Paul Pons, Maker of Wrestling Stars

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Paul Pons was the Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion of France in the 1890s. He won a tournament at the Folies-Bergeres before winning a tournament in Russia in 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons capitalized on this notoriety by opening a gym to train wrestlers and strong men. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of

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Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Louis Robbery

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Մեջ 1934, Charles ArthurPretty BoyFloyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. Սակայն, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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Suspects But No Murderers

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Հոկտեմբերի 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, որը սպանեց

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Appointment with Danger (1950)

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I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Paramount Pictures-ը թողարկել է Appointment with Danger-ը (affiliate link) in London in 1950 բայց այն չի թողարկել Միացյալ Նահանգներում

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Willis Hall Gets 99 Years for Murder

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Դեկտեմբերի 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

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Lewis Solves Masked Marvel

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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

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Sherlock Holmes’ Greatest Case (1932)

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Շերլոկ Հոլմսի վերապրած երկրորդ ֆիլմում (affiliate link) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, երկու հանցագործները փախել են բանտը. Նրանք ձգտում են ճշգրիտ վրեժխնդիր լինել մարդկանց, Ով է կրկնակի անցել մեկը հանցագործների, Jonathan smalls. Smalls հայտնել երկու wardens իր բանտից, որտեղ մի մեծ հարստություն էր թաքնված. The wardens find the treasure, ունենալ ա

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George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

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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,

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Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

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Վերջին 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 “Ագարակատեր” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Սակայն, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Միջոցով 1902, George

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