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Marca 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. Zadnjo jesen bi odločil New York
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 let. Dodeljen utripu v bližini naravnega mostu in avenij Vandeventer, 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, Policist Anderson je hodil po Vandeventerju južno od
Sherlock Holmes in skrivno orožje (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 naredi videz kot dr. Moriart This movie is set during the early years of World War II, ko Holmes prikrade znanstvenik izven
V 1910-ih, Ameriška profesionalna rokoborba se je trajno preselila iz legitimnih rokoborskih tekmovanj v vnaprej dogovorjene ekshibicije. Zanimanje oboževalcev, nadzor promotorja in manjša obraba rokoborcev sta igrala vlogo pri tem prehodu. Drugi pritisk, o katerem se manj govori, je bil zunaj samega športa. Pred 20. stoletjem, profesionalni boks je bil v ZDA nezakonit. Goli členek
Četrtek, Februar 26, 1903, Jack Johnson je branil svoj naslov svetovnega prvaka v obarvanem boksu v težki kategoriji proti neporaženemu Samu McVeyu. McVey je prinesel a 6-0 rekord s šestimi nokavti na prvenstveni tekmi. Ker so boksarski promotorji temnopoltim borcem zavrnili tekmovanje za svetovno prvenstvo v boksu v težki kategoriji, najboljši boksarji na prelomu stoletja so se borili za obarvanega sveta
Paul Pons je francosko, grško-rimski Wrestling Champion. Bil je dovolj dober, da bi George Hackenschmidt teči za svoj denar na več turnirjih. Vendar, ko je prišel v Chicago 1900, je bil “poraženi” z lokalnim rokoborec. Okoliščine izgube pusti veliko od želenega. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Eden
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 napaden
Avgusta 11, 1915, current World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey fought Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts at the Atlas Athletic Association gym. McVey fought in an era where promoters froze out all the African American boxers, except the great Jack Johnson, from fighting for the world championship. McVey defeated most of the other great Black fighters of this
RKO Pictures prinesel Dick Tracy lik stripov na velika platna decembra 1, 1945. Medtem ko je film je definitivno “B” Film mišljeno, da se najprej na dvojni zakona, da bi še vedno bili v interesu mnogih ljubiteljev priljubljenega stripa. Chester Gould ustvaril strip v oktobru 1931 for the Detroit
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 let, 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