Hack and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

조지-hackenschmidt-포즈

At the beginning of 1911, the wrestling public considered three men to be the greatest challenge to reigning World Champion Frank Gotch. Former champion George Hackenschmidt, Stanislaus Zbyszko and “끔찍한 투르크” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, 도전자들을 매칭하여 전분의 일부를 제거하기로 결정했습니다.

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Sullivan Beats Paddy Ryan

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On February 7, 1882, 존 L. Sullivan fought Paddy Ryan for a title, which was certainly the American Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship but probably not the World Title it was billed as. 에 1880, Paddy Ryan won the title in his first and only prize fight before facing the ferocious power puncher Sullivan. The men met in Mississippi City, 미시시피 주변

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Masked Marvel To The Rescue

루이와 트루 크라임

Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Aberg 설립을 위한 Rachmann의 계획은 토너먼트가 시작된 후 계획대로 진행되었습니다.

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Jack Johnson and The Fight of the Century

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. 전성기, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. 에 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

오래된 STL-경찰 배지

On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. 루이. 처음에는, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. Louis Police Department. When the bank association turned over the

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Marie H. '베이비' 요한페터 킴커

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. 루이, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “삼촌 쥘” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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월 1 일에 7, 1903, 생. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. 그러나, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, 세인트. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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