piedi, tul għaxar pulzieri u miżun 210 liri. Beell normalment iffaċċjat a