Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 év, 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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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)

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On January 27, 1939, Columbia Pictures released the first of the Lone Wolf films, The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939). Warren William plays the “Lone Wolf” Michael Lanyard, a former safe burglar and jewel thief. The film opens with two men kidnapping Lanyard off the streets of Washington, D. C. A mysterious man asks Lanyard to burglarize a safe but he

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Marvin Hart kettős győzelme

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-Ben 1902, A jövő nehézsúlyú ökölvívó-világbajnoka, Marvin Hart feltörekvő versenyző volt. Elsősorban szülővárosából, Louisville-ből harcolt, Kentucky, Hart májusban Kid Carterrel mérkőzött meg a Southern Athletic Clubban 2, 1902. At 17-1, Hart tudta, hogy egy újabb győzelem nagyban hozzájárulna a nehézsúlyú bajnoki címért való küzdelemhez. A brooklyni születésű Kid Carternek az volt a célja

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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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Csütörtökön, Január 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, one of St. Louis’ wealthiest men, owned residential real estate and other assets valued at 2 millió dollár. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Ő

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Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947)

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Május 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). It was welcome news for fans of the franchise although Chester Gould was a notable exception. Gould created the Tracy character for the comic page of the Detroit Mirror. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould

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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. Viszont, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. A 19. századi hivatásos harcok ezen kívül rossz hírnévnek örvendtek

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