Clarence Whistler Dies nyob Australia

Clarence Whistler yug hauv Indiana thaum 1856. Thaum sawv ntsug xwb 5’09” los yog li ntawd, thiab luj 165 phaus, Whistler yog ib qhov haib tshaj wrestlers ntawm nws era. Whistler yog tus wrestler xwb wrestler tau muab William Muldoon ib lub sij hawm nyuab thaum Muldoon tus 9 xyoo khiav li ntiaj teb tau zus ib.

Whistler feem ntau competed hauv Greco-Roman wrestling, Tus dominant style hauv America thaum lub 1870s thiab 1880s. Txawm li cas los, Whistler kuj wrestled hauv catch-as-catch-can wrestling bouts, Uas tau pib ua nrov tshaj plaws.

Whistler tau txais nws pib hauv wrestling thaum ua hauj lwm hauv ib Iowa foundry. Ob peb tug txiv neej tau impressed los ntawm nws feats zoo kawg thiab feats ntawm lub zog nyob hauv lub foundry, Li ntawd, lawv txheej txheem ntawm nws wrestle ib lub zos kev wrestler. Whistler yooj yim swb nws. Raws li qhov no thaum ntxov, Whistler pib nrhiav kev tawm ntau bouts thiab yog ntev ib full-time wrestler.

Whistler yuav nws thiaj li tsim ib lub koob npe nrov loj txaus los sib tw William Muldoon rau nws Greco-Roman ntiaj teb Heavyweight Championship. Whistler wrestled nws mus ib kos hauv tus thawj ob peb bouts ntawm cov txiv neej.

Muaj coob tus qhov yuam kev tau boring li Whistler muaj lub zog los tiv thaiv Muldoon ntawm ntuav nws. Lub bouts ntawd kub ntev li rau teev uas muaj tes hauj lwm me ntsis tab sis Whistler yuav tej zaum muab Muldoon phom sij ntawm ces muab pov tseg. Kiv cua twb yeej tsis pom tej wrestler teeb meem Muldoon thaum nws lub npe reign.

Muldoon tsim tej hwm rau Whistler tias lawv pib ib theem ncig xyuas, Qhov twg lawv yuav ua hauj lwm nrog sib hauv ib wrestling match ua ib feem ntawm cov theem ntau lawm. Cov qhov yuam kev tau prearranged thiab ib feem ntawm cov yeeb yam. Cov tours tau lucrative heev tab sis qhov teeb meem tib yam, uas yuav coj Whistler lub neej, Yuav xaus cov tours.

Whistler, Xws li ntau combat kev ua si ncaws pob ua ntej thiab tom qab, enjoyed lub neej ntawm cawv thiab tog twg. Whistler struggled nrog limiting nws tog rau nws off-teev ho. Nws yuav tej zaum qhia rau cov theem ntau lawm nyob rau hauv ib drunken stupor.

Muldoon yog txhawj txog ib tug neeg tau mob thaum cov theem ntau lawm tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nws tus kheej, Thaum wrestling nrog Whistler hauv lub chaw ua hauj lwm match. Muldoon hais Whistler yog hais tias nws tseem qhia nyob rau hauv ib lub xeev drunken nws yuav muab tua cov ncig xyuas.

Whistler resented Muldoon scolding thiab ob peb zaug fist fights yuav lov tawm ntawm cov txiv neej nyob thiab tua nyob ntev. Tom qab ob peb yuav muaj, Muldoon thaum kawg raug rho tawm haujlwm Whistler ntawm lub ncig xyuas.

Nyob rau hauv lawv lub xeem sis tw match ua ke, Muldoon txawb Whistler rau nws lub xub pwg. Thaum nws tsis pinned, Muldoon ces raug mob Whistler tias Whistler twb tsis tau mus ntxiv.

Ib co observers muaj Muldoon yog them Whistler rov qab rau lub fisticuffs tab sis Muldoon ib txwm tsis pom zoo nws. Whistler tsis ntseeg tias Muldoon twb sim intentionally injure nws xws li lawv shook tes tom qab ntais ntawv thiab mended lawv friendship.

Feem ntau cov kev pab los ntawm ntais ntawv opined tias Muldoon yog tag kev cia siab los ntawm nws inability muab Whistler. Thaum nws thaum kawg tau Whistler tawm ntawm nws txhais taw, Nws txawb nws ntawm qhov mat ntawm nyuaj li tau. Tsis txhob yuav tsaws rau nws rov qab, Whistler muab mus rau hauv nws lub hauv siab thiab nws lub xub pwg yog tus thawj tshaj plaws strike tus mat.

Tsis tau tuav Muldoon, Whistler yog lured rau Australia rau ib ncig xyuas zoo heev culminating nrog ib swb ntawm lub zos tau zus ib. Whistler siv lub hlis tom ntej qhuas cov ncig xyuas thiab siv tag nrho cov nyiaj nws ua nyob rau Australia. Nyob rau lub kaum ib hlis 6, 1885, Clarence Whistler tuag nyob rau hauv “Ib gutter hauv Melbourne, Australia” raws li tus St. Paul Daily ntiaj teb.

Cas nws tuag yog hais txog ntau legends tab sis tag nrho cov nyiaj pom zoo yog hais txog nws hnyav haus. Thaum Whistler tuag, Nws tsis muaj nyiaj los yog muaj lwm yam khoom rau nws lub npe. Kuj zoo rau nws, Cov pawg wrestling kiv cua tau coj los ntawm nws cov kev kawm uas lawv stepped rau hauv lub void.

Tom qab raising ntawm $800 mus $900, Cov Australians them rau Whistler burial hauv Melbourne. Nws tombstone inscription nyeem, “Clarence Whistler, Yug hauv Dill County, Indiana, TEB CHAWS USA, Tuag hauv Melbourne 1885, Tus phooj ywg ntawm tag nrho Wrestlers”. Qhov seem ntawm cov nyiaj tau xa mus whistler tus poj ntsuam nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas.

Clarence Whistler tsuas wrestled rau 6 Xyoo tab sis nws yog ib tug hauj lwm storied hauj lwm. Yog hais tias nws twb tau tswj nws cawv noj, Nws yuav tau tus successor rau Muldoon li ntiaj teb tau zus ib hauv 1889. Nws untimely tuag ua qhov no tsis yooj yim sua.

Koj tuaj tawm tswv yim lossis nug ib lo lus nug hais txog qhov no lossis muaj nqe lus hauv qab no saib hauv qab no lossis rau ntawm kuv Facebook phab los sis Twitter profile.

Qhov chaw: St. Paul Daily ntiaj teb, Lub peb hlis ntuj 24, 1889 ib tsab, p. 7 thiab wrestlingdata.com

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