Wrestling / Pons / Liège / European Championship - Lot 118

Wrestling / Pons / Liège / European Championship Wrestlers at the European Championship in Liège (February-March 1904) Original press photo, silver print, Atelier Goossens (Liège), hand-captioned. 13 x 18 cm - With mount: 21 x 27 cm The world's best wrestlers take part in these Championships, whose final evening attracts over 5,000 spectators. That evening, Paul Pons completed his tournament with an epic 1h30 match (tournament record), against Belgian national champion Omer de Bouillon. On previous evenings, he had defeated Laurent le Beaucairois in 53 minutes, and Romanoff in 6:52. The final rankings show all the champions, pictured here before their battle: 1st Paul Pons, 2nd Omer de Bouillon, 3rd Laurent le Beaucairois, 4th Raoul le Boucher, 5th Antonich, 6th Clément le Terrassier, 7th Romanoff, 8th Ritzner, 9th Anglio, 10th Dickman.