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Ar Ebrill 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Ar Hydref 20, 1916, Ad Santel, “bachwr” nodedig neu reslwr cyflwyno medrus, met Taro
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Roedd Johnny Reagan yn ymladdwr pwysig yn ardal St. Golygfa focsio Louis yn ystod degawd cyntaf yr 20fed Ganrif. Yn wreiddiol o Brooklyn, Symudodd Reagan i St. Louis i hyfforddi o dan Jack McKenna. Seiliodd McKenna ei lawdriniaeth allan o St. Louis, lie yr ymladdodd ei ymladdwr yn benaf yn St. Louis’ Clwb West End. Roedd Reagan yn bwysau bantam cynyddol ar y pryd
On August 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, Missouri around 7:30 a.m. Three figures exited the train. Two healthy looking police officers were escorting John D. “Jack” Shea, who killed St. Louis Police Officer Patrick Doran on November 7, 1881. The gaunt and sickly Shea was no longer the young thug, who executed Doran during a chase after
When “Mae'r Rwsia Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, known as “Darnia” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Enillodd Hackenschmidt deitl y byd yn Greco-Rufeinig
On a chilly night, Ionawr 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 a.m. Sgt. Gibbons walked towards the Wabash Railroad’s Delmar Station, which was in complete darkness. Gibbons kneeled and wrapped his nightstick on the platform to signal any nearby beat officers to report to him. Patrolman Arthur J. Saxy heard the night
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, yr St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 blynyddoedd. 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
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Dim ond un dyn a heriodd Muldoon o ddifrif yn ystod ei deyrnasiad dominyddol. Rhoddodd Clarence Whistler, 165 pwys, ei heriau anoddaf yn gyson i Muldoon. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Tachwedd 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California yn un o'u gornestau niferus. Roedd William Muldoon bron â bod ei ben yn dalach ac yn pwyso
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 cofnodion. Enillodd Beell y
Roedd Joe Acton yn un o reslwyr gorau Lloegr yn ystod y 19eg ganrif. 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
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Adran Heddlu Louis. He would need all that toughness on the morning of January 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. O’Keefe had just woken up and was getting ready
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. Erbyn 1904 neu 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,