Manassa Mauler Knocks Out Giant in 1919

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While doing research, I found this picture of the Manassa Mauler training for his July 4th, 1919 title fight with Jess Willard, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard was a giant of a man at 6’06” i 235 funti. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Međutim,

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Wire Thieves Kill Policeman

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Before Friday, Travanj 7, 1916, was over, the Lewis brothers would kill two St. Louis policijskih službenika, John McKenna and William Dillon. McKenna was the first to fall, when he interrupted the brothers attempts to steal wire, vrijedna roba tijekom Prvog svjetskog rata. The brothers would kill Dillon, while he investigated McKenna’s murder. St. Louis Police Department assigned

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