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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.
På torsdag, Marts 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. Efter
På fredag, Marts 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
Den August 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions udgav Killer Dill (1947), en krimi, hvor den professionelle wrestler Mike Mazurki spiller "Little Joe", en håndlanger, der spiller begge sider af en bandefejde. Stuart Erwin spiller Johnny "Killer" Dill, en lingeridesigner og sælger, som folk forveksler med en gangster. Efter ved et uheld at have involveret sig selv i en bandekrig, 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
Professionelle wrestlere, der dør i ringen, er sjældne, men det sker lejlighedsvis. I 1936, 5,000 wrestling-fans i Washington, D.C. buhede utilsigtet en død mand i slutningen af Mike Romano vs. "Irsk" Jack Donovan kamp på Griffith Stadium torsdag, Juni 25, 1936. Den 40-årige Romano satte Donovan over i en fungerende kamp. Aviser rapporterede unøjagtigt Romano som
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Ved 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. Til sidst, Pesek did
During March 1910, den amerikanske justitsminister i Council Bluffs, Iowa anklagede John C. Mabray (en version af hans egentlige navn, Mabry) og et dusin tiltalte for at bruge posten til at begå spilsvindel i professionel boksning, professionel brydning, og professionelt hestevæddeløb. Mabry, en husdyrhandler bosat i Kansas City, Missouri, ansatte insidere i boksning, brydning, og hest
I de tidlige morgentimer i august 5, 1933, fire pengeskabstyve brød et vindue op hos Marshfield Brewing Company i Marshfield, Wisconsin. Tyvene slog en skive af pengeskabet og fjernede det $1,550.00 i føderale frimærker. I 2024 dollars, indbrudstyvene stjal over $37,000.00. De samme indbrudstyve tog med succes endnu en $1,000 i føderale frimærker fra Wausau Brewing Company
Tidligt i sin karriere, Fred Beell kæmpede Gus "Americus" Schoenlein ind 1904 og 1905. During the 1904 match, Beell vandt det eneste fald og match. Schoenlein ønskede at hævne dette nederlag. I maj 1905, Schoenleins manager sikrede en omkamp i Schoenleins hjemby Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein stod fem fod, ti centimeter høj og vejet 210 pounds. Beell stod normalt over for en