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בדצמבר 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. לאחר
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate link) בכיכובו של ארתור Wontner שכרלוק הולמס, שני פושעים שנמלטו מכלא. הם מבקשים לנקום בגברים, שחצה כפול אחד מהפושעים, ג'ונתן Smalls. Smalls סיפר שניים מהסוהרים של הכלא שבו הון גדול היה מוסתר. The wardens find the treasure, have 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,
בסוף 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 “חקלאי” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. אולם, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. לואיס, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. על ידי 1902, ג'ורג '
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
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 ו - 1919 were the African-American boxers forced to fight each other for the “Colored Championship”. Even after the great Jack Johnson finally broke the color line and won the World Heavyweight Championship, he would only defend the title against white contenders. כתוצאה מכך, the toughest challengers
ידוע גם בקרדינל השינה, שרלוק הולמס’ שעה קטלנית (1931) הוא הסרט הראשון שרלוק הולמס בכיכובו של ארתור Wontner בתפקיד הראשי. הסרט עוסק באדם צעיר, שכבר בוגד בגשר כדי להחזיר את עושרו האבוד. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
בנובמבר 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Stickney was leaving the St. Louis Country Club, when she was approached by two African-American men. The lighter skinned man told Mrs. Stickney to turn over her jewels or he would take them from her. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Stickney handed the man her jewelry, valued at $17,000.00, ו - $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
סם מקווים היו לזכות באליפות האיגרוף במשקל כבד העולם צבעוני בעידן שבו שלושת הלוחמים הטובים ביותר היו שחורים וקפוא מחוץ לתמונת הכותרת. הוא התחיל 1903 את כל כך טוב, הוא היה להפעיל לוחץ על העולם במשקל כבד אגרוף האלוף ג'יימס J. ג'פריס לתת לו משחק. ג'פריס סרב לשבור “קו צבע” by giving a