Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 anos, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at

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Gotch Wanted Hack in St. Louis

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Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Cabeza” en St. Louis during the 1904 Feira Mundial. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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Oliver Kirk e o 1904 St. Louis Olimpíadas

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Oliver Leonard Kirk ten a distinción de ser o único boxeador olímpico a gañar unha medalla de ouro en dúas categorías de peso diferentes nos mesmos Xogos Olímpicos. Oliver Kirk conseguir este feito na súa cidade natal Olimpíadas de 1904. St. Louis acolleu a terceira Olimpíada durante o 1904 Exposición Feira Mundial. Como os xogos de París catro anos antes, St. Louis gave

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Ned O’Baldwin Shot

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In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Porén, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. A loita profesional no século XIX gozaba dunha mala reputación fóra de

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Theodore Roosevelt Wins 6 States in 1912

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After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. Porén, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt escolleu ao seu secretario de guerra e antigo gobernador das Filipinas

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Xefe Butler eo St. Louis Máquina

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Cando se trata de política de maquinaria e crime organizado, Kansas City sempre ofuscado St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City tamén foi o fogar de varios tiroteos entre bandas de alto perfil. St. Louis’ último líder do crime organizado foi detido por xogar cartas. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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