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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.
Nan Jedi, Mas 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
Nan Vandredi, Mas 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, yon
Sou Out 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions te pibliye Killer Dill (1947), yon fim krim ke wrèstle pwofesyonèl Mike Mazurki jwe "Little Joe", yon kokenn k ap jwe toulède pati yon gang. Stuart Erwin jwe kòm Johnny "Killer" Dill, yon designer lenjri ak vandè, moun ki fè erè pou yon gangster. Apre aksidantèlman enplike tèt li nan yon lagè gang, l '
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
Lutteur pwofesyonèl ki mouri nan bag la ra, men detanzantan rive. Nan 1936, 5,000 fanatik lit nan Washington, D.C. inadvèrtans boo yon nonm mouri nan fen Mike Romano vs. Match "Ilandè" Jack Donovan nan Griffith Stadium nan Jedi, Jen 25, 1936. Romano a 40-zan te mete Donovan sou nan yon match travay. Jounal yo pa egzat rapòte Romano kòm
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Pa 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. Evantyèlman, Pesek did
During March 1910, Pwokirè Jeneral Etazini nan Council Bluffs, Iowa akize John C. Mabray (yon vèsyon nan non aktyèl li, Mabry) ak yon douzèn akize ki sèvi ak lapòs pou komèt fwod jwèt aza nan boksè pwofesyonèl, lit pwofesyonèl, ak kous cheval pwofesyonèl. Mabry, yon machann bèt k ap viv nan Kansas City, Missouri, anplwaye inisye nan boksè, lit, ak chwal
Nan èdtan yo byen bonè nan maten nan mwa Out 5, 1933, kat vòlè ki an sekirite te kraze yon fenèt nan Marshfield Brewing Company nan Marshfield, Wisconsin. Kanbriyolè yo te frape yon kadran nan sekirite a epi yo retire li $1,550.00 nan koupon federal. Nan 2024 dollars, kanbriyolè yo te vòlè $37,000.00. Kanbriyolè yo menm avèk siksè pran yon lòt $1,000 nan koupon federal ki soti nan Wausau Brewing Company
Byen bonè nan karyè li, Fred Beell te lite Gus "Americus" Schoenlein nan 1904 ak 1905. During the 1904 match, Beell te genyen sèl tonbe ak match la. Schoenlein te vle tire revanj defèt sa a. In May 1905, Manadjè Schoenlein a te asire yon revanch nan vil natal Schoenlein nan Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein te kanpe senk pye, dis pous wotè ak peze 210 liv. Beell anjeneral fè fas a yon