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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Al maig 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, que
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) és l'última entrada en “B” Cicle de cinema. RKO Pictures va prendre el relleu de la sèrie Republic Pictures, qui va donar a conèixer els serials originals Dick Tracy a la fi de 1930 i principis de 1940. RKO Pictures va estrenar la pel·lícula als cinemes el setembre 26, 1947. RKO va portar Boris Karloff a jugar Gruesome, 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 probablement va ser el pitjor any de la vida de Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman. Ell va perdre els seus deu mesos d'edat, filla d'Anada May Zimmerman i la seva segona esposa Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Abans de la mort de Parker al Cap Giraurdeau Tornado de 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Al gener 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. Mentre que britànic
Al novembre 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 nens. El St. L'arxidiòcesi de Louis va dedicar l'església
Es va produir el Torneig Internacional de Lluita Lliure en dues fases entre maig 19, 1915 i desembre 31, 1915. Cinquanta lluitadors competiran en la primera fase del torneig com World grecoromana Campió Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. El segon lliurament va tenir 40 lluitadors inclosos ascendents i que vénen estrella Ed “Estrangulador” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. La
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 era un bon lluitador per dret propi, però. Ryan va néixer el març 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan era conegut pel seu
On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. No està clar si les accions de Charles Sanders van cridar l'atenció de Printz, o Printz acaba de topar amb Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz es va acostar a Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When