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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Ker so oboževalci samo menili, da je Clarence Whistler dovolj izkušen, da resnično ogrozi njegovo vladavino, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Maja 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, ki
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) je končni vpis v “B” film serija. RKO Pictures vzel serijo prenesenih iz Republike Pictures, ki sprosti izvirne Dick Tracy nanizanke v poznih 1930 in začetku leta 1940. RKO Pictures sprosti film gledališča septembra 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 med 1979, “Mornar” 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 je verjetno najslabše leto Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman življenje. Izgubil je tako svojo Desetmesečno hčerko Ida maj Zimmerman in njegovo drugo ženo Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Pred Parkerja smrti v Cape Giraurdeau tornado 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Januarja 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. Medtem ko britanski
Novembra 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 in Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 otroci. St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Tistih nekaj ljudi, ki vedo o Profesionalen pevec Paddy Ryan ga verjetno poznate kot John L. Sullivan je žrtev. Sullivan premagati Ryana za Težji Prizefighting prvenstvu v 1882. Ryan je bil sam po sebi dober borec. Ryan se je rodil marca 15, 1851 na Irskem. Njegova družina emigrirala v Trojo, New York. Ryan je bil ves čas znan
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. 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