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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Siden fansen bare anså Clarence Whistler som dyktig nok til å virkelig true hans regjeringstid, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Mai 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, som
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) er den siste oppføringen i “B” film serie. RKO Pictures tok serier over fra Republic Pictures, som lanserte den originale Dick Tracy serier på slutten av 1930-tallet og begynnelsen av 1940-tallet. RKO Pictures sluppet filmen på kino på 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 var trolig det verste året for Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman liv. Han mistet både sin ti måneder gamle datter Ida May Zimmerman og hans andre kone Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Før Parkers død i Cape Giraurdeau Tornado av 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Januar 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. While British
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 og Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. The St. Louis erkebispedømmet viet kirken
Den internasjonale Wrestling Tournament skjedde i to faser mellom mai 19, 1915 og desember 31, 1915. Femti brytere ville konkurrere i den første fasen av turneringen, inkludert Verdens gresk-romersk Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. Den andre utgaven hadde 40 brytere inkludert opp og kommende stjerne Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Den
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 var imidlertid en god fighter i seg selv. Ryan ble født i mars 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan var kjent gjennom hele hans
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. Det er ikke klart om Charles Sanders handlinger tiltrakk Printz oppmerksomhet, eller Printz snublet nettopp over Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz gikk bort til Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. Når