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På marts 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. Det sidste efterår ville blive afgjort via hvad The New York
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 år. Tildelt til et beat nær Natural Bridge og Vandeventer Avenues, Officer Anderson was known as the “Friendly Copper” by the residents and businesses on his beat. Working the overnight shift on a cold February morning, Betjent Anderson gik på Vandeventer lige syd for
Sherlock Holmes og det hemmelige våben (1942) is the second of the Universal film versions of the stories and the fourth movie starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Lionell Atwill gør en udseende som Dr. Moriart This movie is set during the early years of World War II, når Holmes sniger en videnskabsmand fra
I 1910'erne, Amerikansk professionel wrestling flyttede permanent fra legitime wrestling-konkurrencer til forudaftalte udstillinger. Faninteresse, promotorkontrol og mindre slitage på bryderne spillede alt sammen en rolle i denne overgang. Et andet mindre omtalt pres var uden for selve sporten. Før det 20. århundrede, professionel boksning var ulovligt i USA. Bare kno
På torsdag, Februar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson forsvarede sit World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship mod den ubesejrede Sam McVey. McVey bragte en 6-0 rekord med seks knockouts ind i mesterskabskampen. Siden boksningspromotorer nægtede at lade sorte kæmpere konkurrere om World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, de bedste boksere omkring århundredeskiftet kæmpede for verdens farvede
Paul Pons var en fransk græsk-romersk brydning Champion. Han var godt nok til at give George Hackenschmidt en køre for sine penge i flere turneringer. Men, da han kom til Chicago i 1900, han var “besejret” af en lokal wrestler. Omstændighederne i tabet lader meget tilbage at ønske. Paul Pons rejste til USA i 1900. Én
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, St. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn responded to calls for service like any other patrolman. On the morning of February 28, 1916, Anslyn was patrolling the area of Franklin and Jefferson Avenues. A citizen notified Anslyn that 30-year-old Albert Kivet was celebrating after his birthday on February 27th. During his revelry, Kivet overfaldet
Den August 11, 1915, den nuværende verdensfarvede sværvægtsboksningsmester Sam McVey kæmpede mod Sandy Ferguson i Boston, Massachusetts i Atlas Athletic Association-gymnastiksalen. McVey kæmpede i en æra, hvor promotorer frøs alle afroamerikanske boksere ud, undtagen den store Jack Johnson, fra at kæmpe om verdensmesterskabet. McVey besejrede de fleste af de andre store sorte kæmpere i dette
RKO Pictures bragte Dick Tracy tegneserie karakter til det store lærred på December 1, 1945. Mens filmen er absolut en “B” film betød at være først på den dobbelte regning, det ville stadig have været af interesse for de mange fans af den populære tegneserie. Chester Gould skabte striben i oktober 1931 for the Detroit
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 år, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at