Hack och Zbyszko Slaget Rita

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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 “Den Terrible Turk” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, bestämde sig för att ta lite av stärkelsen ur sina utmanare genom att matcha dem

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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. I 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 runt

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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. Rachmanns plan för att etablera Aberg gick som planerat efter att turneringen startade

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Jack Johnson och The Fight of the Century

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Efter Jack Johnson blev champion, brist på starka utmanare orsakade tryck från allmänheten att montera på James J. Jeffires, den pensionerade före detta tungviktsmästare, att avsluta sin pensionering och slåss Johnson. Jeffries ansågs den första och mest trovärdiga av de “STORT HOPP” utmanare. I sina bästa år, Jeffries förmodligen inte kunde slå Johnson. Vid 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. Initialt, 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 polisen. When the bank association turned over the

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Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey

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På April 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 minuter. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when

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Hannah McLaughlin Desmond (1879 – 1904)

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På Januari 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. Emellertid, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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