Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Posts about Greco-Roman wrestling matches and other wrestling styles such as collar-and-elbow wrestling, side hold wrestling, Cornish wrestling, etc.
Wenn der 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. After
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,
On September 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. Jahrelang, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into
Juni 4, 1883, the Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon faced skilled French wrestler Jules Rigal in San Francisco, Kalifornien. When the wrestlers stripped to their trunks for the match, it was obvious Muldoon’s power would prove a formidable challenge to Rigal. Muldoon stood around 6 feet tall and weighed between 193 und 210 pounds during his career.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Da die Fans nur Clarence Whistler für talentiert genug hielten, um seine Herrschaft wirklich zu gefährden, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. On May 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, die
Die International Wrestling Turnier verlief in zwei Phasen zwischen Mai 19, 1915 und Dezember 31, 1915. Fünfzig Wrestler würde in der ersten Phase des Turniers, darunter Weltmeister griechisch-römischen Aleksander konkurrieren “Alex” Aberg. Die zweite Rate hatte 40 Ringer einschließlich aufstrebende Star Ed “Würger” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Die
Im März 22, 1881, Griechisch-römischen World Wrestling-Champion William Muldoon erfüllt Collar-and-Elbow-Weltmeister John McMahon im Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon und McMahon in einem trafen am besten zwei-aus-drei-Spiel fällt. Der erste Fall wurde von der griechisch-römischen Regeln durchgeführt. Der zweite Fall wäre mit Kragen-and-Ellenbogen-Regeln angefochten werden. The last fall would be decided via what The New York
Paul Pons war ein Französisch griechisch-römischen Ringkampf-Champion. Er war gut genug, George Hackenschmidt einen Lauf für sein Geld in mehrere Turniere zu geben. Jedoch, als er nach Chicago kam, 1900, er “unterlegen” durch einen lokalen Wrestler. Die Umstände des Verlustes lassen viel zu wünschen übrig. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Ein
William Muldoon, die Welt griechisch-römischen Ringkampf-Champion und Körperkultur Befürworter, kam nach Los Angeles am Dienstag,, April 15, 1884 , um den lokalen Wrestler Fred Bauer Gesicht. Das Spiel fand in der örtlichen Turnvereine Hall in Los Angeles. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he