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A l'abril 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
En esports de combat, un bon home gran acostuma a guanyar un bon home petit. Si ets genial, sovint podeu compensar grans discrepàncies de mida. Edwin Bibby només tenia 5 anys’04” and weighed 160 lliures però va derrotar a molts lluitadors més grans durant la seva carrera de lluita professional. Bibby va derrotar a molts lluitadors, inclòs el gegantí lluitador alemany William Heygster. Edwin Bibby va ser capaç
Al novembre 30, 1871, una gran multitud d'homes va pujar a deu vagons a Nova Orleans, Mobile i el ferrocarril de Texas quan s'aturava a Canal Street a Nova Orleans, Louisiana. El tren va continuar cap a l'estació de Montgomery a prop de Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on la gent va deixar la pluja i es va dirigir cap al bosc. Una processó tan estranya
When World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion William Muldoon retired in 1889, he hoped his protege Ernest Roeber would be recognized as the new champion. Però, Muldoon won his title in Greco-Roman wrestling, which was the German-born Roeber’s expertise. Desafortunadament, the exploits of Martin “Farmer” Burns and Evan “El Estrangulador” Lewis catapulted catch-as-catch-can wrestling into the dominant style. Roeber did have a
Johnny Reagan was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. Louis, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
When “El lleó rus” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, conegut com “Cop de destral” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt won the world title in Greco-Roman
On Thursday, Setembre 7, 1876, Tom Allen defended his World Heavyweight Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship against fellow Englishman Joe Goss. Allen, originally from Birmingham, England, settled in St. Louis, Missouri. Allen eventually became a U.S. Citizen. Allen showed a pugnacious personality, inside and outside the ring, making powerful enemies amongst the sporting men in the United States. Allen particularly irritated
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 any. They replaced him with Desmond’s ex-assistant James Smith, who was dismissed by the previous board. How did one of the greatest, if not the greatest, detectives in
El poderós William Muldoon era considerat invencible com grecoromana World Wrestling Campió. Only one man seriously challenged Muldoon during his dominant reign. The 165-pound Clarence Whistler consistently gave Muldoon his toughest challenges. Muldoon i Whistler es van reunir dijous, Novembre 1, 1883 a San Francisco, California in one of their several matches. William Muldoon was almost a head taller and weighed
Charlie Chan al Museu de Cera (1940) protagonitzada per Sidney Toler com Charlie Chan és la meva pel · lícula favorita de Charlie Chan. Charlie Chan és la recerca d'un assassí en un museu de cera. El museu de cera és una façana per a un cirurgià plàstic, que canvia l'aparença dels delinqüents buscats per un preu. El cirurgià Dr. Crema, played by C. Henry Gordon, also
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 acta. Beell won the