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 “Entaille” à St. Louis during the 1904 Exposition universelle. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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Hart’s Face Beats Up Johnson’s Fist

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On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. Il est également entré comme l'un des

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Charlie Chan au Treasure Island (1939)

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Charlie Chan au Treasure Island (1939) est le troisième film de Fox Twentieth-Century vedette Sidney Toler comme Charlie Chan. Inspecteur Chan et Jimmy Chan, joué par Victor Sen Yung, s'envolent pour l'Exposition universelle de San Francisco à 1939 alors que le film s'ouvre. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. L'ami de Charlie, Paul Essex, est également à bord du vol., played

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The Way to Live in Health and Strength

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For my birthday this year, I purchased one of my favorite books, The Way to Live in Health and Strength (affiliate link) by Georg Hackenschmidt. Georg Hackenschmidt set many weightlifitng world records before focusing on professional wrestling. Hackenschmidt would win the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in 1901. Hackenschmidt would reign as undefeated World Champion for 7 ans jusqu'à perdre son

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Détective amateur captures dynamiteurs

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Dimanche matin, Août 12, 1900, St. Louis La police a arrêté quatre anciens travailleurs de tramway ligne de transport pour souffler jusqu'à la ligne Olive Street sur l'avenue Maryland entre N. Taylor et N. Euclid Avenue sur la nuit précédente à 11:00 p.m. La police a arrêté Maurice Brennan, Et Fred. Northway, James Schwartz et James Finnesey. La police a trouvé 30 livres de dynamite et 30 feet

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