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Fritz Lang je eden od njegovih zgodnjih filmov kriminala v 1922. Režiral je dr. Mabuse: Gambler (1922), ki je potekala približno štiri ure in trideset minut. Pripoveduje zgodbo o dr. Mabuse, profesor psihoanalize. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. In his multiple
V soboto, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 min. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem possessed
Četrtek, Januar 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins je branil naslov ameriškega prvaka v rokoborbi proti obetajočemu rokoborcu iz Iowe. Po prvem padcu, navijači so ugotovili, da je bila to najtežja tekma c Franka Alvina Gotcha, Humboldt, Iowa kmetija fant, ki bi poraz Georg Hackenschmidt za svetovno prvenstvo v Težji 1908, je Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins je premagal Gotcha
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman
Henry Moses Dufur je bil v sedemdesetih letih 19. stoletja svetovni prvak v rokoborbi z ovratnikom in komolcem v težki kategoriji.. Jo 1855, Dufur se je upokojil iz profesionalne rokoborbe, da bi redno opravljal poklic krojača oblačil. Tudi med svojo rokoborsko kariero, Dufur je delal kot krojač. Dufur je dopisniku The Boston Globe povedal, da je rojen v Richfordu, junija v Vermontu 5, 1943. Ta datum od
V decembru 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
V 19. stoletju, most states banned bare-knuckled prizefighting and professional gloved boxing. Police often arrested fighter, managers, and promoters to stop prizefighting. A unique aspect of geography turned St. Louis into an ideal fight venue to get around the authorities’s activity to stop professional prizefighting. In the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, the river’s current created a handful
V januarju 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Paul Pons je grško-rimske rokoborbe prvak Francije v 1890. Je osvojil turnir v Folies-Bergeres pred zmago na turnirju v Rusiji 1898. Te zmage so mu omogočile naslov svetovnega prvaka v grško-rimskem rokoborbi. Pons kapitalizirane na ta slava z odprtjem telovadnico trenirati rokoborcev in močne moške. Pons’ zmaga je bila še posebej izjemna zaradi
V 1934, Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd končal svojo kriminalno kariero v East Liverpool, Ohio koruzno polje po ustreli ven z agenti FBI in lokalni policisti. Vendar, v decembru 1925, je bil zapornik številka 29078 na Missouri kaznilnici. 21-year-old Floyd je bil pravkar obsojen zaradi ropanja glavno pisarno Kroeger Živila in peko Company