Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 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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The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935)

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The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) is een bewerking van een van de Ellery Queen-romans. Two cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, who wrote a number of detective novels under the pseudonym of the title character. In deze film, Ellery Queen is taking a vacation to California with his friend Judge Macklin. Natuurlijk, ze zijn nog niet zo lang bezig

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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In januari 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Worger” 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, Maker of Wrestling Stars

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Paul Pons was the Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion of France in the 1890s. He won a tournament at the Folies-Bergeres before winning a tournament in Russia in 1898. Door deze overwinningen kon hij het Wereldkampioenschap Grieks-Romeins worstelen claimen. Pons capitalized on this notoriety by opening a gym to train wrestlers and strong men. Pons’ de overwinning was bijzonder opmerkelijk vanwege

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Pretty Boy Floyd's St. Louis Robbery

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In 1934, Charles Arthur “Mooie jongen” Floyd beëindigde zijn criminele carrière in een Oost-Liverpool, Maïsveld in Ohio na een schietpartij met FBI-agenten en lokale wetshandhavers. Echter, in december 1925, hij was het nummer van de gevangene 29078 bij de Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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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 (affiliate link) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United

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