Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
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Toe Wladek Zbyszko van die Verenigde State na Brasilië gereis het vir 'n winsgewende toer
Wie is die grootste wettige professionele stoeier om in die Verenigde State te stoei?? Hoe doen
Op April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
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
Op Desember 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
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. After
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (Koste skakel) hoofrol Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, twee misdadigers tronk ontsnap. Hulle is op soek na wraak te neem op die manne, wat dubbele gekruis een van die misdadigers, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls het twee van die bewaarders van sy tronk waar 'n groot fortuin is versteek. Die bewaarders vind die skat, have a
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
In die laat 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Boer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Egter, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Deur 1902, George
Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
Soos ek in verskeie plasings geskryf het, die beste swaargewigboksers tussen 1900 en 1919 was die Afro-Amerikaanse boksers gedwing om mekaar te veg vir die “Kleurlingkampioenskap”. Selfs ná die groot Jack Johnson het uiteindelik die kleurlyn gebreek en die Wêreld-swaargewigkampioenskap gewen, hy sou die titel net teen wit aanspraakmakers verdedig. As a result, die moeilikste uitdagers
Ook bekend na die slapende kardinaal, Sherlock Holmes’ Noodlottige Uur (1931) is die eerste Sherlock Holmes film hoofrol Arthur Wontner in die titelrol. Die film handel oor 'n jong man, wat is bedrog by die brug sy verlore rykdom te herwin. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Op November 10, 1924, Mev. A.W. Stickney was besig om die St. Louis Buiteklub, toe sy deur twee Afro-Amerikaanse mans genader is. Die ligter vel het aan mev. Stickney om haar juwele om te draai of hy sal dit by haar neem. Fearing for her safety, Mev. Stickney het haar juweliersware aan die man gegee, gewaardeer op $17,000.00, en $85.00 in cash. Mev.