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When the 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. Після
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,
Вересень 15, 1919, Вулиця. 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. Протягом багатьох років, 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
On June 4, 1883, Греко-римська світу в суперважкій чемпіон з вільної боротьби Вільям Малдун зіткнулися досвідчений французький борець Жюль RIGAL в Сан-Франциско, Каліфорнія. Коли борці роздягнувся до їх стовбурів на матч, це була влада очевидно Малдун був би довести величезну проблему для RIGAL. Малдун стояв навколо 6 футів у висоту і важили від 193 і 210 pounds during his career.
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Оскільки вболівальники вважали лише Кларенса Вістлера достатньо вправним, щоб справді загрожувати його правлінню, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Травень 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, хто
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Душитель” Льюїс, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Березень 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. Останнє падіння буде прийнято через те, що Нью-Йорк
Paul Pons was a French Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. He was good enough to give George Hackenschmidt a run for his money in several tournaments. Однак, when he came to Chicago in 1900, he was “defeated” by a local wrestler. The circumstances of the loss leave a lot to be desired. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Один
Вільям Малдун, Всесвітній греко-римської боротьби Чемпіон і фізична культура прихильником, приїхав в Лос-Анджелесі у вівторок, Квітень 15, 1884 до обличчя місцевого борця Фред Bauer. Матч проходив на місцевому Turnvereine залі в Лос-Анджелесі. Muldoon was so confident of victory that he stipulated that he would throw Bauer ten times within an hour or he