Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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Janvārī 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.

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Paul Pons, Veidotāja Cīņas Stars

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Paul Pons bija grieķu-romiešu cīņa čempions Francijas 1890. Viņš uzvarēja turnīrā pie Folies-Bergeres pirms uzvarēt turnīrā Krievijā 1898. Šīs uzvaras viņam ļāva pretendēt uz pasaules grieķu-romiešu cīņas čempionātu. Pons kapitalizētas uz šo slavu, atverot sporta zāli, lai vilcienu cīkstoņi un spēcīgi vīrieši. Pons’ uzvara bija īpaši ievērojama, jo

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Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Louis Robbery

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Uz 1934, Charles ArthurPretty BoyFloyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. Tomēr, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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Appointment with Danger (1950)

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I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Kinostudija Paramount Pictures publicēja programmu Appointment with Danger (filiāli saite) Londonā 1950 bet neizlaida to Apvienotajā Karalistē

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Lewis Solves Masked Marvel

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When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. Pēc

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Sherlock Holmes’ Greatest lieta (1932)

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Otrajā pārdzīvojušajā Šerloka Holmsa filmā (filiāli saite) starring Arthur Wontner kā Sherlock Holmes, divi noziedznieki ir aizbēguši cietumā. Viņi vēlas, lai precīzi atriebties par vīriešiem, kurš dubultā šķērsoja viens no noziedzniekiem, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls pastāstīja divus uzraugi viņa cietumā, kur liela laime bija paslēptas. The wardens find the treasure, ir a

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George Baptiste Wins Detroit Tournament

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During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,

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