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Posts about Greco-Roman wrestling matches and other wrestling styles such as collar-and-elbow wrestling, side hold wrestling, Cornish wrestling, dan lain-lain.
Pada April 24, 1889, the Missouri Gymnasium hosted its annual event to highlight the athletic accomplishments of its members. Members showed off gymnastic skills and other athletic ability while an orchestra or the Ideal Banjo Club played music in the background. The gymnasium managers booked a main attraction for the evening. George Baptiste, a St. Louis middleweight wrestler who specialized
Pada hari Khamis, Mac 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
Pada hari Khamis, Oktober 7, 1884, Kolonel James Hiram McLaughlin bergelut dengan Henry Moses Dufur untuk apa yang didakwa kedua-dua lelaki itu sebagai kali terakhir. Mereka yang berumur 40 tahun pakar dalam gusti kolar dan siku. Lelaki itu bergelut di Detroit, Michigan, wilayah asal McLaughlin. Perlawanan itu berlangsung di Detroit Opera House di hadapan orang ramai. Gusti profesional belum berkembang
Pada hari Selasa, Januari 29, 1884, kira-kira dua ribu peminat berkerumun ke Detroit Opera House untuk menonton siri pertama dua perlawanan antara Kolonel James H. McLaughlin dan Henry Moses Dufur. Orang ramai terpaksa menggembirakan penganjur dan ahli gusti. Perlawanan yang menarik ribuan orang jarang berlaku pada Abad ke-19. Penganjur mendakwa McLaughlin mempertahankan pasukan Amerika itu
Henry Moses Dufur memegang Juara Wrestling Collar-and-Elbow Heavyweight Dunia semasa tahun 1870-an. Oleh 1855, Dufur bersara daripada gusti profesional untuk meneruskan profesion penjahit pakaian sepenuh masanya. Malah semasa kerjaya gustinya, Dufur bekerja sebagai tukang jahit. Dufur memberitahu wartawan dari The Boston Globe bahawa dia dilahirkan di Richford, Vermont pada bulan Jun 5, 1943. Tarikh ini pada
Henry Moses Dufur pakar dalam gusti kolar-dan-siku apabila Dufur bergusti secara profesional pada tahun 1870-an dan 1880-an. Dilahirkan pada bulan Mei 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur bergelut terutamanya di timur laut Amerika Syarikat. On June 27, 1878, Dufur bergusti perlawanan timbal balik dengan ahli gusti bernama Cox di Taman Besbol Boston di hadapan lima ratus peminat. Lima ratus peminat
George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. Louis’ resident all-around athlete before taking over the company, Baptiste Tent and Awning, founded by his father Alexander Baptiste. Besides plying his trade as an occasional but accomplished professional wrestler, Baptise was a powerful swimmer. On August 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.
Sorakichi Matsuda mengembara ke Amerika Syarikat lewat 1883 untuk memulakan kerjaya gusti profesionalnya. Matsuda berhasrat untuk mempelajari gusti profesional Amerika dan kembali ke tanah airnya untuk memulakan promosi gustinya sendiri. Pengurus Matsuda membuat dakwaan tentang latihannya di Jepun, which could not be verified. Matsuda berlatih dalam gusti sumo dengan kandang kuda Isegahama yang terkenal tetapi berjaya
Pada hari Khamis, April 10, 1884, America’s first full-time professional wrestler, J.H. McLaughlin wrestled all-around Scottish athlete and wrestler Duncan C. Ross at Detroit’s Opera House. The men wrestled a three-out-of-five falls mixed styles match. McLaughlin specialized in collar-and-elbow wrestling. The men wrestled two falls under collar-and-elbow rules. Ross favored side hold rules. The men wrestled two falls by securing side
Pada hari Sabtu, September 10, 1910, Stanislaus Zbyszko, fresh off his first tour of the United States, wrestled the Great Gama at Shepherd’s Bush Stadium in London, England. 7,000 spectators crowded into the stadium to watch the match. A few weeks earlier, Encik. Benjamin brought a group of Pehlwani wrestlers from India to wrestle in England. Fans consider the Great Gama