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Ar Aibreán 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Ar Deireadh Fómhair 20, 1916, Ad Santel, "huicéir" nó wrestler aighneachta oilte, met Taro
Cé hé an wrestler gairmiúil dlisteanach is mó a wrestle sna Stáit Aontaithe? Conas a dhéanann
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: An wrestler An chuid is mó Eagla ar an 19ú haois. Bhí Evan Lewis saineolaí aighneacht oilte i rith an ré wrestling dlisteanach gairmiúla cé raibh sé páirt a ghlacadh i gceann cúpla prearranged cluichí. I mí Eanáir 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “stróic Sorakichi a
Meán Fómhair 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. Chuir siad chuig tearmann i Washington é
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” scannán. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. After they
John L.. Bhí Sullivan an trom-mheáchain idirthréimhseach duais troid curadh. 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
Ar Lúnasa 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 Deireadh Fómhair 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 Nollaig 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
Ed “Strangler” Tá Lewis ar dhuine den bheirt wrestlóirí gairmiúla Meiriceánacha riamh. Cé go raibh Lewis ina wrestler aighneacht dlisteanach, a d’fhéadfadh duine ar bith a bhualadh i gcomórtas wrestling, d'oibrigh sé beagnach go heisiach i gcluichí taispeántais réamheagraithe. In 1929, ghlac sé páirt i gcluiche le imreoir peile gairmiúil iompaithe wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Bhí Sonnenberg ar an Providence Steam Roller,
Ar Nollaig 8, 1903, Sam Langford throid an banríonacha curadh dornálaíochta lightweight ina bhaile dúchais Boston, Massachusetts. Roimh troid Langford, Bhraith formhór saineolaithe dornálaíochta nach bhféadfaí Joe Gans bheith ann fosta i bout dlisteanach. Rugadh i Baltimore, Maryland, Gans was able to break the color barrier by winning the World Lightweight Boxing Championship. Sam Langford is often considered