Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch stoeiwedstryde, die dominante styl van stoei in die Verenigde State na 1890.
On Thursday, Maart 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
Op Vrydag, Maart 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, 'n
Augustus 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions het Killer Dill vrygestel (1947), 'n misdaadfilm wat die professionele stoeier Mike Mazurki "Little Joe" vertolk, 'n handlanger wat beide kante van 'n bendevete speel. Stuart Erwin speel Johnny “Killer” Dill, 'n onderklere-ontwerper en verkoopspersoon, wie mense vir 'n gangster verwar. Nadat hy hom per ongeluk by 'n bendeoorlog betrek het, sy
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
Professionele stoeiers wat in die ring sterf is skaars, maar gebeur soms. In 1936, 5,000 stoei-aanhangers in Washington, D.C. het 'n dooie man per ongeluk uitgejou aan die einde van die Mike Romano vs. “Ierse” Jack Donovan-wedstryd Donderdag by Griffith-stadion, Junie 25, 1936. Die 40-jarige Romano was besig om Donovan in 'n gewerkte wedstryd oor te sit. Koerante het Romano onakkuraat as
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Deur 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. Uiteindelik, Pesek did
During March 1910, die Amerikaanse prokureur-generaal in Council Bluffs, Iowa het John C. Mabray ('n weergawe van sy werklike naam, Mabry) en 'n dosyn beskuldigdes met die gebruik van die pos om dobbelbedrog in professionele boks te pleeg, professionele stoei, en professionele perdewedrenne. Mabry, 'n veehandelaar wat in Kansas City woon, Missouri, ingewydes in boks werk, stoei, en perd
In die vroeë oggendure van Augustus 5, 1933, vier kluisinbrekers het 'n venster by die Marshfield Brewing Company in Marshfield gebreek, Wisconsin. Die inbrekers het 'n draaiknop van die kluis afgestamp en verwyder $1,550.00 in federale seëls. In 2024 dollars, die inbrekers het gesteel $37,000.00. Dieselfde inbrekers het nog een suksesvol geneem $1,000 in federale seëls van die Wausau Brewing Company
Vroeg in sy loopbaan, Fred Beell het Gus “Americus” Schoenlein in gestoei 1904 en 1905. During the 1904 match, Beell het die enigste val en wedstryd gewen. Schoenlein wou hierdie nederlaag wreek. In May 1905, Schoenlein se bestuurder het 'n rematch in Schoenlein se tuisdorp, Baltimore, verseker, Maryland. Schoenlein het vyf voet gestaan, tien duim lank en geweeg 210 pond. Beell het gewoonlik a