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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Паколькі фанаты лічылі Кларэнса Уістлера дастаткова кваліфікаваным, каб рэальна пагражаць яго праўленню, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Мая 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, хто
Дзік Трэйсі сустрэўся Цяжка (1947) гэта апошняя запіс у “B” фільм серыі. RKO Pictures прыняла шэраг больш з рэспублікі Фотаздымкі, СААЗ выпусціла арыгінальныя серыялы Дзік Трэйсі ў канцы 1930-х і пачатку 1940-х гадоў. RKO Pictures выпусціла фільм у кінатэатрах верасня 26, 1947. РКО прынёс Барыс Карлофф, каб гуляць жудасных, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
When thinking about African American history month, I thought about the first great Black wrestler that I saw personally. When I started watching wrestling in St. Louis during 1979, “Sailor” Art Thomas wrestled regularly on Wrestling at the Chase, our local weekly wrestling show. Wrestling at the Chase aired every Sunday at 11 A.M. on KPLR Channel 11. Although Thomas
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
1909 быў, верагодна, горшы год жыцця Паркер Лонзо Батар Цімермана. Ён страціў абодва яго дзесяць-месячную дачку Іда мая Цімермана і яго другой жонкі Мелі Боллинджера Цімермана. Перад смерцю Паркера ў Каба Giraurdeau тарнада 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Студзеня 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. Пакуль брытанскія
Лістапада 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Луіс”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Луіс, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Эдуард і Магдалена Mosblech, and their 14 children. Санкт-. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
Міжнародны турнір па вольнай барацьбе адбылася ў два этапы ў перыяд з мая 19, 1915 і снежань 31, 1915. Пяцьдзесят змагары будуць канкураваць на першым этапе турніру ў тым ліку сусветны грэка-рымскай Чэмпіён Аляксандр “Алекс” Аберг. Другі ўнёсак быў 40 змагары у тым ліку і бліжэйшыя зоркі Эду “Душыцель” Люіс, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. Ryan was a good fighter in his own right though. Ryan was born on March 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan was known through out his
On the evening of June 1, 1879, Вуліца. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Луіс’ South Side. It is not clear if Charles Sanders actions attracted Printz’s attention, or Printz just stumbled upon Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz walked up to Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. Калі