Things Come Full Circle

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A few weeks ago, my second foray into the martial arts came full circle. My daughter started studying Taekwondo again after more than five years away from the sport. It is actually Caity, who brought me back to martial arts in the summer of 2000. After my natural father passed away in July 1999, ຂ້ອຍໄປອອກກຳລັງກາຍຕະຫຼອດປີ

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hack ແລະ​ຮົບ Zbyszko ການ​ວາດ

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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 “The Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, ຕັດສິນໃຈເອົາທາດແປ້ງບາງສ່ວນອອກຈາກຜູ້ທ້າທາຍຂອງລາວໂດຍການຈັບຄູ່ເຂົາເຈົ້າ

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Sullivan Beats Paddy Ryan

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On February 7, 1882, John 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. ໃນ 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, ລັດ Mississippi ປະມານ

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Masked Marvel To The Rescue

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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. ແຜນການຂອງ Rachmann ສໍາລັບການສ້າງຕັ້ງ Aberg ແມ່ນເປັນໄປຕາມແຜນການຫຼັງຈາກການແຂ່ງຂັນເລີ່ມຕົ້ນ.

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Jack Johnson ແລະ​ຕໍ່​ສູ້​ກັບ​ຂອງ​ສະ​ຕະ​ວັດ

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, ອ່ານ heavyweight ກິນ​ເບັ້ຍ​ບໍາ​ນານ​ໃນ​ອະ​ດີດ, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “ຄວາມ​ຫວັງ​ສີ​ຂາວ” contenders. ໃນ​ນາ​ຂອງ​ຕົນ, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. ໃນ 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

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On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. ໃນ​ເບື້ອງ​ຕົ້ນ, 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. ພະ​ແນກ​ຕໍາ​ຫຼວດ Louis. When the bank association turned over the

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Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey

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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ເມ​ສາ 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 ນາ​ທີ. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter Kimker

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Uncle Jules” 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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ໃນ​ເດືອນ​ມັງ​ກອນ 7, 1903, <ກວ້າງ bbox_x = "925​" bbox_y = "1976​" bbox_w = "13​" bbox_h = "19​" fsize = "13​" fweight = "3​" ສີ​ແດງ = "255​" ສີ​ຂຽວ = "255​" ສີ​ຟ້າ = "255​" ບໍ່​ມີ​ເພດ​; = ". 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. ຢ່າງ​ໃດ​ກໍ​ຕາມ, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St ໄດ້. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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The House ໃຫຍ່​ປຸງ​ແຕ່ງ​ອາ​ຫານ Avenue

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ເຮືອນ brick A 122 ປີ​ອາ​ຍຸ dominates scene ຕາມ​ຖະ​ຫນົນ​ໃນ​ແຈ​ຂອງ Whittier Street ແລະ​ປຸງ​ແຕ່ງ​ອາ​ຫານ Avenue ໃນ St. Louis, ລັດ​ມີ​ເຊີ​ຣີ. ຜູ້​ສ້າງ​ຕັ້ງ​ຂຶ້ນ​ໃນ 2378 ບ້ານ​ຕີນ​ມົນ​ທົນ​ໃນ 1892. ສະຖາປັດຕະຍະກໍາທີ່ເປັນເອກະລັກຂອງມັນປະກອບມີລະບຽງ turret ຢູ່ຊັ້ນທີສອງຂອງກໍາແພງຕາເວັນອອກສຽງເຫນືອ. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. ໃນ​ມື້​ນີ້, 4200 Cook ແມ່ນ

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