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Vào ngày 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2pnhj/Episode_58uqay.mp3Podcast: Chơi ở cửa sổ mới | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about some
Vào ngày 20, 1916, Ad Santel, một "gái điếm" nổi tiếng hoặc đô vật phục tùng có tay nghề cao, met Taro
Ai là đô vật chuyên nghiệp hợp pháp nhất đấu vật ở Hoa Kỳ? Làm thế nào để
Henry Moses Dufur từng giữ chức vô địch đấu vật cổ và khuỷu tay hạng nặng thế giới trong những năm 1870. Qua 1855, Dufur từ giã đấu vật chuyên nghiệp để theo đuổi nghề thợ may quần áo toàn thời gian. Ngay cả trong sự nghiệp đấu vật của mình, Dufur làm thợ may. Dufur nói với phóng viên tờ The Boston Globe rằng anh ấy sinh ra ở Richford, Vermont vào tháng Sáu 5, 1943. Ngày này của
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. 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
In the 19th century, 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
Trong tháng 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” 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.
Paul Pons là Wrestling vô địch Hy Lạp-La Mã của Pháp trong những năm 1890. Ông đã giành một giải đấu ở Folies-Bergeres trước khi chiến thắng một giải đấu tại Nga trong 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons có mức vốn trên tai tiếng này bằng cách mở một phòng tập thể dục để đào tạo đô vật và những người đàn ông mạnh mẽ. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of
Trong 1934, Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. Tuy nhiên, 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
Vào ngày 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, which killed
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 (liên kết liên kết) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
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
Ngày 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