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Aprillil 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Joe Acton oli 19. sajandil üks Inglismaa parimaid maadlejaid. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
During the 19th century, both prizefighters and duelists took advantage of the sandbar islands in the Mississippi River, around St. Louis, Missouri, to hold prizefights or duels. Authorities have frowned on duels to the death in any location. Siiski, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Poolt 1904 või 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
On jaanuar 10, 1940, Rowland V. Lee released his low-budget feature film The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) through United Artists. Rowland V. Lee started directing films in 1920 and would make 59 films before retiring in 1945. In this film, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. The Count inherits his father’s money and the
Esmaspäeval, Mai 30, 1892, suurepärane Peter Jackson pidas kinnasmatši endise kaitsealuse Frank Slaviniga. Mõlemad mehed elasid ja võitlesid Austraalias, kuigi fännide huvi viis Jacksoni maailmaturneele, et kasutada ära rahalisi võimalusi Ameerika Ühendriikides ja Inglismaal. Nagu Austraalias, Jackson leidis sageli, et valged poksijad ei tahtnud temaga võidelda. vähe
St. Louis, 20. sajandi alguses, oli silmapaistev professionaalse poksi stseen. Abe Attell, kuigi sündinud San Franciscos, asus St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell kaitses oma sulgkaalu poksi maailmameistrivõistlust sagedase rivaali Harry Forbesi vastu. Forbes oli ka regulaarselt St. Louisi poksistseen. Forbes alistas Danny Dougherty
Jim Londos tõusis professionaalse maadluse ridades, et saada mitte ainult 1930. aastate, vaid kõigi aegade suurimaks kassastaariks. Siiski, kui London poleks tulnud St. Louis 1920. aastate alguses, lugu oleks võinud olla hoopis teistsugune. Londos õppis püüda-saagi-saab maadlust, samal ajal kui Londos esines karnevaliringil tugeva mehena.
Sam Langford peetakse üheks suurimaks naela nael võitlejad kogu aeg. Sündis märtsis 4, 1883 Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, teda peetakse kõigi aegade suurimaks Kanada poksijaks. Tema võitluskarjäär ulatus aastast 1900 kuni 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Ta
The Gorilla (1939) is a comedy-mystery “B” film starring the Ritz Brothers, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi and Lionell Atwill. The film was produced by Twentieth-Century Fox before they quit making “B” filmid, the first film on a double bill. The Ritz Brothers were active between 1925 and the 1960s, when Al Ritz the oldest brother passed away. The brothers made
Oktoobril 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) meistrivõistlused, kuid jäi tähelepanu alt välja kuni