George Baptiste Dies

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Decembrī 1, 1938 pie 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 gadiem. 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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Slepkavība plkst 2912 Vašingtona

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Ēkas ir tikai kaudzēm dēļiem un ķieģeļiem bez stāstiem, kas ir pievienoti tiem. Novembrī 1912, St. Louis policijas darbinieks Artūrs Huddleston tika nogalināts ar paroled slepkavu Albert Whitefield. Whitefield bija pārsteigts viņa kopdzīves sieva, kurš bija izklaides citu Gentleman zvanītājam. Whitefield mēģināja viņu nogalināt pirms diviem 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” filmu sērija. 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. Kamēr šis stāsts var vai var

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Ismails cīnās Dženkinsu

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Gada maijā 5, 1898, Jusufs Ismails cīnījās ar Tomu Dženkinsu Klīvlendā, Ohio. Ismails tikai sešus mēnešus devās turnejā pa ASV 1898. Ismails cīnījās mazāk nekā desmit mačos, bet atstāja iznīcināšanas ceļu, kas atceras līdz šai dienai. Ismail atstāja spēcīgu iespaidu, viegli uzveicot abus Evanu “Strangler” Lūisus. Ismail arī veica spēcīgu

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Irish Giant Bashes Wormald

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Oktobrī 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 mārciņas. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Ieradās abu vīriešu fani

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Marvin Hart Wins Vacant Title

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Jūlijā 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 līdz 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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