Louisiana, United States of America: Pre-1900
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1848
FEBRUARY 1848
FEBRUARY 5, 1848 (SATURDAY)
New Orleans, Louisiana
"All about Wrestling. - Eugene Carriere was yesterday arrested in the First Municipality, charged with unlawfully carrying away $373 from Alexia Charles, better known to the public as Mons. Charles, the great wrestler from France. The money was a wager between the two men in relation to their power as wrestlers."
1867
AUGUST 1867
AUGUST 26, 1867 (MONDAY)
Dave Chawk's Half-Way House, New Orleans, Louisiana
Tickets: Free Entry
1 - Side-Hold - Two out of Three Falls
Ryall (of Louisville) Vs. Prickett,
Result Unknown
1868 (no results)
1869
JANUARY 1869
JANUARY 24, 1869 (SUNDAY)
Grand Entertainment
Promoter: Mr. P. Felin
Orleans Ball Room, New Orleans, Louisiana
1 - French Wrestler Vs. French Wrestler,
Result Unknown
Note:
Also featured two or three boxing matches, plentiful fencing and five more wrestling matches. The French wrestlers closed the performances.
1877
JANUARY 1877
JANUARY 21, 1877 (SUNDAY)
A Grand Athletic and Fencing Tournament for the Benefit of Mons. Lucien Ware Christol
Grunwald Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana
Featuring wrestling, fencing, sparring, horizontal bar and tight rope ascension
FEBRUARY 1877
FEBRUARY 11, 1877 (SUNDAY)
A Grand Athletic and Fencing Tournament
Promoter: Lucien Marc Dit Cristal
Grunewald Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana
Featuring wrestling, fencing, sparring, horizontal bar, swinging club and other exercises.
FEBRUARY 1877
FEBRUARY 11, 1877 (SUNDAY)
A Grand Athletic and Fencing Tournament
Promoter: Lucien Marc Dit Cristal
Grunewald Hall, New Orleans, Louisiana
Featuring wrestling, fencing, sparring, horizontal bar, swinging club and other exercises.
NOVEMBER 1877
NOVEMBER 21, 1877 (WEDNESDAY)
National Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana
1 - Graeco-Roman
John McMahon Vs. J.M. Martin,
Result Unknown
Note:
Also featured a variety troupe. This was the opening night of the theatre.
1883
MARCH 1883
MARCH 18, 1883 (SUNDAY)
St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans, Louisiana
Attendance: "A Good Average Sunday Night Theatre Crowd"
1 - World Graeco-Roman Championship - Two out of Three Falls
Theobaud Bauer def. Duncan C. Ross (c),
Two Falls to One (F1 00:44:00 - F2 00:04:00 - F3 00:26:00 - C 01:14:00) - NEW CHAMPION
Note:
It's said Bauer lost two teeth and Ross received a black eye.
MAY 1883
MAY 1, 1883 (TUESDAY)
Spanish Fort, New Orleans, Louisiana
1 - Handicap - Muldoon to Throw Bauer Five Times in Sixty Minutes
[William] Muldoon def. [Thiebaud] Bauer,
Forfeit - Muldoon Threw Bauer Four Times, Bauer Threw Muldoon Once (00:17:00)
1890
FEBRUARY 1890
FEBRUARY 2, 1890 (SUNDAY)
Columbia Athletic Club, New Orleans, Louisiana
Purse: $150 ($100 to the winner)
1 - Joseph P. Barry def. Young Bibby,
Two Falls to None (01:15:00)
[according to a Pensacola newspaper in 1891]
1891 (no results)
1892 (no results)
1893
MARCH 1893
MARCH 2, 1893 (THURSDAY)
The Olympic Club, New Orleans, Louisiana
Attendance: 3,000
Announcer: Judge Anthony Somola
Referee: Prof. John Duffy
1 - 'World' Mixed Styles Championship - Mixed Styles (Graeco-Roman/Catch-as-Catch-Can) - Three out of Five Falls - For $2000 (Winner) & $500 (Loser)
Evan Lewis def. Ernest Roeber,
Three Falls to Two (F1 00:07:06 - F2 00:28:52 - F3 00:12:05 - F4 00:24:43 - F5 00:01:03 - C 01:13:49) - NEW CHAMPION
Notes:
Some papers noted it as just the American championship.
1894 (no results)
1895 (no results)
1896 (no results)
1897 (no results)
1898
JANUARY 1898
JANUARY 5, 1898 (WEDNESDAY)
New Orleans, Louisiana
"The new regustration laws of the A.A.U. are now in operation. They give to the members of the Committee all the powers that were formerly vester in the Board of Governors and subcommittees. Each and every member of the committee in his own district is supreme. He has the right to sanction games, schedule games fo A.A.U clubs, suspend athletes, reinstate athletes, try all cases of infractions of the rules, and to solicit and receive applications for registration from athletes. According to a recent decision of the committee, all athletes who apply for registration now will receive cards to March 1, 1899. The cards are now in possession of the chairman. The registration cards this year will entitle the athlete to admission to all championship meetings of the A.A.U., and all sectional association championships. For instance, the registration cards issued from now on will admit the holder to the Gymnastic Championships, Boxing and Wrestling Championships, Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Billiard Championships, Basket Ball and Handball Championships, and other important events. It will be necessary, however, for the athletes to have the [new?] 1898 card to obtain these priviliges, therefore it will be to the advantage of the registered athletes who are now on the books and desire to retain their numbers to apply for renewal at once. Applications for renewal should be sent ot the member of the committee in the districts where the athletes reside. Track athletes, gymnasts, basket-ball players, and all other athletes competing in amateur events will be required to register. The following is a list of the members of the committee, with addresses:
Metropolitan Association; Bartow S. Weeks, 100 Broadway, New York.
Atlantic Association; John W. Kelley Jr., Box 471, Woodbury, N.J.
New England Association; Wm. H. Plummer, Worcester City Guards, Wocester, Mass.
Central Association; R.E. Fishburn, 125 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Western Association; A.H. Jones, St. Louis Athletic Club, St. Louis, Mo.
Southern Association; B.P. Sullivan, 233 Baronne Street, New Orleans, La.
Pacific Association; Wm. F. Humphrey, Room 178, Crocker Building, San Francisco, Cal.
Pacific Northwest Association; George T. Willet, First Regiment Athletic Association, Portland, Or.
Athletic League of Young Man's Christian Association of North America, Dr. Luther Gulick, Springield, Mass." - Oakland Tribune
FEBRUARY 1898
FEBRUARY 6, 1898 (SUNDAY)
New Orleans, Louisiana
"A HAND BOOK OF WRESTLING. By Hugh F. Leonard. 12mo.; cloth; pp. 257. New York: E.R. Pelton, Publisher.
The author of this treatise on wrestling is instructor at the New York Athletic Club, and a recognized authority. After a chapter in which the history of wrestling as an art is sketched, there are a few paragraphs covering the fundamental principles. The rest of the book contains a number of half-tone engravings, two on a page, illustrating every important move in wrestling. Opposite each picture is printed a full explanation and direction. The pictures are arranged so as to follow each other in regular order. The work is edited by F.A. Fernald, and may be confidently recommended to anyone interested in athletics as a valuable treatise on wrestling, giving in small space almost everything that one would care to know about the art." - New Orleans Times-Picayune
FEBRUARY 1898
FEBRUARY 6, 1898 (SUNDAY)
New Orleans, Louisiana
"A HAND BOOK OF WRESTLING. By Hugh F. Leonard. 12mo.; cloth; pp. 257. New York: E.R. Pelton, Publisher.
The author of this treatise on wrestling is instructor at the New York Athletic Club, and a recognized authority. After a chapter in which the history of wrestling as an art is sketched, there are a few paragraphs covering the fundamental principles. The rest of the book contains a number of half-tone engravings, two on a page, illustrating every important move in wrestling. Opposite each picture is printed a full explanation and direction. The pictures are arranged so as to follow each other in regular order. The work is edited by F.A. Fernald, and may be confidently recommended to anyone interested in athletics as a valuable treatise on wrestling, giving in small space almost everything that one would care to know about the art." - New Orleans Times-Picayune
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All research has been completed by the Professional Wrestling Historical Society or by a trusted contributor.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Louisiana, United States of America: Pre-1900.
Updated: June 6, 2020.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
Unique content strictly for the Professional Wrestling Historical Society.
All research has been completed by the Professional Wrestling Historical Society or by a trusted contributor.
Information came from contemporary newspapers unless otherwise stated.
Results from Louisiana, United States of America: Pre-1900.
Updated: June 6, 2020.
Editor: Jimmy Wheeler.
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