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Ar Ragfyr 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. After
Yn yr ail ffilm Sherlock Holmes sydd wedi goroesi (cyswllt Affiliate) serennu Arthur Wontner fel Sherlock Holmes, dau droseddwyr wedi dianc carchar. Maent yn ceisio i union dial ar y dynion, a groesodd dwbl un o'r troseddwyr, Jonathan Smalls. Dywedodd Smalls dau o wardeiniaid ei carchar lle ffortiwn mawr ei guddio. Mae'r wardeiniaid ddod o hyd i'r trysor, cael a
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
In late 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Farmer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Fodd bynnag,, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Erbyn 1902, George
Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
Fel yr wyf wedi ysgrifennu mewn sawl post, y bocswyr pwysau trwm gorau rhwng 1900 a 1919 a orfodwyd y paffwyr Affricanaidd-Americanaidd i ymladd yn erbyn ei gilydd dros y “Pencampwriaeth Lliw”. Hyd yn oed ar ôl i'r gwych Jack Johnson dorri'r llinell liw o'r diwedd ac ennill Pencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm y Byd, dim ond yn erbyn cystadleuwyr gwyn y byddai'n amddiffyn y teitl. O ganlyniad, yr herwyr caletaf
Fe'i gelwir hefyd yn y Cardinal Cysgu, Sherlock Holmes’ Awr Angheuol (1931) yw'r ffilm Sherlock Holmes cyntaf serennu Arthur Wontner yn y rôl deitl. Mae'r ffilm yn ymwneud â dyn ifanc, sydd wedi bod yn twyllo ar bont i adennill ei gyfoeth a gollwyd. Yr Athro Moriarty yn defnyddio'r wybodaeth mewn ymgais i blacmel y dyn ifanc Ronald Adair, portreadu gan Leslie Perrins.
Ar Dachwedd 10, 1924, Mrs. Mae A.W. Roedd Stickney yn gadael y St. Clwb Gwledig Louis, pan ddaeth dau ddyn Affricanaidd-Americanaidd ati. Dywedodd y dyn ysgafnach ei groen wrth Mrs. Stickney i droi ei thlysau drosodd neu byddai'n eu cymryd oddi wrthi. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Rhoddodd Stickney ei gemwaith i'r dyn, gwerthfawrogi yn $17,000.00, a $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
Byddai Sam McVey ennill Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Byd Lliwiog Pwysau Trwm mewn oes lle mae tri diffoddwyr gorau yn ddu ac yn rhewi allan o'r darlun teitl. Dechreuodd 1903 allan mor dda, byddai'n rhoi pwysau ar y Byd Pwysau Trwm Bocsio Pencampwr James J. Jeffries i roi gem iddo. Gwrthododd Jeffries i dorri'r “llinell lliw” by giving a