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Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, чэмпіён свету змагар і цяжкаатлет у 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch насіў тытул на працягу пяці гадоў і перамог ўсіх жадаючых. У параўнальна маладым узросце 35, Gotch вырашыў сысці ў адстаўку. Для яго апошнім матчы, ён возьме на іншага вядомага еўрапейскага змагара і штангіста, Джордж Лурих. Джордж Лурих
Лістапада 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Лятучая мыш (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Аднак, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Around 10 am on Thursday, Красавіка 10, 1919, five heavily armed men burst into the Baden Bank. The bandits confronted M.W. Muntzel, the cashier, and demanded access to the vault. They rounded up the four other employees as Muntzel led the group to the vault. The robbers wore colored bandanas to obscure their features. While two of the five men
У пятніцу, Можа 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”, Вуліца. Луіс, Місуры. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 хвілін. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
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 фільмы. 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
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. Ён выкарыстаў
Мая 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
Жнівень 17, 1891, Вуліца. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. У 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Луіс. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. У 1847, the
У канцы 1909, Станіслава Zbyszko адправіўся ў Злучаныя Штаты, каб кінуць выклік свету ў суперцяжкай чэмпіён па вольнай барацьбе Фрэнк Готч. Да сустрэчы Готчем, Zbyszko турнэ па Злучаных Штатах і змагаліся шмат мясцовых змагароў на працягу ранняй часткі 1910. Zbyszko будзе падарожнічаць 37,000 міль. У пачатку свайго турнэ, Zbyszko сустрэўся Фрэнк Готч ў Гандыкапы матчы. Zbyszko паражэнне Готчем, who was
У пятніцу, Чэрвень 10, 1910, Чэмпіён свету па боксе ў сярэдняй вазе Стэнлі Кетчэл правёў свой апошні бой супраць неабвешчанага Джыма Сміта. Кетчэл выбыў з дывізіёна ў сярэдняй вазе, таму баксёрскія прамоўтэры з усіх сіл шукалі прыдатную канкурэнцыю для Кетчэла. At only 24 гадоў, Кетчэл жыў цяжка і пастаянна змагаўся, выклікаючы ранні зрыў свайго цела. Пасля бою Сміт, Кетчэл меў намер