Gotch Beats Lurich in His Last Match

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Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, maailmanmestari painija ja painonnostaja vuonna 1908 ja 1911 rematch. Gotch piti titteliä viiden vuoden ajan ja voitti kaikille tulijoille. Klo suhteellisen nuori ikä 35, Gotch päätti vetäytyä. Hänen viimeinen ottelu, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich

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The Bat Whispers (1930)

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Marraskuun 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Kuitenkin, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.

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George Baptiste Meets World Champion

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Perjantaina, Toukokuu 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Ludvig, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minutes. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler

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Terror by Night (1946)

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Universal Pictures released the thirteenth of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 films. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs palkkaa Holmesin suojelemaan

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. He used

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Archbishop Kenrick Celebrates 50 Vuotta

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On August 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Sisään 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Ludvig. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. Sisään 1847, the

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours 1910

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Loppuvuodesta 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko matkusti Yhdysvaltoihin haastaa Maailman Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Ennen kokous- Gotch, Zbyszko kiersi Yhdysvalloissa ja taisteli monien paikallisten painijoita koko alkuvuoden 1910. Zbyszko matkustaisi 37,000 kilometriä. Aikaisin hänen kiertueella, Zbyszko tapasi Frank Gotch vuonna haitta ottelussa. Zbyszko kukisti Gotch, joka oli

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