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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Në maj 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, që
Dick Tracy Meets 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 gjatë 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 ndoshta ishte viti më i keq i jetës Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman-së. Ai humbi edhe vajzën e tij të dhjetë muaj të vjetër Ida May Zimmerman dhe gruan e tij të dytë Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Para vdekjes Parker në Cape Giraurdeau Tornado e 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Ne Janar 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
Në nëntor 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 fëmijë. St. Kryedioqeza e Louis dedikoi kishën
Tournament International Wrestling ndodhur në dy faza në mes të majit 19, 1915 dhe dhjetor 31, 1915. Pesëdhjetë mundësit do të konkurrojnë në fazën e parë të turneut, duke përfshirë Botërore greko-romak kampion Aleksandër “Alex” Aberg. Kësti i dytë kishte 40 mundësit duke përfshirë deri dhe të vijnë yll ed “Strangler” Lewis, i cili u bashkua një muaj në turneun më November 22, 1915. The
Ata pak njerëz që e dinë në lidhje me Prizefighter Paddy Ryan ndoshta e njohin atë si John L. Viktimë Sullivan. Sullivan mundi Ryan për kampionatin Heavyweight Prizefighting në 1882. Megjithatë, Ryan ishte një luftëtar i mirë më vete. Ryan ka lindur në mars 15, 1851 në Irlandë. Familja e tij emigroi në Troy, Nju Jork. Ryan ishte i njohur nga të gjithë
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. Nuk është e qartë nëse veprimet e Charles Sanders tërhoqën vëmendjen e Printz, ose Printz sapo u ndesh me Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz iu afrua Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When