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, Janúar 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins varði bandaríska glímumeistaramótið sitt gegn upprennandi glímumanni frá Iowa. After the first fall, aðdáendurnir áttuðu sig á því að þetta var erfiðasti leikurinn á c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins hafði sigrað Gotch's
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Nóvember 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
Í janúar 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
Í seint 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Farmer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Þó, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Með 1902, George
Ágúst 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis hitti breska Glíma Champion Tom Cannon í Cincinnati, Ohio. Á lögmætum Glíma tímum, aðrar wrestlers óttuðust öflugur Lewis vegna stranglehold hans. Lewis starfandi carotid slagæð kyrkja þekktur sem aftari nakinn choke í Judo. Það var allavega það sem ég hugsaði upphaflega og flestir sagnfræðingar hafa vitnað í. Nútímalegt
Á laugardag, Nóvember 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 mínútur. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed
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
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
Willard “Villi Bill” Longson fæddist í Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 8, 1906 en eyddi mestum hluta fullorðinsárs síns í St. Louis, Missouri. Eftir að hafa byrjað feril sinn sem atvinnuglímumaður í 1931, Longson fann sig vinna fyrir Tom Packs í St. Louis. Hann fór eiginlega aldrei þar sem það yrði heimavöllur hans það sem eftir var