Hack and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

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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, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up

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Frankie Darro Irlandiż Luck (1939)

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Frankie Darro u Mantan Moreland kienu paired flimkien għall-ewwel darba f'dan Renters Internazzjonali, Ltd (Monogram Pictures) film, Awguri Irlandiż (1939). Fil-film (link affiljat), Frankie Darro jilgħab “Buzzy” O'Brien, a bellhop lukanda, filwaqt Mantan Moreland huwa Jefferson, l-porter lukanda. “Buzzy’s” missier kien uffiċjal tal-pulizija maqtula fil-linja ta 'dazju. “Buzzy” trid tkun

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Gotch Tries Boxing

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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, hu għalhekk li ż-żewġ promoturi

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Jack Johnson u l-ġlieda tas-Seklu

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, l-eks champion heavyweight rtirati, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” kontendenti. Fil-prim tiegħu, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Fil 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

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On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. Initially, 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. Louis Dipartiment tal-Pulizija. When the bank association turned over the

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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Fuq Jannar 7, 1903, St. 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. Madankollu, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, San. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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