Evan “An Strangler” Lewis fáil

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I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: An wrestler An chuid is mó Eagla ar an 19ú haois. Bhí Evan Lewis saineolaí aighneacht oilte i rith an ré wrestling dlisteanach gairmiúla cé raibh sé páirt a ghlacadh i gceann cúpla prearranged cluichí. I mí Eanáir 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi to

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Prizefighters Meet in Liverpool Pub

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For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, when they stopped in at a

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Príomh Desmond Nabs Péire Pants

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William Desmond nabbed go leor thieves le linn a 17 gairme bliana mar St. Louis Ceann Bleachtairí. D'fhorbair sé cáil ar fud na tíre mar “An gadaí Taker”. On Monday, Deireadh Fómhair 15, 1900, Príomh Desmond nabbed an pants de thief, ach nach bhfuil an thief féin. Jonas Washington isteach sa chlós na Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets

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Big Hand Ceart Sam McVey ar

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Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows

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Oifigeach agus an Leas-aghaidh Man Fhoréigneach

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Ar Lúnasa 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty discovered Willis Garner burglarizing the office of Schickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Company at 912 S. Twelfth Street in St. Louis, Missouri. The iron company employed Garner, who threw a hammer at Doherty’s head. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his

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Saloon misniúla ar Deep Morgan

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Ar Deireadh Fómhair 6, 1890, local barbers Luther Duncan and Bob Henderson stepped out on to N. 11th Street to settle a quarrel. This area of St. Louis was known as “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop houses and the toughest African-Americans saloon in the city, Starkes’ Saloon. Both Duncan and Henderson were black barbers, who worked in

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