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, میں ایک سال طویل فٹنس پر چلا گیا۔

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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 “خوفناک ترک” Yussif Mahmout wanted the chance to beat Gotch. Gotch, who was nobody’s fool, اس نے اپنے چیلنجرز سے کچھ نشاستہ نکالنے کا فیصلہ کیا۔

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Sullivan Beats Paddy Ryan

جان ایل سلیوان

On February 7, 1882, جان ایل. 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. میں 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, مسیسیپی کے آس پاس

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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. ٹورنامنٹ شروع ہونے کے بعد ایبرگ کے قیام کا رچمن کا منصوبہ منصوبہ کے مطابق چل رہا تھا۔

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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. In his prime, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300

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Ira Cooper Unravels Money Order Theft

پرانے STL-پولیس-بیج

On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. لوئس. ابتدائی طور پر, 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. لوئس پولیس ڈیپارٹمنٹ. When the bank association turned over the

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Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey

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اپریل 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 منٹ. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “ڈینور” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when

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Marie H. "بیبی" جوہان پیٹر کمکر

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. لوئس, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “انکل جولس” 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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جنوری 7, 1903, سینٹ. 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. تاہم, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, سینٹ. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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The Big House on Cook Avenue

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A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. لوئس, مسوری. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Its unique architecture includes a turret balcony on the second floor of the northeast wall. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. آج, 4200 Cook is

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