George Baptiste Dies

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Á Desember 1, 1938 á 5:15 am, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 ára. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home

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Morð kl 2912 Washington

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Byggingar eru bara haugar af borðum og múrsteinum án sögunnar sem þeim fylgja. During November 1912, St. Arthur Huddleston, lögregluþjónn í Louis, var myrtur af morðingjanum Albert Whitefield, sem var skilorðsbundinn. Whitefield hafði komið sambýliskonu sinni á óvart, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

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Ad Santel Brings The Pain

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Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Þó þessi saga gæti eða gæti

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