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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Zaleek Clarence Whistler-ek bere erregealdia benetan mehatxatzeko adina trebetzat jotzen zutenez, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Maiatzaren On 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, who
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) is the final entry in “B” film series. RKO Pictures serie hartu baino Errepublika Pictures, jatorrizko Dick Tracy seriadas kaleratu 1930eko hamarkadaren amaieran eta 1940ko hasieran. RKO Pictures film kaleratu antzoki irailaren 26, 1947. RKO ekarri Boris Karloff ere Gruesome jolasteko, 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 zen ziurrenik Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman bizitzaren urteko txarrena. Bere alaba biak hamar hilabeteko zaharra Ida maiatzaren Zimmerman eta bere bigarren emaztea Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman galdu zuen. Parker Cabo Giraurdeau of Tornado batean hil aurretik 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Urtarrilaren On 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. Britainiarra berriz
Azaroaren on 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 eta Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. St du. Louis Artzapezpikutzak eliza eskaini zuen
Nazioarteko Borroka Txapelketa bi fasetan gertatu maiatza bitartean 19, 1915 eta abenduaren 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers txapelketako lehenengo fasea barne Mundu greko-erromatar txapelduna Aleksander lehiatuko litzateke “Alex” Aberg. Bigarren zatikako izan 40 wrestlers up barne eta izar Ed datozen “Strangler” Lewis, 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 borrokalari ona izan zen berez. Ryan martxoan jaio zen 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan bere bidez ezagutzen zen
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. Ez dago argi Charles Sandersen ekintzek Printz-en arreta erakarri zuten, edo Printz-ek Sandersekin topo egin zuen. Whatever the circumstances, Printz Sandersengana joan zen, who had a revolver in his right hand. When