George Baptiste Meets World Champion

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Nhar il-Ġimgħa, Mejju 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 minuti. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler

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Terror by Night (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 films. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs hires Holmes to protect the

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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. Huwa użat

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Dilemma Dick Tracy ta (1947)

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Fuq Mejju 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 Tours Zbyszko fil 1910

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Fl-aħħar 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko vvjaġġaw lejn l-Istati Uniti biex jisfidaw World Wrestling Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Qabel laqgħa Gotch, Zbyszko daret l-Istati Uniti u battled wrestlers lokali ħafna matul il-parti bikrija ta ' 1910. Zbyszko l-ivvjaġġar 37,000 mili. Kmieni fil-tour tiegħu, Zbyszko iltaqa Frank Gotch fil-logħba handicap. Zbyszko defeated Gotch, li kien

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Oliver Kirk u l- 1904 St. Louis Olimpjadi

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Oliver Leonard Kirk għandha l-distinzjoni hija l-unika boxer Olympic biex tirbaħ midalja tad-deheb f'żewġ klassijiet ta 'piż separati fl-istess Logħob Olimpiku. Oliver Kirk akkomplit dan ADT fil Hometown tiegħu Olimpijadi 1904. St. Louis ospitat-tielet Olympiad matul il- 1904 Fair Exposition Dinja. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins for Title

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Nhar il-Ħamis, Jannar 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins iddefenda l-Kampjonat tal-Lotta Amerikana tiegħu kontra wrestler li ġej mill-Iowa. After the first fall, il-partitarji indunaw li kienet l-aktar partita iebsa tal-c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins kien għeleb lil Gotch’s

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