Oliver Kirk en die 1904 St. Louis Olimpiese Spele

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Oliver Leonard Kirk het die onderskeiding dat dit die enigste Olimpiese bokser 'n goue medalje te wen in twee afsonderlike gewig klasse in dieselfde Olimpiese Spele. Oliver Kirk vervul hierdie ding op sy tuisdorp Olimpiese Spele in 1904. St. Louis gasheer vir die derde Olimpiade gedurende die 1904 World's Fair Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Moord op die Baskervilles (1937)

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Arthur Wontner is waarskynlik die beste film portrayer van Sherlock Holmes. Sy vyfde en laaste uitstappie as Holmes in Moord by die Baskervilles (1937). Die rolprent is vrygestel in die Verenigde Koninkryk in 1937 maar is nie in Amerika vrygestel tot Januarie 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins for Title

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On Thursday, Januarie 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins het sy Amerikaanse stoeikampioenskap verdedig teen 'n opkomende stoeier van Iowa. After the first fall, die ondersteuners het besef dit was die moeilikste wedstryd van die c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins het Gotch's verslaan

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Die Spaanse Cape Mystery (1935)

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Die Spaanse Cape Mystery (1935) is 'n verwerking van een van die Ellery Queen-romans. Twee neefs, Frederic Dannay en Manfred Lee, wat 'n aantal speurder romans onder die skuilnaam van die titel karakter geskryf. In hierdie film, Ellery Queen neem 'n vakansie na Kalifornië saam met sy vriend Regter Macklin. Natuurlik, hulle is nie lank in hul

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Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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Op November 16, 1877, St. Louis Polisie Beampte John S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. Die man het later geïdentifiseer as Frank Rande aangegaan Wright se pandjieswinkel omstreeks 9:30 voormiddag. Wright het een van sy assistente vir die polisie. As Officer White and Heffernan

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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In Januarie 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Worger” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.

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