Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Noviembre 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

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En noviembre 16, 1877, St. Oficial de Policía Louis John S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. El hombre posteriormente identificado como Frank Rande entró Monte de Piedad de Wright en alrededor 9:30 a.m. Wright envió a uno de sus ayudantes para la policía. As Officer White and Heffernan

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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En enero 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 he 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, Hacedor de Estrellas Wrestling

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Paul Pons fue el campeón de lucha grecorromana de Francia en la década de 1890. Él ganó un torneo en el Folies-Bergère, antes de ganar un torneo en Rusia en 1898. Estas victorias le permitieron reclamar el Campeonato Mundial de Lucha Grecorromana.. Pons aprovechó esta notoriedad mediante la apertura de un gimnasio para los luchadores de tren y de los hombres fuertes. Pons’ La victoria fue particularmente notable debido a

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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 (enlace de afiliado) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United

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