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When “האריה הרוסית” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, קרוי “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt זכה באליפות העולם ב יוון ורומא
On a chilly night, ינואר 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 a.m. Sgt. Gibbons walked towards the Wabash Railroad’s Delmar Station, which was in complete darkness. Gibbons kneeled and wrapped his nightstick on the platform to signal any nearby beat officers to report to him. Patrolman Arthur J. Saxy heard the night
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 שנים. 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. רק אדם אחד קרא תיגר ברצינות על מאלדון במהלך שלטונו הדומיננטי. קלרנס ויסלר במשקל 165 פאונד נתן למולדון בעקביות את האתגרים הקשים ביותר שלו. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, נובמבר 1, 1883 in San Francisco, קליפורניה באחד ממספר המשחקים שלהם. ויליאם מאלדון היה גבוה כמעט בראש ושקל
צ'רלי צ'אן במוזיאון השעווה (1940) starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan is my favorite Charlie Chan film. צ'רלי צ'אן מחפש רוצח במוזיאון שעווה. מוזיאון השעווה הוא חזית למנתח פלסטי, שמשנה את המראה של פושעים מבוקשים במחיר. מנתח ד"ר. קרם, played by C. הנרי גורדון, 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 פרוטוקול. Beell זכה
ג'ו אקטון היה אחד המתאבקים הטובים ביותר באנגליה במהלך המאה ה-19. 151-קילו אקטון עבר השורות בינוני של אנגליה לפני שהחריש דרך במשקל הכבד. אחרי המכות הטובות ביותר באנגליה הייתה צריך להציע כולל טום קנון, אקטון החליט לבחון את יכולותיו בארצות הברית. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis Police Department. He would need all that toughness on the morning of January 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. O’Keefe had just woken up and was getting ready
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “עבד” matches thrown in the mix. על ידי 1904 או 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,
On January 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. בסרט זה, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, ג 'וניור. The Count inherits his father’s money and the