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På April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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På Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, en noterad "fnask" eller skicklig submission wrestler, met Taro
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På December 1, 1938 vid 5:15 pm, former professional wrestler and all-around athlete George Baptiste passed away at 74 år. 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
Last Monday, I was able to scratch a big item off my bucket list. I attended a Liverpool Football Club game in person. Liverpool FC came to my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 2016 to play a preseason game with AS Roma. My daughter Caity attended the match with me, which made the day extra special. Jag
Byggnader är bara högar av brädor och tegel utan de berättelser som är fästa vid dem. During November 1912, St. Louis-polisen Arthur Huddleston dödades av den villkorliga mördaren Albert Whitefield. Whitefield hade överraskat sin sambo, who was entertaining another gentleman caller. Whitefield attempted to kill her before two St. Louis Police Officers responded to her cries for
På tisdag, November 5, 1901, St. Louis Police captured Ben Kilpatrick and Laura Bullion for their part in the Great Northern train robbery in Montana on July 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick would serve 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for
Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” filmserie. 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
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. Medan den här historien kan eller kan
På maj 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail brottades med Tom Jenkins i Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail turnerade bara i USA i sex månader i början av 1898. Ismail brottades mindre än tio matcher men lämnade en väg av förstörelse som man minns till denna dag. Ismail gjorde ett kraftfullt intryck genom att enkelt besegra både Evan "Strängler" Lewis. Ismail gjorde också en stark
The Vampire Bat (1933) är en genre bock film starring Lionel Atwill. Skenbart, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, en kortfilm avsedd att vara en aptitretare för huvudfilmen på en dubbelräkning. Majestic Pictures produced the film, which was directed by Frank R.
På Oktober 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 pounds. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans av båda männen kom in
På Juli 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 till 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