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Vào ngày 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Vào ngày 20, 1916, Ad Santel, một "gái điếm" nổi tiếng hoặc đô vật phục tùng có tay nghề cao, met Taro
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Johnny Reagan là một chiến binh quan trọng ở St.. Cảnh đấm bốc của Louis trong thập kỷ đầu tiên của thế kỷ 20. Xuất xứ từ Brooklyn, Reagan chuyển tới St.. Louis tập luyện dưới sự hướng dẫn của Jack McKenna. McKenna đặt trụ sở hoạt động ở St.. Louis, nơi chiến binh của anh ta chủ yếu chiến đấu tại St.. Louis’ Câu lạc bộ phía Tây. Reagan là một võ sĩ hạng bantamweight đang lên vào thời điểm đó
Ngày 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
Khi “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, được gọi là “Thuê” 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 a chilly night, Tháng một 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, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 năm. 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 William Muldoon mạnh mẽ được xem là bất khả chiến bại như World Wrestling Greco-Roman Champion. Only one man seriously challenged Muldoon during his dominant reign. The 165-pound Clarence Whistler consistently gave Muldoon his toughest challenges. Muldoon và Whistler gặp vào thứ năm, Tháng Mười Một 1, 1883 ở San Francisco, California in one of their several matches. William Muldoon was almost a head taller and weighed
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 phút. Beell won the
Joe Acton was one of England’s best wrestlers during the 19th Century. 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. Louis Police Department. 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. Qua 1904 hoặc 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,