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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. На маја 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, who
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) is the final entry in “Б” 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. Луј током 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 сати пре подне. 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 је вероватно најгора година Паркер Лонзо Батор Зиммерман животу. Он је изгубио свој оба десет месеци стару ћерку Ида мај Зиммерман и своју другу супругу Мели Боллингер Зиммерман. Пре Паркера смрти у Кејп Гираурдеау Торнадо у 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 “Б” 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. Док Британци
Новембра 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Лоуис”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Лоуис, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 деца. Свети. Луја надбискупија је посветила цркву
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 “Давитељ” Луис, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Неколико људи који знају о борцу Педи Рајан вероватно га знам као Џон Л. Жртва Сулливан. Саливен тукли Рајана за професионални бокс у тешкој категорији у првенству 1882. Ryan was a good fighter in his own right though. Ryan was born on March 15, 1851 у Ирској. Његова породица емигрирала у Троју, New York. Ryan was known through out his
On the evening of June 1, 1879, Свети. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Лоуис’ South Side. Није јасно да ли су акције Чарлса Сандерса привукле Принтзову пажњу, или је Принтц управо наишао на Сандерса. Whatever the circumstances, Принтз је отишао до Сандерса, who had a revolver in his right hand. Када