George Baptiste Meets World Champion

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Penktadienį, Gegužės 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, Misūris. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 protokolas. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler

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Teroras naktį (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 filmai. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs pasamdo Holmsą, kad apsaugotų

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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. Jis vartojo

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Archbishop Kenrick Celebrates 50 Metai

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

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Stanislaus Zbyszko Tours in 1910

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In late 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko traveled to the United States to challenge World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch. Prior to meeting Gotch, Zbyszko toured the United States and battled many local wrestlers throughout the early part of 1910. Zbyszko would travel 37,000 miles. Early in his tour, Zbyszko met Frank Gotch in a handicap match. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, kuris buvo

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Rugpjūtis H. Elker (1948-1906)

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My second great-grandfather August H. Elker was born in Hanover, Germany on May 22, 1848 in the year of revolutions in Europe. Whether related to the revolutions or not, August’s family travelled to America in 1854. After landing in New York City, the Elker family made its way to St. Louis, Misūris. St. Louis had a large German Catholic community, kuris

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Oliver Kirk ir 1904 St. Louis olimpinės žaidynės

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Oliver Leonardas Kirkas turi galimybių būti tik olimpinių boksininkas laimėti aukso medalį dviejose skirtingose ​​svorio kategorijose tose pačiose olimpinėse žaidynėse skirtumo. Oliver Kirk atlikti šį žygdarbį jo gimtajame olimpinėse žaidynėse 1904. St. Louis surengė trečiąjį Olimpiados metu 1904 Pasaulio mugė paroda. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Gotch gniuždo Jenkins dėl antraštinės dalies

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On Thursday, Sausis 27, 1904, Tomas Jenkinsas apgynė savo Amerikos imtynių čempionatą prieš ateinantį imtynininką iš Ajovos. After the first fall, sirgaliai suprato, kad tai buvo sunkiausios Franko Alvino Gotcho rungtynės, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkinsas nugalėjo Gotchą

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