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“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, yr St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 blynyddoedd. They replaced him with Desmond’s ex-assistant James Smith, who was dismissed by the previous board. How did one of the greatest, if not the greatest, detectives in
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Dim ond un dyn a heriodd Muldoon o ddifrif yn ystod ei deyrnasiad dominyddol. Rhoddodd Clarence Whistler, 165 pwys, ei heriau anoddaf yn gyson i Muldoon. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Tachwedd 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California yn un o'u gornestau niferus. Roedd William Muldoon bron â bod ei ben yn dalach ac yn pwyso
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940) starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan is my favorite Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan is searching for a murderer in a wax museum. The wax museum is a front for a plastic surgeon, who changes the appearance of wanted criminals for a price. The surgeon Dr. Cream, played by C. Henry Gordon, also
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 cofnodion. Enillodd Beell y
Joe Acton was one of England’s best wrestlers during the 19th Century. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Yn ystod y 19eg ganrif, manteisiodd y ddau arobryn a deuawdwyr ar yr ynysoedd sandbar yn Afon Mississippi, o gwmpas St. Louis, Missouri, i gynnal ymladd gwobrau neu ornestau. Mae awdurdodau wedi gwgu ar duels i'r farwolaeth mewn unrhyw leoliad. Fodd bynnag,, roedd Illinois a Missouri hefyd yn gwahardd ymladd gwobrau. Ynys Waedlyd yng nghanol Afon Mississippi ychydig i'r gogledd o Downtown St.
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Erbyn 1904 neu 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
Ar Ionawr 10, 1940, Rowland V. Lee released his low-budget feature film The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) through United Artists. Rowland V. Lee started directing films in 1920 and would make 59 films before retiring in 1945. Yn y ffilm hon, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. The Count inherits his father’s money and the
Ar ddydd Llun, Mai 30, 1892, bu'r gwych Peter Jackson yn bocsio pwl menig gyda'r cyn brotégé Frank Slavin. Roedd y ddau ddyn yn byw ac yn ymladd yn Awstralia, er bod diddordeb y ffans wedi arwain Jackson i fynd ar daith o amgylch y byd i fanteisio ar y cyfleoedd ariannol yn yr Unol Daleithiau a Lloegr. Fel yn Awstralia, Roedd Jackson yn aml yn gweld paffwyr gwyn yn anfodlon ymladd ag ef. Ychydig
St. Louis, ar ddechrau'r 20fed Ganrif, Roedd golygfa bocsio proffesiynol blaenllaw. Abe Attell, er ei eni yn San Francisco, yn seiliedig yn St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, amddiffynnodd Attell ei Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Plu y Byd yn erbyn wrthwynebydd aml Harry Forbes. Forbes hefyd yn rheolaidd ar y St. Golygfa bocsio Louis. Gorchfygodd Forbes Danny Dougherty am y