Oliver Kirk en 1904 St. Louis Olympische Spelen

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Oliver Leonard Kirk heeft het onderscheid van het zijn de enige Olympische bokser om een ​​gouden medaille te winnen in twee verschillende gewichtsklassen in dezelfde Olympische Spelen. Oliver Kirk bereikte dit resultaat in zijn geboortestad Olympische Spelen in 1904. St. Louis gastheer van de derde Olympiade tijdens de 1904 World's Fair Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins for Title

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Op donderdag, Januari 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins verdedigde zijn American Wrestling Championship tegen een opkomende worstelaar uit Iowa. After the first fall, de fans beseften dat dit de zwaarste wedstrijd van de c Frank Alvin Gotch was, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins had Gotch verslagen

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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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The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935)

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The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) is een bewerking van een van de Ellery Queen-romans. Two cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, who wrote a number of detective novels under the pseudonym of the title character. In deze film, Ellery Queen is taking a vacation to California with his friend Judge Macklin. Natuurlijk, ze zijn nog niet zo lang bezig

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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In januari 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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