Спомени на Хенри Мозес Дюфур

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Хенри Мозес Дюфур е световен шампион по борба с яка и лакът в тежка категория през 1870-те. От 1855, Дюфур се оттегли от професионалната борба, за да следва професията си на пълен работен ден като шивач на дрехи. Дори по време на борцовата си кариера, Дюфур работел като шивач. Дюфур каза на кореспондента на The Boston Globe, че е роден в Ричфорд, Върмонт през юни 5, 1943. Тази дата на

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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. <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. 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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През 19 век, 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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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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In January 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “<Педя bbox_x = "949" bbox_y = "1799" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = "” 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 на Борци Stars

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Paul Pons е гръко-римската борба шампион на Франция през 1890. Той спечели турнира в Фоли Берже, преди да спечели турнир в Русия през 1898. Тези победи му позволиха да спечели Световното първенство по гръко-римска борба. Pons капитализира тези известност чрез откриване на фитнес зала до жп борци и силни мъже. Pons’ победата беше особено забележителна поради

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Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Луис Обир

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В 1934, Чарлз Артър “Красиво момче” Флойд приключи престъпната си кариера в Източен Ливърпул, Царевично поле в Охайо след престрелка с агенти на ФБР и местни служители на реда. Обаче, през декември 1925, той беше номер на затворник 29078 в затвора в Мисури. 21-годишният Флойд току-що беше осъден за обира на главния офис на Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company

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Suspects But No Murderers

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<Педя bbox_x = "244" bbox_y = "690" bbox_w = "74" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = " 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, което уби

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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. Paramount Pictures released Appointment with Danger (филиал на връзката) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United

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Detective Desmond Closes Pawn Shop

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Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Louis

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Willis Hall Gets 99 Years for Murder

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От декември 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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