Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Posts about catch-as-catch-can or catch wrestling matches, the dominant style of wrestling in the United States after 1890.
Á fimmtudaginn, Mars 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. Eftir
Á föstudaginn, Mars 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
Ágúst 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions gaf út Killer Dill (1947), glæpamynd sem atvinnuglímukappinn Mike Mazurki leikur „Little Joe“, handlangari sem spilar báðar hliðar glæpagengja. Stuart Erwin fer með hlutverk Johnny "Killer" Dill, undirfatahönnuður og sölumaður, sem fólk villur fyrir að sé glæpamaður. Eftir að hafa óvart blandað sér í glæpastríð, 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
Atvinnuglímumenn sem deyja í hringnum eru sjaldgæfir en gerist stundum. Í 1936, 5,000 glímuaðdáendur í Washington, D.C. baulaði óvart á látinn mann í lok leiks Mike Romano vs. „Írski“ Jack Donovan leikurinn á Griffith Stadium á fimmtudaginn, Júní 25, 1936. Hinn 40 ára gamli Romano var að setja Donovan yfir í erfiðum leik. Dagblöð sögðu ranglega frá Romano sem
John “The Nebraska Tigerman” Pesek started wrestling professionally in 1915, but Pesek was more suited to the 1885 professional wrestling ring. Með 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. Lokum, Pesek did
During March 1910, dómsmálaráðherra Bandaríkjanna í Council Bluffs, Iowa ákærði John C. Mabray (útgáfu af raunverulegu nafni hans, Mabry) og tugi sakborninga fyrir að nota póstinn til að fremja fjárhættuspil í atvinnuhnefaleikum, atvinnuglíma, og kappreiðar í atvinnumennsku. Mabry, búfjársala sem býr í Kansas City, Missouri, starfandi innherja í hnefaleikum, glíma, og hestur
Snemma morguns í ágúst 5, 1933, fjórir öryggisþjófar brutu rúðu hjá Marshfield Brewing Company í Marshfield, Wisconsin. Innbrotsþjófarnir slógu skífu af öryggisskápnum og fjarlægðu $1,550.00 í sambandsfrímerkjum. Í 2024 dollara, innbrotsþjófarnir stálust yfir $37,000.00. Sömu innbrotsþjófarnir tóku annan með góðum árangri $1,000 í sambandsfrímerkjum frá Wausau Brewing Company
Snemma á ferlinum, Fred Beell glímdi Gus „Americus“ Schoenlein inn 1904 og 1905. Á 1904 match, Beell vann eina fallið og leikinn. Schoenlein vildi hefna þessa ósigurs. In May 1905, Knattspyrnustjóri Schoenlein tryggði sér aukaleik í heimabæ Schoenlein, Baltimore, Maryland. Schoenlein stóð fimm fet, tíu tommur á hæð og vegin 210 £. Beell stóð venjulega frammi fyrir a