Hack și Zbyszko Battle să elaboreze

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La inceputul 1911, publicul wrestling considerat trei oameni pentru a fi cea mai mare provocare a domnea campionul mondial Frank Gotch. Fostul campion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko și “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout vrut șansa de a bate Gotch. Gotch, care a fost prost nimănui, a decis să scoată o parte din amidon de la provocatorii săi potrivindu-i

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Frankie Darro în Irish Luck (1939)

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Frankie Darro și Mantan Moreland s-au asociat împreună pentru prima dată în acest inchirieri internationale, Ltd (Monogram Pictures) film, Luck irlandez (1939). In film (affiliate link), Piese de teatru Frankie Darro “Buzzy” O'Brien, un hamal de hotel, în timp ce Mantan Moreland este Jefferson, portarul hotelului. “Buzzy lui” father was a police officer killed in the line of duty. “Buzzy” vrea să fie

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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, motiv pentru care ambii promotori

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Jack Johnson and The Fight of the Century

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 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 Departamentul de Poliție. When the bank association turned over the

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Marie H. „Iubire” Johannpeter Kimker

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Uncle Jules” 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’ tată

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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Ianuarie 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. Totuși, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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