George Baptiste Dies

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En diciembre 1, 1938 en 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 years of age. While enjoying robust strength his whole life, Baptiste’s doctor discovered he had stomach cancer in June 1938. The doctor operated on Baptiste but was unable to remove all the cancer. Baptiste had been living at his country home

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Asesinato en 2912 Washington

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Los edificios son sólo montones de tablas y ladrillos sin las historias que se les atribuyen.. During November 1912, St. El oficial de policía de Louis, Arthur Huddleston, fue asesinado por el asesino en libertad condicional Albert Whitefield.. Whitefield había sorprendido a su esposa de hecho, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for

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Counter-Espionage (1942)

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Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” Ciclo de cine. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene

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Ad Santel Brings The Pain

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Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Si bien esta historia puede o puede

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Ismail lucha contra Jenkins

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En mayo 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail luchó contra Tom Jenkins en Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail sólo estuvo de gira por Estados Unidos durante seis meses a principios de 1898. Ismail luchó menos de diez combates pero dejó un camino de destrucción recordado hasta el día de hoy.. Ismail causó una poderosa impresión al derrotar fácilmente a Evan “Strangler” Lewis.. Ismail también hizo una fuerte

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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En octubre 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Massachusetts. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 libras. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Los fans de ambos hombres llegaron

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Marvin Hart Wins Vacant Title

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En julio 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 a 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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