Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)

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Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials

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Sam Langford bekæmper Dixie Kid

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Som jeg har skrevet i flere indlæg, de bedste sværvægtsboksere imellem 1900 og 1919 blev de afroamerikanske boksere tvunget til at kæmpe mod hinanden for “Farvede Mesterskab”. Selv efter at den store Jack Johnson endelig brød farvelinjen og vandt World Heavyweight Championship, han ville kun forsvare titlen mod hvide kandidater. As a result, de hårdeste udfordrere

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Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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On September 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. I årevis, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

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“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 og 126 pounds, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. På juli 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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Evan Lewis Strangles Tom Cannon

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Den August 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. Det var i hvert fald, hvad jeg oprindeligt troede, og de fleste historikere har citeret. Moderne

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