George Baptiste Meets World Champion

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Nan Vandredi, Me 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minit. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler

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Laterè pa lannwit (1946)

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Universal Pictures released the thirteenth of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 fim. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs anplwaye Holmes pou pwoteje a

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Li te itilize

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Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947)

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Sou Me 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). It was welcome news for fans of the franchise although Chester Gould was a notable exception. Gould created the Tracy character for the comic page of the Detroit Mirror. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours nan 1910

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Nan fen 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko vwayaje nan Etazini yo bay defi Mondyal lour Lit Champion Frank Gotch. Anvan yo fè reyinyon Gotch, Zbyszko te fè yon toune Etazini yo ak batay anpil luteur lokal nan tout pati nan byen bonè nan 1910. Zbyszko ta vwayaje 37,000 kilomèt. Yo byen bonè nan vwayaj li, Zbyszko te rankontre Frank Gotch nan yon match andikap. Zbyszko bat Gotch, ki moun ki te

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Oliver Kirk ak nan 1904 St. Louis Olympics

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Oliver Leonard Kirk gen distenksyon an pou yo te sèlman boxer la Olympic pou pou genyen yon meday lò nan de klas pwa separe nan menm jwèt yo Olympic. Oliver Kirk akonpli feat sa a nan pwovens li kote l Olympics nan 1904. St. Louis anime twazyèm Olympiad la pandan la 1904 Mondyal la san Patipri Ekspozisyon. Menm jan ak jwèt yo Paris kat ane anvan, St. Louis gave

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