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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, March 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. Etter
På fredag, March 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, en
August 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions ga ut Killer Dill (1947), en krimfilm som den profesjonelle bryteren Mike Mazurki spiller «Little Joe», en håndlanger som spiller begge sider av en gjengfeide. Stuart Erwin spiller Johnny "Killer" Dill, en undertøysdesigner og selger, som folk tar feil av for en gangster. Etter å ha involvert seg selv i en gjengkrig, hans
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
Profesjonelle brytere som dør i ringen er sjelden, men skjer av og til. I 1936, 5,000 wrestling-fans i Washington, D.C. buet utilsiktet en død mann på slutten av Mike Romano vs. «Irsk» Jack Donovan-kamp på Griffith Stadium torsdag, June 25, 1936. Den 40 år gamle Romano satte Donovan over i en jobbet kamp. Aviser rapporterte unøyaktig Romano som
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Av 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. Omsider, Pesek did
During March 1910, USAs statsadvokat i Council Bluffs, Iowa anklaget John C. Mabray (en versjon av hans faktiske navn, Mabry) og et dusin tiltalte med å bruke posten til å begå gamblingsvindel i profesjonell boksing, profesjonell bryting, og profesjonelt hesteveddeløp. Mabry, en husdyrforhandler som bor i Kansas City, Missouri, ansatte innsidere i boksing, bryting, og hest
I de tidlige morgentimene i august 5, 1933, fire safe innbruddstyver knuste et vindu på Marshfield Brewing Company i Marshfield, Wisconsin. Innbruddstyvene slo en urskive av safen og fjernet den $1,550.00 i føderale frimerker. I 2024 dollar, innbruddstyvene stjal over $37,000.00. De samme innbruddstyvene tok en annen $1,000 i føderale frimerker fra Wausau Brewing Company
Tidlig i karrieren, Fred Beell kjempet Gus "Americus" Schoenlein inn 1904 and 1905. During the 1904 match, Beell vant den eneste høsten og kampen. Schoenlein ønsket å hevne dette nederlaget. I Mai 1905, Schoenleins manager sikret en omkamp i Schoenleins hjemby Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein sto fem fot, ti tommer høy og veid 210 pounds. Beell møtte vanligvis en