Things Come Full Circle

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وقبل أسابيع قليلة, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, ذهبت إلى اللياقة البدنية لمدة عام

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Hack and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

جورج هاكنشميدت تظاهر

At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, قرر أن يأخذ بعض النشا من منافسيه عن طريق مطابقتهم

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فرانكي دارو في الايرلندية الحظ (1939)

فرانكي دارو من عام 1941

تم إقران فرانكي دارو وMantan مورلاند معا للمرة الأولى في هذا المستأجرين الدولية, المحدودة (حرف واحد فقط صور) فيلم, الحظ الأيرلندية (1939). في الفيلم (وصلة التابعة), يلعب فرانكي دارو “Buzzy” اوبراين, لمندوب خدمات الفندق, بينما Mantan مورلاند هو جيفرسون, العتال الفندق. “Buzzy’s” father was a police officer killed in the line of duty. “Buzzy” يريد أن يكون

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Sullivan Beats Paddy Ryan

جون إل سوليفان

On February 7, 1882, جون L. Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan for a title, which was certainly the American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship but probably not the World Title it was billed as. <تمتد bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1385" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = " 1880, Paddy Ryan won the title in his first and only prize fight before facing the ferocious power puncher Sullivan. The men met in Mississippi City, ميسيسيبي حولها

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Gotch Tries Boxing

الملاكمة الصريحة

An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, وهذا هو السبب في أن كلا المروجين

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جاك جونسون والكفاح من القرن

جاك جونسون

After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, بطل الوزن الثقيل السابق المتقاعد, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “الأمل الأبيض” المتنافسين. في كلمته رئيس الحكومة, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

البالغ من STL-الشرطة-شارة

On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. لويس. في البداية, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. إدارة الشرطة لويس. When the bank association turned over the

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Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey

كينيدي وجانيت

في أبريل 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 <تمتد bbox_x = "273" bbox_y = "1490" bbox_w = "50" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = ". From February 5, 1903, when he beat “دنفر” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter Kimker

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. لويس, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “عم جول” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

هانا ماكلولين

كانون الثاني 7, 1903, الحادي و. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. لكن, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, سانت. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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