George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

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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,

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Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

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Наприкінці 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 “Фермер” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Однак, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Луїс, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. За 1902, Джордж

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Еван Льюїс Задушливі Том Кеннон

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Серпня 26, 1886, Еван “Душитель” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. Принаймні так я спочатку думав і більшість істориків цитували. Сучасний

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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У суботу, Листопад 25, 1899, Вулиця. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 хвилин. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Луїс’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem володів

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Stecher Beats Cutler for American Title

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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

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Вплив боксу на легітимною боротьбі

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У 1910-х роках, Американська професійна боротьба постійно переміщається із законних борцівських змагань на заздалегідь підготовлені виставки. інтерес вентилятора, контроль промотора і менший знос і розрив на все борець грають певну роль в цьому переході. Ще менше говорили про тиск за межами самого спорту. До 20-го століття, професійний бокс був незаконним в Сполучених Штатах. просто кулака

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Dick Tracy, Детектив (1945)

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RKO Pictures brought the Dick Tracy comic strip character to the big screen on December 1, 1945. While the film is definitely a “B” film meant to be first on the double bill, it still would have been of interest to the many fans of the popular comic strip. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Фермер” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 фунти. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Берг боровся в

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Ad Santel Brings The Pain

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Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Хоча ця історія може або може

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Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt Available

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“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Знову, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!” Frank Gotch looked over at his rival George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt

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