Things Come Full Circle

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A few weeks ago, 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, I went on a year-long fitness

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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, ตัดสินใจนำแป้งบางส่วนออกจากผู้ท้าชิงโดยจับคู่พวกมันเข้าด้วยกัน

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Frankie Darro in Irish Luck (1939)

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Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland were paired together for the first time in this International Renters, Ltd (Monogram Pictures) ฟิล์ม, Irish Luck (1939). In the film (affiliate link), Frankie Darro plays “Buzzy” O’Brien, a hotel bellhop, while Mantan Moreland is Jefferson, the hotel porter. “Buzzy’s” father was a police officer killed in the line of duty. “Buzzy” ต้องการที่จะเป็น

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Sullivan Beats Paddy Ryan

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On February 7, 1882, จอห์น 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. <ช่วง bbox_x = "359" bbox_y = "1470" bbox_w = "12" bbox_h = "20" fsize fweight = "14" = "3" สีแดง = "255" สีเขียว = "255" สีฟ้า = "255" อัลฟา = " 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, มิสซิสซิปปี้รอบๆ

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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, ซึ่งเป็นเหตุผลว่าทำไมผู้สนับสนุนทั้งสองคน

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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. ที่ 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. หลุยส์. 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. หลุยส์กรมตำรวจ. When the bank association turned over the

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Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey

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เมื่อวันที่ 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 นาที. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “เดนเวอร์” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, เมื่อ

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Marie H. “เบ๊บ” โยฮันน์ปีเตอร์ คิมเกอร์

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. หลุยส์, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “ลุงจูลส์” 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)

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เมื่อวันที่ 7, 1903, เซนต์. 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. <ช่วง bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1491" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" fsize fweight = "14" = "3" สีแดง = "255" สีเขียว = "255" สีฟ้า = "255" อัลฟา = ", he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, เซนต์. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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