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Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, các đô vật vô địch thế giới và cử tạ trong 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch giữ danh hiệu trong năm năm và đánh bại mọi đối thủ. Ở tuổi tương đối trẻ của 35, Gotch quyết định nghỉ hưu. Trận đấu cuối cùng của ông, ông sẽ có trên một đô vật nổi tiếng châu Âu và cử tạ, George Lurich. George Lurich
Vào ngày 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Bát (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Tuy nhiên, 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.
Xung quanh 10 am on Thursday, Tháng Tư 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
Vào thứ Sáu, Có thể 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 “Cổng phía Tây”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 phút. 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 phim. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs thuê Holmes để bảo vệ
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. Anh ấy đã sử dụng
Ngày 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
Ngày 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Trong 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. Trong 1847, các
Cuối 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko đến Hoa Kỳ để thách thức World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling Frank Gotch. Trước khi gặp Gotch, Zbyszko lưu diễn Hoa Kỳ và chiến đấu với nhiều đô vật địa phương trong suốt những năm đầu của 1910. Zbyszko sẽ đi du lịch 37,000 dặm. Đầu năm du lịch của mình, Zbyszko gặp Frank Gotch trong một trận handicap. Zbyszko đánh bại Gotch, người đã
Vào thứ Sáu, Tháng Sáu 10, 1910, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley Ketchel fought his last fight against unheralded Jim Smith. Ketchel has cleared out the middleweight division, so boxing promoters struggled to find suitable competition for Ketchel. At only 24 tuổi, Ketchel lived hard and fought constantly causing an early breakdown of his body. After fighting Smith, Ketchel intended to