Man Kills Middleweight King

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After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 岁月, 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. 路易

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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 “劈” 在圣. 在路易 1904 世界博览会. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. 路易, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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奥利弗·柯克和 1904 圣. 圣路易斯奥运会

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奥利弗·伦纳德·柯克具有作为唯一的奥运拳击手赢得一枚金牌在两个不同的重量等级在同奥运会的区别. 奥利弗·柯克完成了这一壮举在他的家乡在奥运会 1904. 圣. 路易主办的第三届奥运会期间, 1904 世界博览会博览会. 像巴黎奥运会前四年, 圣. 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. 然而, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. 19 世纪的职业格斗在国外声名狼藉

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Theodore Roosevelt Wins 6 States in 1912

西奥多 - 罗斯福微笑

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. 然而, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. 罗斯福任命了他的战争部长和前菲律宾总督

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