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Ngày 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. After
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (liên kết liên kết) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, hai tên tội phạm đã trốn thoát tù. Họ đang tìm cách trả thù những người đàn ông, người đôi vượt qua một trong những tên tội phạm, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls nói với hai trong số các lính canh nhà tù của mình, nơi một gia tài lớn đã được ẩn. 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,
Cuối 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 “Nông dân” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Tuy nhiên, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Qua 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
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 và 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. As a result, the toughest challengers
Còn được gọi tại Ngủ Đức Hồng Y, Sherlock Holmes’ Gây tử vong Giờ (1931) là bộ phim Sherlock Holmes đầu tiên với sự tham gia Arthur Wontner trong vai trò tiêu đề. Bộ phim liên quan đến một người đàn ông trẻ, người đã bị gian lận ở cây cầu để lấy lại sự giàu có của mình bị mất. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Vào ngày 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, và $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
Sam McVey sẽ giành chiến thắng trong thế giới màu Heavyweight Championship Boxing trong một thời đại mà ba con cá tốt nhất là màu đen và đông lạnh ra khỏi hình ảnh tiêu đề. Ông bắt đầu 1903 ra rất tốt, ông sẽ gây áp lực lên World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries để cho anh ta một trận đấu. Jeffries đã từ chối để phá vỡ “dòng màu” by giving a