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Ar Ebrill 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Ar Hydref 20, 1916, Ad Santel, “bachwr” nodedig neu reslwr cyflwyno medrus, met Taro
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I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. Ym mis Ionawr 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “tagu Sorakichi i
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. They sent him to a Washington asylum
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” ffilm. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. After they
John L. Roedd Sullivan yn bencampwr pwysau trwm ymladd wobr trosiannol. 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
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
On August 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. Louis, Missouri. 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
Ar Hydref 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
Ar Ragfyr 3, 1896, three men entered the Home Brewery Office in St. Louis at around 2:30 y.h. 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
Ed “Strangler” Mae Lewis yn un o'r ddau reslwr proffesiynol Americanaidd gorau erioed. Tra yr oedd Lewis yn wrestler ymostyngiad cyfreithlon, a allai guro unrhyw un mewn gornest reslo, gweithiodd bron yn gyfan gwbl mewn gemau arddangos a drefnwyd ymlaen llaw. Yn 1929, cymerodd ran mewn gêm gyda chwaraewr pêl-droed proffesiynol a drodd yn reslwr, Gus Sonnenberg. Roedd Sonnenberg ar y Providence Steam Roller,
Ar Ragfyr 8, 1903, Ymladdodd Sam Langford y pencampwr bocsio pwysau ysgafn teyrnasu yn ei dref enedigol o Boston, Massachusetts. Cyn ymladd Langford, Teimlai'r rhan fwyaf o arbenigwyr bocsio na allai Joe Gans yn cael ei guro mewn pwl dilys. Fe'i ganed yn Baltimore, Maryland, Gans yn gallu torri'r rhwystr lliw drwy ennill Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Ysgafn y Byd. Sam Langford is often considered