Gotch Beats Lurich in His Last Match

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Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, svetovni prvak rokoborec in uteži v 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch potekala naziv za dobo petih let in premagali vse novinci. Ob relativno mladosti 35, Gotch odločila, da se upokojijo. Na svoji zadnji tekmi, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich

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George Baptiste Meets World Champion

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V petek, Lahko 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 min. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler

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Terror by Night (1946)

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Universal Pictures released the thirteenth of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 filmi. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs hires Holmes to protect the

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Uporabil je

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Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947)

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Maja 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). It was welcome news for fans of the franchise although Chester Gould was a notable exception. Gould created the Tracy character for the comic page of the Detroit Mirror. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours v 1910

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V pozno 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko odpotoval v Združene države Amerike za izpodbijanje svetovnega prvaka v težki kategoriji Wrestling Frank Gotch. Pred srečanja Gotch, Zbyszko gostovala v Združene države in bojeval veliko lokalnih rokoborcev celotnem zgodnjem delu 1910. Zbyszko bi potovali 37,000 milj. Zgodaj v svoji turneji, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, ki je bil

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