Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
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 (partnerský odkaz) 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
V ten istý deň Joe Stecher zápasil so Stanislausom Zbyszkom o uznávanú verziu majstrovstiev sveta v zápasení ťažkej váhy v St.. Louis, Ed “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
Októbra 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” movies. 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 bol desivý konkurent. Hoci on nebol veľký muž na 5’09” a zváži 170 libier, Lewis’ zvládnutie podanie robil jemu rovnocenné alebo lepšie z väčšiny zápasníkov jeho éry. Jack Carkeek bol skvelý zápasník, ale jeden zápas s Lewisom takmer spôsobila, že do dôchodku. Lewis’ povesť silne súvisela s jeho obávaným
Dňa 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” matches. 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
Frank J. Quinn, miestny sv. Louis právnik, pôsobil ako manažér pre profesionálnych zápasníkov George Baptise, Charley Olson a Fred Beell. Pôvodne obdivovateľ Georga Baptista, ktorý bol legendou v kostole sv. Louis v okolí bulvárov Cook a Vandventer Avenue. Baptiste zamestnal Quinna ako svojho jasľa a neskôr právneho zástupcu pre jeho stan a markízu. During his
On January 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. Zatiaľ čo 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
In early 1916, Martin “Poľnohospodár” Burns, ktorý trénoval a viedol Franka Gotcha na majstrovstvá sveta v ťažkej váhe, začal popierať, že sa z neho vyvinul súčasný americký šampión v ťažkej váhe Joe Stecher. Toto tvrdenie sa zdalo zvláštne, pretože Burns so Stecherom spolupracoval už niekoľko rokov. Burns pomohol Stecherovi pripraviť sa na jeho majstrovský zápas s Charliem Cutlerom 1915. Svojím spôsobom, čo Burns