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Da Wladek Zbyszko reiste fra USA til Brasil for en lukrativ turné videre
Hvem er den største legitime profesjonelle bryteren til å bryte i USA? Hvordan gjøre
April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
On a chilly night, Januar 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 år. 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. Bare én mann utfordret Muldoon seriøst under hans dominerende regjeringstid. Clarence Whistler på 165 pund ga Muldoon konsekvent de tøffeste utfordringene. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California i en av deres flere kamper. William Muldoon var nesten et hode høyere og veide
Charlie Chan på Wax Museum (1940) star Sidney Toler som Charlie Chan er min favoritt Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan søker etter en morder i et voksmuseum. Wax museum er en front for en plastisk kirurg, som endrer utseendet på ettersøkte kriminelle for en pris. Kirurgen Dr. Fløte, spilt av 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 minutter. Beell vant
Joe Acton var en av Englands beste brytere på 1800-tallet. 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 opparbeidet seg et rykte som en tøff politibetjent i løpet av sin karriere i St.. Louis Police Department. Han ville trenge all den seigheten morgenen januar 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 hadde nettopp våknet og gjorde seg klar
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. Av 1904 eller 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,
Januar 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. I denne filmen, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. Greven arver farens penger og
På mandag, May 30, 1892, den store Peter Jackson bokset en hanskekamp med tidligere protesjé Frank Slavin. Begge mennene bodde og kjempet i Australia, selv om interessen fra fansen førte til at Jackson reiste verden rundt for å utnytte de økonomiske mulighetene i USA og England. Som i Australia, Jackson fant ofte at hvite boksere var uvillige til å kjempe mot ham. Få