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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Karena fans hanya menganggap Clarence Whistler cukup terampil untuk benar-benar mengancam pemerintahannya, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Pada tanggal 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, yang
Dick Tracy Memenuhi Gruesome (1947) is the final entry in “B” 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 mungkin tahun terburuk dalam hidup Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman. Dia kehilangan kedua putri berusia sepuluh bulan itu Ida Mei Zimmerman dan istri keduanya Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Sebelum kematian Parker di Cape Giraurdeau Tornado dari 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Pada Januari 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. Sementara orang Inggris
Pada November 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 children. The St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
The Tournament Gulat Internasional terjadi dalam dua tahap antara Mei 19, 1915 dan Desember 31, 1915. Lima puluh pegulat akan bersaing di fase pertama turnamen termasuk Dunia Yunani-Romawi Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Angsuran kedua memiliki 40 pegulat termasuk up dan datang star Ed “Pencekik” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Itu
Sedikit orang yang tahu tentang prizefighter Paddy Ryan mungkin mengenalnya sebagai John L. Korban Sullivan. Sullivan mengalahkan Ryan untuk Heavyweight Championship di prizefighting 1882. Ryan adalah petarung yang baik. Ryan lahir pada bulan Maret 15, 1851 di Irlandia. Keluarganya pindah ke Troy, New York. Ryan dikenal melalui miliknya
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. Tidak jelas apakah tindakan Charles Sanders menarik perhatian Printz, atau Printz baru saja menemukan Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz menghampiri Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When