George Baptiste Dies

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Sur Décembre 1, 1938 à 5:15 h, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 ans. 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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Murder at 2912 Washington

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Buildings are just piles of boards and bricks without the stories that are attached to them. During November 1912, St. Louis Police Officer Arthur Huddleston was killed by paroled murderer Albert Whitefield. Whitefield had surprised his common-law wife, 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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Contre-espionnage (1942)

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Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” série de films. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Contre-espionnage (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. While this story may or may

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Ismail lutte contre Jenkins

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Sur mai 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail a affronté Tom Jenkins à Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail n'a effectué une tournée aux États-Unis que pendant six mois au début de 1898. Ismail a disputé moins de dix matches mais a laissé un chemin de destruction dont on se souvient encore aujourd'hui.. Ismail a fait forte impression en battant facilement Evan « Strangler » Lewis. Ismail a également fait un fort

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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On October 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 livres. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans of both men arrived in

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Marvin Hart remporte le titre vacant

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Sur Juillet 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 to 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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