Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Azaroa 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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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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Urtarrilean 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, Borroka Stars of sortzailea

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Paul Pons greko-erromatar Borroka Frantziako txapelduna 1890eko zegoen. Txapelketa bat irabazi zuen Folies-Bergeres etan Errusiako txapelketa bat irabazi aurretik 1898. Garaipen hauek Munduko borroka greko-erromatarreko txapelketa aldarrikatzeko aukera eman zioten. Pons nabarmendu honetako kapitalizatzen gimnasio bat irekitzea tren wrestlers eta gizon indartsuak arabera. Pons’ garaipena bereziki nabarmena izan zen

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Pretty Boy Floyd's St. Louis Lapurreta

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Urtean 1934, Charles Arthur “Mutil Polita” Floydek bere karrera kriminala amaitu zuen East Liverpool-en, Ohioko arto-zelaia FBIko agenteekin eta tokiko legea betearazteko agenteekin tiroketa baten ostean. Hala ere, abenduan 1925, preso zenbakia zen 29078 Missouriko espetxean. Floyd 21 urteko gaztea Kroeger Grocery and Baking Companyren bulego nagusia lapurtzeagatik epaitu berri zuten.

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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-ek Appointment with Danger kaleratu zuen (kidea lotura) in London in 1950 baina ez zuen Estatu Batuetan kaleratu

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