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Desember 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. Etter
I den andre overlevende Sherlock Holmes-filmen (affiliate link) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, to kriminelle har rømt fengsel. De søker å hevne seg på menn, som dobbelt krysset en av de kriminelle, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls fortalte to av wardens av sitt fengsel hvor en stor formue ble skjult. The wardens find the treasure, har en
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 “Farmer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. However, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Av 1902, George
Chester Gould skapte Dick Tracy tegneserien i 1931. Opprinnelig publisert gjennom Detroit Metro, stripen flyttet til Chicago Tribune der det gjorde papiret og Gould rik gjennom syndikering. Det var bare et spørsmål om tid før Dick Tracy debuterte på lerretet. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
Som jeg har skrevet i flere innlegg, de beste tungvektsbokserne mellom 1900 and 1919 ble de afroamerikanske bokserne tvunget til å kjempe mot hverandre for “Farget mesterskap”. Selv etter at den store Jack Johnson endelig brøt fargelinjen og vant World Heavyweight Championship, han ville bare forsvare tittelen mot hvite kandidater. As a result, de tøffeste utfordrerne
Også kjent at The Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) er den første Sherlock Holmes film med Arthur Wontner i tittelrollen. Filmen handler om en ung mann, som har vært utro på broen for å gjenvinne sin tapte formue. Professor Moriarty bruker informasjonen i et forsøk på å utpresse den unge mannen Ronald Adair, portrettert av Leslie Perrins.
November 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Stickney forlot St. Louis Country Club, da hun ble oppsøkt av to afroamerikanske menn. Den lysere mannen fortalte Mrs. Stickney for å overlate juvelene hennes, ellers ville han ta dem fra henne. Av frykt for hennes sikkerhet, Mrs. Stickney ga mannen hennes smykker, verdsatt til $17,000.00, and $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
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