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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. מאז המעריצים רק חשבו שקלרנס ויסלר מיומן מספיק כדי באמת לאיים על שלטונו, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. On May 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, מי
דיק טרייסי פוגשת מבעיתה (1947) is the final entry in “ב '” film series. RKO Pictures took the series over from Republic Pictures, who released the original Dick Tracy serials in the late 1930s and early 1940s. RKO Pictures released the film to theaters on September 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play 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 הייתה כנראה השנה הגרועה ביותר בחייו של פארקר Lonzo הטור צימרמן. הוא איבד את שני בתו בת עשרה חודש אידה מאי צימרמן ואשתו השנייה Mellie ולינגר צימרמן. לפני מותו של פרקר בקייפ Giraurdeau טורנדו של 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
On January 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “ב '” 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. בעוד בריטי
בנובמבר 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. לואיס”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. לואיס, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, אדוארד ומגדלנה Mosblech, and their 14 ילדים. סנט. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
טורניר ההיאבקות הבינלאומי התרחש בשני שלבים בין מאי 19, 1915 ודצמבר 31, 1915. חמישים מתאבקים יתחרה בשלב הראשון של הטורניר, כולל עולם יוון ורומא אלוף אלכסנדר “אלכס” Åberg. היה התשלום השני 40 מתאבקים כולל מעלה באים כוכבים אד “<תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "976" = bbox_w "1948" = bbox_h "52" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = "” לואיס, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
כמה אנשים שיודעים על המתאגרף פאדי ריאן כנראה מכירים אותו כג'ון L. הקורבן של סאליבן. סאליבן הכה ריאן על האליפות במשקל כבד בתחרויות ההיאבקות 1882. Ryan was a good fighter in his own right though. Ryan was born on March 15, 1851 באירלנד. משפחתו היגרה לטרוי, ניו יורק. Ryan was known through out his
On the evening of June 1, 1879, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. לואיס’ 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. When