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Ar Nollaig 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
Sa dara scannán Sherlock Holmes a mhaireann (nasc affiliate) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, dhá coirpigh gur éalaigh phríosún. Tá siad ag iarraidh díoltas a cruinn ar na fir, a thrasnaigh dúbailte ar cheann de na coirpigh, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls inis dhá cheann de na maoir a bpríosún nuair a bhí i bhfolach fhortún mór. The wardens find the treasure, bhfuil 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,
Go déanach 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 “Feirmeoir” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Mar sin féin, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. De réir 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
Mar a scríobh mé i roinnt post, na dhornálaithe meáchain is fearr idir 1900 agus 1919 ar cuireadh iachall ar na dhornálaithe Afracach-Mheiriceánacha troid ar son a chéile “Craobh daite”. Fiú amháin tar éis don iontach Jack Johnson an líne datha a bhriseadh ar deireadh agus Craobh Meáchan Trom an Domhain a bhuachan, ní chosnódh sé an teideal ach ar iomaitheoir bán. As a result, na hiomaitheoirí is deacra
Chomh maith leis sin ar a dtugtar ag an Chairdinéil Codlata, Sherlock Holmes’ Uair mharfach (1931) is é an chéad scannán Sherlock Holmes starring Arthur Wontner i ról an teideal. Baineann an scannán le fear óg, a bhí ag cheating ag droichead agus faigh ar ais ar a saibhreas caillte. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Ar Samhain 10, 1924, Bean. A.W. Bhí Stickney ag fágáil na St. Louis Country Club, nuair a tháinig beirt fhear Afracach-Mheiriceánach chuici. Dúirt an fear níos éadroime craiceann Mrs. Stickney chun a seoda a iompú nó thógfadh sé uaithi iad. Fearing for her safety, Bean. Thug Stickney a jewelry don fhear, meas ag $17,000.00, agus $85.00 in cash. Bean.
Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a