Archbishop Kenrick Celebrates 50 Vuotta

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On August 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Sisään 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Ludvig. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. Sisään 1847, the

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours 1910

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Loppuvuodesta 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko matkusti Yhdysvaltoihin haastaa Maailman Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Ennen kokous- Gotch, Zbyszko kiersi Yhdysvalloissa ja taisteli monien paikallisten painijoita koko alkuvuoden 1910. Zbyszko matkustaisi 37,000 kilometriä. Aikaisin hänen kiertueella, Zbyszko tapasi Frank Gotch vuonna haitta ottelussa. Zbyszko kukisti Gotch, joka oli

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Ringer Throws Wasem

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Lauantaina, Marraskuu 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutes. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Ludvig’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem riivattiin

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins for Title

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Torstaina, Tammikuu 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins puolusti American Wrestling -mestaruuttaan Iowasta tulevaa painijaa vastaan. After the first fall, fanit ymmärsivät, että se oli Frank Alvin Gotchin vaikein ottelu, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins oli voittanut Gotchin

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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, Marraskuu 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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Henry Moses Dufur muistot

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Henry Moses Dufur oli raskaansarjan kaulus- ja kyynärpainin maailmanmestari 1870-luvulla. Mennessä 1855, Dufur jäi eläkkeelle ammattipainista jatkaakseen kokopäiväistä vaateräätälin ammattiaan. Jopa painiuransa aikana, Dufur työskenteli räätälinä. Dufur kertoi The Boston Globen kirjeenvaihtajalle syntyneensä Richfordissa, Vermontissa kesäkuussa 5, 1943. Tämä päivämäärä

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Dan Daly Beats Ed Kelly

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In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Ludvig. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in

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Tom Allen Fights Bill Davis

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1800-luvulla, most states banned bare-knuckled prizefighting and professional gloved boxing. Police often arrested fighter, managers, and promoters to stop prizefighting. A unique aspect of geography turned St. Louis into an ideal fight venue to get around the authorities’s activity to stop professional prizefighting. In the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, the river’s current created a handful

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