Hack and Zbyszko Battle to Draw

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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, decided to take some of the starch out of his challengers by matching them up

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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. Fil 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, Mississippi madwar

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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. Il-pjan ta’ Rachmann biex jistabbilixxi Aberg kien sejjer kif ippjanat wara li beda t-turnament

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Jack Johnson u l-ġlieda tas-Seklu

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After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, l-eks champion heavyweight rtirati, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” kontendenti. Fil-prim tiegħu, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. Fil 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. Initially, 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 Dipartiment tal-Pulizija. When the bank association turned over the

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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Fuq Jannar 7, 1903, St. 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. Madankollu, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, San. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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