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U prosincu 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. Nakon
U drugom preživjelom filmu o Sherlocku Holmesu (affiliate link) glumi Arthura Wontner kao Sherlock Holmes, Dva zločinci su pobjegli iz zatvora. Oni traže da se točno osvetu na ljudima, koji je dvaput prešao jedan od kriminalaca, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls rekli dva od policajaca iz svoga zatvora gdje je velika sreća bila skrivena. Čuvari pronašli blago, imati 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 “Seljak” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Međutim, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Po 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
Kao što sam napisao u nekoliko postova, najbolji boksači u teškoj kategoriji između 1900 i 1919 jesu li afroamerički boksači bili prisiljeni međusobno se boriti za “Prvenstvo u boji”. Čak i nakon što je sjajni Jack Johnson napokon probio liniju boja i osvojio Svjetsko prvenstvo u teškoj kategoriji, naslov bi branio samo protiv bijelih pretendenata. As a result, najteži izazivači
Poznat po The Sleeping kardinala, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatalna Sat (1931) je prvi Sherlock Holmes film u kojem glumi Arthura Wontner u naslovnoj ulozi. Film se odnosi na mladića, koji je varao na mostu povratiti svoje izgubljene bogatstvo. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Studeni 10, 1924, Gospođa. A.W. Stickney je napuštao St. Louis Country Club, kad su joj prišla dva Afroamerikanca. Muškarac svjetlije puti rekao je gđi. Stickneyju da preda svoje dragulje ili bi joj ih uzeo. Fearing for her safety, Gospođa. Stickney je čovjeku pružila svoj nakit, procijenjen na $17,000.00, i $85.00 in cash. Gospođa.
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