Man Kills Middleweight King

Стэнли-Кетчел-1910

After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 лет, 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 Kennel Murder Case (1933)

Уильям-Пауэлл

William Powell’s fifth turn as S.S. Van Dine’s detective Philo Vance may have been his best. The Kennel Murder Case (1933) finds Philo Vance trying to solve the murder of Archer Coe. Coe had many enemies but the greatest mystery for Vance is how Coe was murdered in a locked room. Вэнс посетил выставку собак вместе с Коу и его

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Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

Боб-Фитцсиммонс

Марта 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Невада. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in

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Кэддок и W. Zbyszko Wrestle to Draw

граф-Caddock

У графа Кэддока была относительно короткая, но легендарная карьера профессионального рестлера в конце 1910-х - начале 1920-х годов.. Профессиональный дебют в 1915 выиграв три национальных титула AAU в любительской борьбе, Кэддок боролся только профессионально, пока 1922. <Промежуток bbox_x = "543" bbox_y = "1494" bbox_w = "56" bbox_h = "20" FSIZE = "14" fweight = "3" красный = "255" зеленый = "255" синий = "255" альфа = ", он будет признан чемпионом мира после победы над Джо Стечером в апреле 1917. Кэддок потеряет титул обратно

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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

Десмонд-вопросы-Стротер

On Thursday, Январь 23, 1902, Улица. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, один из св.. Луис’ самые богатые люди, принадлежащая ему жилая недвижимость и другое имущество стоимостью 2 миллион долларов. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Луис. Он

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Dempsey KOs Carpentier

Джек-Демпси-Тренинг

On July 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Хотя Жорж Карпентье

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The Bashful Bachelor (1942)

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Марта 19, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released the second film starring the Old Time Radio comedy team Lum and Abner. The Bashful Bachelor (1942) starred Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody, the owners of the Jot’Em Down Store in Arkansas. В этом фильме (партнерская ссылка), Давний холостяк Лам Эдвардс хочет стать героем

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Борьба Чемпион пытается бокса

Доктор Бенджамин Франклин Роллер

Во вторник, Январь 19, 1909, Доктор. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Доктор. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

Джон-берг

John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Фермер” 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 фунты. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Берг боролся в

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Palooka (1934)

Джимми-Дюранте

Января 26, 1934, United Artists released Palooka (1934), a feature film based on the popular comic strip. Stuart Erwin plays Joe Palooka but Jimmy Durante steals the show as his manager Knobby Walsh. Joe Palooka is the son of former world boxing champion Pete Palooka. When Joe was a baby, his mother Mayme, played by Marjorie Rambeau, берет его

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