George Baptiste Dies

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On detsember 1, 1938 juures 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 aastat. 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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Mõrv kl 2912 Washington

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Hooned on vaid laudade ja telliste kuhjad, ilma nende külge kinnitatud lugudeta. During November 1912, St. Louis'i politseiametniku Arthur Huddlestoni tappis tingimisi vabastatud mõrvar Albert Whitefield. Whitefield oli oma tavaabikaaslast üllatanud, 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” film seeria. 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 Yardi inspektor Stephens tormab sündmuskohale

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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. Kuigi see lugu võib või võib

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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Oktoobril 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 naela. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Mõlema mehe fännid saabusid

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