Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 שנים, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at

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Ollie J. צימרמן (1906 – 1977)

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Ollie J. Zimmerman was the third son born to my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman and his second wife Mollie Bollinger. Ollie and his twin sister Dollie were born on either April 27, 1906 or April 27, 1907. Since Ollie’s headstone says “1906”, I’m going with April 27, 1906 as his birthdate. בתוך 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, כאשר Mellie

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Marvin Hart’s Double Win

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בתוך 1902, future World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart was a rising contender. Fighting primarily out of his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Hart was matched against Kid Carter at the Southern Athletic Club on May 2, 1902. ב 17-1, Hart knew another victory would go a long way in securing a heavyweight title fight. The Brooklyn-born Kid Carter intended to

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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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ביום חמישי, ינואר 23, 1902, <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "971" = bbox_w "2027" = bbox_h "13" = fsize "19" = fweight "13" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = ". Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, אחד מ-St. לואיס’ הגברים העשירים ביותר, בבעלות נדל"ן למגורים ונכסים אחרים בשווי 2 מיליון דולרים. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. לואיס. הוא

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Marvin Hart Wins Vacant Title

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בחודש יולי 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 <תוחלת bbox_x = bbox_y "787" = bbox_w "796" = bbox_h "12" = fsize "20" = fweight "14" = ירוק "3" אדום = "255" = "255" כחול = אלפא "255" = " 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the

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Ned O’Baldwin Shot

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In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. אולם, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. לחימה מקצועית במאות ה -19 נהנתה ממוניטין עניים מחוץ

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “חקלאי” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 קילו. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. ברג התאבק

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Are Vampire Bats Killing People?

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הערפד בת (1933) is a genre bending film (affiliate link) starring Lionel Atwill. לכאורה, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, סרט קצר אמור להיות המנה הראשונה לסרט העיקרי בהצעת חוק כפולה. Majestic Pictures produced the film, which was directed by

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