George Baptiste Dies

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Joulukuun 1, 1938 at 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 vuotiaita. 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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Murha klo 2912 Washington

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Rakennukset ovat vain kasoja lautoja ja tiiliä ilman niihin kiinnitettyjä tarinoita. During November 1912, St. Louisin poliisi Arthur Huddleston tappoi ehdonalaiseen vapautettu murhaaja Albert Whitefield. Whitefield oli yllättänyt avovaimonsa, 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 series. 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. Vaikka tämä tarina voi tai saattaa

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Ismail painii Jenkinsin kanssa

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Toukokuun 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail paini Tom Jenkinsin kanssa Clevelandissa, Ohio. Ismail kiersi Yhdysvalloissa vain kuusi kuukautta vuoden alussa 1898. Ismail paini alle kymmenen ottelua, mutta jätti tuhopolun, joka muistetaan tähän päivään. Ismail teki voimakkaan vaikutuksen kukistamalla helposti molemmat Evan “Strangler” Lewisin. Ismail teki myös vahvan

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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Lokakuun 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 kiloa. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Molempien miesten fanit saapuivat sisään

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Marvin Hart voitti Vapaat Otsikko

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Heinäkuun 3, 1905, Marvin Hart tuli taistelu vapaana maailman otsikko 3 to 1 heikompi osapuoli. 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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