Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Republic Pictures produced many quality movie serials in the 1930s and 1940s. One of their finer offerings was Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941), a twelve chapter serial (filiāli saite) based on the popular comic book super hero. Captain Marvel is known as Shazam today. Billy Batson, played by Frank Coghlan, Jr., accompanies the Malcolm Expedition to Siam. While searching an
Tajā pašā dienā Džo Štečers cīnījās par Staņislovu Zbiško par atzīto pasaules čempionātu smagajā svarā Sanktpēterburgā.. Louis, Un “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
Oktobrī 24, 1941, Monogram Pictures released Spooks Run Wild starring the East Side Kids and Bela Lugosi. At this point in his career, Bela Lugosi was relegated to “B” kino. He played in several films with the East Side Kids, which were all enjoyable if not exactly classic cinema. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and Bobby Jordan play the leaders
Evan “Strangler” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” un nosver 170 mārciņas, Vilka ķetna’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Vilka ķetna’ reputācija bija cieši saistīta ar viņa bailēm
Aprīlī 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” sērkociņi. Lewis in fact dropped his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek Zbyszko in 1917. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling
Frenks Dž. Kvins, vietējā Sv. Luisa advokāts, strādāja par profesionālo cīkstoņu Džordža Baptisa menedžeri, Čārlijs Olsons un Freds Bīls. Sākotnēji Džordža Baptista cienītājs, kurš bija leģenda Sv. Luisas apkaime ap Kuka un Vandeventer avēnijām. Baptiste nolīgs Kvinu par silīti un vēlāk advokātu savā telšu un nojumju uzņēmumā.. During his
Janvārī 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. Kamēr briti
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Rachmann’s plan for establishing Aberg was going as planned after the tournament kicked off
Sākumā 1916, Čurkste “Lauksaimnieks” Burns, kurš trenēja un vadīja Frenku Goču līdz Pasaules smagajam svaram, sāka noliegt, ka viņš ir attīstījis pašreizējo Amerikas smagsvara čempionu Džo Stečeru. Šis apgalvojums šķita dīvains, jo Bērnss bija strādājis ar Stecher vairākus gadus. Bērnss palīdzēja Steheram sagatavoties viņa čempionāta cīņai ar Čārliju Katleru 1915. Savā ziņā, kas Burns