Fitz Dethrones Corbett in 1897

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Ar Fawrth 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. 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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Caddog a W. Zbyszko Wrestle to Draw

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Roedd gan Iarll Caddock yrfa reslo broffesiynol gymharol fyr ond llawn straeon ar ddiwedd y 1910au a dechrau'r 1920au.. Gwneud ei ymddangosiad proffesiynol cyntaf yn 1915 ar ôl ennill tri theitl Cenedlaethol AAU mewn reslo amatur, Dim ond yn broffesiynol y bu Caddog yn reslo tan 1922. Fodd bynnag,, byddai'n cael ei gydnabod fel pencampwr y byd ar ôl trechu Joe Stecher ym mis Ebrill 1917. Byddai Caddock yn colli'r teitl yn ôl

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Chief Desmond Solves Cooper Killing

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Ar ddydd Iau, Ionawr 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, un o St. Louis’ dynion cyfoethocaf, eiddo tiriog preswyl sy'n eiddo ac asedau eraill wedi'u prisio 2 miliwn o ddoleri. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Roedd

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Dempsey KOs Carpentier

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Ar Orffennaf 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.” Er bod Georges Carpentier

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The Bashful Bachelor (1942)

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Ar Fawrth 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. Yn y ffilm hon (cyswllt Affiliate), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero

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Hyrwyddwr Wrestling Ceisiau Bocsio

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Ar ddydd Mawrth, Ionawr 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, meddyg Seattle a wrestler pro a oedd yn ddigon da i ennill y Bencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm America, Penderfynodd anesboniadwy i roi cynnig ar ei law yn bocsio proffesiynol. Ei wrthwynebydd yn gyfaill a sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, a fyddai'n ennill Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Trwm y Byd Lliwiog. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete

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Why I Studied the Martial Arts I Have

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We included four or more martial arts in our academy’s curriculum. When I look at these arts, I see a distinct reason that I studied each one. These arts cover striking, mynd i'r afael, ground fighting and a practical self-defense weapon, the cane. I started studying Shotokan karate in the Fall of 1994. I switched to Taekwondo with my nephew in the Spring of 1995. Taekwondo brought

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Eduard Mosblech (1884 – 1956)

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Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Yn aml yn cael ei ysgrifennu fel Edward ond ynganu fel rhoi cymorth a ward at ei gilydd, Eduard was as unique as his name. Cefais drafferth ysgrifennu llawer amdano oherwydd y straeon a glywais amdano

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