Ned O’Baldwin Shot

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In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Þó, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Atvinnubardaga á 19. öld naut lélegs orðspors utan

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Double Cross (1941)

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Júní 27, 1941, Producer’s Releasing Corporation (PRC) released Double Cross (1941). The film is a starring vehicle for Kane Richmond, who displays his usual rugged toughness backed up by intelligence. Í þessari mynd, Richmond plays Police Officer Jim Murray, the son of a Police Captain. At the beginning of the film, Jim Murray’s friend Steve Bronson, another police officer,

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John Berg Wins Light Heavy Championship

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John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Farmer” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 £. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg glímdi við

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Why I Studied the Martial Arts I Have

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We included four or more martial arts in our academy’s curriculum. When I look at these arts, I see a distinct reason that I studied each one. These arts cover striking, grappling, ground fighting and a practical self-defense weapon, the cane. I started studying Shotokan karate in the Fall of 1994. I switched to Taekwondo with my nephew in the Spring of 1995. Taekwondo brought

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Eduard Mosblech (1884 – 1956)

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Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Oft skrifað sem Edward en borið fram eins og að setja saman aðstoð og deild, Eduard was as unique as his name. Ég átti erfitt með að skrifa mikið um hann vegna þess að sögurnar sem ég heyrði af honum

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Stjóri Butler og St. Louis Machine

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Þegar það kemur að því að vél stjórnmál og skipulagðri glæpastarfsemi, Kansas City hefur alltaf outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City var einnig heimili nokkurra Áberandi gangland shootings. St. Louis’ síðasta skipulögð glæpastarfsemi leiðtogi var handtekinn fyrir að spila spil. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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