New York City, New York: Wednesday, January 18, 1905 (Grand Central Palace) ... John Piening b. Egeberg (Egeberg quit during the third fall) (Egeberg won the first fall, but lost the second) (Greco-Roman match) ... (referee: Hugh Leonard) ... (5,000 fans) Note: Egeberg claimed to be the Danish champion. New York City, New York: Friday, March 3, 1905 (Sulzer’s Harlem Casino (Sulzer’s Harlem River Park)) … Tom Jenkins b. Jim Parr (2-0) … Young Roeber b. Kid Krause (2/3) … Young Feinberg b. Joe McAvoy … George Fischer and Jim Galvin drew (15:00) (Fischer was billed as the partner of George Bothner) Manhattan, New York: Wednesday, March 15, 1905 (Madison Square Garden) … Tom Jenkins b. Frank Gotch to capture the American Heavyweight Title (2/3) (Jenkins won the first fall in 19:34, Gotch won the second in 6:47 and Jenkins won the third in 10:11) (Gotch was managed by Harry Lerch (Buffalo)) (Jenkins was managed by Harry Pollock) (Gotch was accompanied by Frank Erne and William Elmer) (Jenkins was accompanied by George Bothner) … (referee: Tim Hurst) … (big crowd) Manhattan, New York: Thursday, April 6, 1905 (Grand Central Palace (Lexington Ave. and 43rd Street)) … George Bothner b. K. Higashi (3-0) (catch-as-catch-can wrestling style vs. Jiu-Jitsu style) (Bothner won the first fall in 14: 35, the second in 1:31:18 and the third in 12-minutes) … (referee: Tim Hurst) … (3-4,000 fans) Manhattan, New York: Thursday, May 4, 1905 (Madison Square Garden) … George Hackenschmidt b. American Catch-as-catch-can Champion Tom Jenkins to capture the vacant Catch-as-catch-can World Heavyweight Title (Hackenschmidt was recognized as the Greco-Roman World Champion) (2-0) (Hackenschmidt won the first fall in 31:15 and the second in 22:04) … (referee: Tim Hurst) … (judges: Hugh Leonard, John J. O’Brien) Research by Tim Hornbaker |
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