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. Rachmann terve az Aberg megalapítására a torna kezdete után a tervek szerint haladt

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Jack Johnson és a 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, A nyugdíjas egykori nehézsúlyú bajnok, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “Végső remény” versenyző. Az ő elsődleges, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 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 rendőrség. When the bank association turned over the

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Jeanette Gets Revenge on McVey

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Április 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 jegyzőkönyv. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, amikor

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Marie H. „Kicsim” 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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On January 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. Viszont, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, A St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an

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Eredettörténetek: Tény vagy fikció?

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Amikor először elkezdtem harcművészetekkel foglalkozni 1995, a legtöbb harcművészet megalapításához kötődő történetek egészen fantasztikusak voltak, az alapítóiknak tulajdonított emberfeletti fizikai bravúrokat és harci képességeket. Akár Kung Fu, Karate vagy Judo, az alapító átvette a korábbi harcművészetekben tanult készségeket, módosította és mindenkit legyőzött. Ezek az állítások

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St. Louis Police Protect World’s Fair

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The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, vagy 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri history. While St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River, the World’s Fair put it on the international map. While the fair would bring notoriety, tourists and increased revenue to the city,

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