Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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1月に 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “ラングラー” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel 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, Maker of Wrestling Stars

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Paul Pons was the Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion of France in the 1890s. He won a tournament at the Folies-Bergeres before winning a tournament in Russia in 1898. これらの勝利は彼が世界グレコローマンレスリング選手権を主張することを可能にしました. Pons capitalized on this notoriety by opening a gym to train wrestlers and strong men. Pons’ 勝利は特に顕著だった

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Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Louis Robbery

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で 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. <スパンbbox_x = "14" fweight = "3"赤= "255"緑= "255"青= "255"アルファ= "=" 244 "bbox_y =" 627 "bbox_w =" 56 "bbox_h =" 20 "FSIZE, 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. パラマウント・ピクチャーズが「危険を伴うアポイントメント」を公開 (affiliate link) in London in 1950 でもアメリカでは発売しなかった

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Willis Hall Gets 99 Years for Murder

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12月に 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office

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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. 後に

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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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Baptiste and Wasem Handle Parker

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後半では、 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “ファーマー” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. <スパンbbox_x = "14" fweight = "3"赤= "255"緑= "255"青= "255"アルファ= "=" 244 "bbox_y =" 627 "bbox_w =" 56 "bbox_h =" 20 "FSIZE, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. ルイ, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. バイ 1902, George

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