Эван “Душыцель” Люіс Даступныя

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I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: Большасць баяліся таго, Рестлер 19-га стагоддзя. Эван Люіс быў кваліфікаваны спецыяліст прадастаўленню пры законнай прафесійнай эры барацьбы, хоць ён прыняць удзел у пару умоўны матчаў. У студзені 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “задушыць Соракічы да

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Would Be Assassin’s St. Louis Roots

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On September 21, 1897, Joseph Bloomfield Jackson attempted to sneak into the White House armed with a loaded revolver. Jackson had boasted of plans to attack a high government official for days. Jackson was arrested before he could carry out his plans to attack President McKinley. Police quickly realized Jackson was mentally disturbed. Яны адправілі яго ў вашынгтонскі прытулак

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The Woman in Green (1945)

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The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes produced by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone returns as Holmes in the eleventh of fourteen turns as the English sleuth. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” фільм. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. After they

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Sullivan Wins Fight of the 19th Century

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John L. Саліван быў пераходны суперцяжкай прыз баі чэмпіён. He transitioned prize fighting from the bare knuckle era to modern boxing under the Marquis of Queensbury rules by refusing to fight in any more non-gloved bouts. Before he made this pledge, he took part in the Fight of the 19th Century with the formidable Jake Kilrain. Jake Kilrain was

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Сэм Маквей ў вялікай правай рукой

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Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows

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Officer and Deputy Confront Violent Man

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Жнівень 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty discovered Willis Garner burglarizing the office of Schickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Company at 912 S. Twelfth Street in St. Луіс, Місуры. The iron company employed Garner, who threw a hammer at Doherty’s head. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his

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Toughest Saloon on Deep Morgan

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Кастрычнік 6, 1890, local barbers Luther Duncan and Bob Henderson stepped out on to N. 11th Street to settle a quarrel. This area of St. Louis was known as “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop houses and the toughest African-Americans saloon in the city, Starkes’ Saloon. Both Duncan and Henderson were black barbers, who worked in

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Detective Chief Nabs Desperate Robbers

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Сьнежня 3, 1896, three men entered the Home Brewery Office in St. Louis at around 2:30 p.m. Cashier Robert Hofferkamp approached the men. The men produced revolvers and told Hofferkamp and his assistant to throw up their hands. The men took $10,000 from the office in what would be a multi-million dollar heist today. The robbers tied up and

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Lewis Drops Title to Sonnenberg

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І “Душыцель” Lewis is one of the top two American professional wrestlers of all-time. While Lewis was a legitimate submission wrestler, who could beat anyone in a wrestling contest, he worked almost exclusively in prearranged exhibition matches. У 1929, he took part in a match with professional football player turned wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg was on the Providence Steam Roller,

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Лэнгфорд паражэнняў Вялікая Ганс

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Сьнежня 8, 1903, Сэм Лэнгфорд змагаліся якая пануе лёгкі чэмпіён па боксе ў сваім родным горадзе Бостане, Масачусэтс. Да барацьбы Лэнгфорд, Большасць экспертаў бокса адчуваў Джо Ганс не можа быць збіты ў законную бой. Нарадзіўся ў Балтыморы, Мэрыленд, Ганс быў у стане зламаць колеру бар'ер, выйграўшы ў лёгкім чэмпіянату свету па боксе. Sam Langford is often considered

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