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. U naponu snage, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Na 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

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U veljači 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. Odjel Louis policije. When the bank association turned over the

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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

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Porijeklo Priče: Činjenica ili fikcija?

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Kada sam tek počeo trenirati borilačke vještine u 1995, priče povezane s osnivanjem većine borilačkih vještina bile su prilično fantastične s nadljudskim podvizima fizičke snage i borbenih sposobnosti pripisanih njihovim osnivačima. Bilo Kung Fu, Karate ili Judo, utemeljitelj je uzeo vještine naučene u prethodnim borilačkim vještinama, modificirao ga i porazio sve. Ove tvrdnje su

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