Prelude to 1912 Hauteskunde Presidentzialak

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Theodore Roosevelt Hauteskunde egunean erabakia zoritxarreko egin 1904. Iragarri ari Lehendakaritzaren hautatua bere eskubide osoz bulegora behetik William McKinley hilketaren gainean ondoren zuen berak ez zuela epe beste exekutatu in 1908. Roosevelt ia epe osoa zerbitzatzen zuen bere hauteskunde aurretik McKinley irailean hil zuten bezala 1901.

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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, horregatik bi sustatzaileak

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St. Louis Police Nab Robber of Policeman

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Astelehenean, Martxoa 5, 1900, St. Louis Police Officers Thomas Meagher and Thomas Degnan apprehended men who robbed an East St. Louis Officer of his gun. Ed Sullivan, bat 22 year-old transient, robbed an East St. Louis Police Officer of his gun, jewelry and possessions in late February 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive

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Heenan Loses to King in Last Bout

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John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “the Benicia Boy”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight

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Gotch Wanted Hack in St. Louis

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Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” St in. Louis during the 1904 Munduko Azoka. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 Chicagon,

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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Larunbatean, Martxoa 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. Moran eta detektibeak

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