Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours in 1910

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In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, who was

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins for Title

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On Thursday, Januar 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins forsvarte sitt amerikanske mesterskap i bryting mot en kommende bryter fra Iowa. After the first fall, fansen innså at det var den tøffeste kampen i Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins hadde beseiret Gotch's

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Den spanske Cape Mystery (1935)

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Den spanske Cape Mystery (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. To fettere, Frederic Dannay og Manfred Lee, som skrev en rekke krimromaner under pseudonymet tittelen karakter. I denne filmen, Ellery Queen tar en ferie til California med sin venn Dommer Macklin. Selvfølgelig, they are not long into their

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Jake Kilrain bokser uavgjort

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Mens kjent for å kjempe mot John L. Sullivan i den siste premiekampen i verdensmesterskapet konkurrerte under bare knokeregler, Jake Kilrain deltok også i mange hanskekamper. Premiekampen gikk over fra regler for bare knoke til hanskekamper under Marquess of Queensberry-reglene (tidlig amatør og profesjonell boksing) på slutten av 1800-tallet. Som Sullivan, Kilrain ville kjempe i dur

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