Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 woorde, die St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 jaar. They replaced him with Desmond’s ex-assistant James Smith, who was dismissed by the previous board. How did one of the greatest, if not the greatest, detectives in
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Slegs een man het Muldoon ernstig uitgedaag tydens sy dominante bewind. Die 165-pond Clarence Whistler het Muldoon konsekwent sy moeilikste uitdagings gegee. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Kalifornië in een van hul verskeie wedstryde. William Muldoon was amper 'n kop langer en het geweeg
Charlie Chan by die Wax Museum (1940) hoofrol Sidney toler as Charlie Chan is my gunsteling Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan is op soek na 'n moordenaar in 'n was museum. Die was museum is 'n front vir 'n plastiese chirurg, wat die voorkoms van die misdadigers vir 'n prys verander. The surgeon Dr. Cream, played by C. Henry Gordon, also
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 minute. Beell het die
Joe Acton was een van Engeland se beste stoeiers gedurende die 19de eeu. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of
During the 19th century, both prizefighters and duelists took advantage of the sandbar islands in the Mississippi River, around St. Louis, Missouri, to hold prizefights or duels. Authorities have frowned on duels to the death in any location. Egter, both Illinois and Missouri also outlawed prizefighting. Bloody Island in the middle of the Mississippi River just north of Downtown St.
Frank Gotch holds the title of America’s greatest legitimate professional wrestler. Gotch competed in mostly legitimate contests with a few pre-arranged or “worked” matches thrown in the mix. Deur 1904 of 1905, no one could really beat Gotch unless he allowed it. In the early years of his career, Gotch was not so dominant. He dropped matches to his mentor,
Januarie 10, 1940, Rowland V. Lee released his low-budget feature film The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) through United Artists. Rowland V. Lee started directing films in 1920 and would make 59 films before retiring in 1945. In hierdie film, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. Die graaf erf sy pa se geld en die
Op Maandag, Mei 30, 1892, die groot Peter Jackson het 'n handskoengeveg met die voormalige protégé Frank Slavin geboks. Albei mans het in Australië gewoon en geveg, hoewel aanhangers se belangstelling daartoe gelei het dat Jackson deur die wêreld toer om voordeel te trek uit die finansiële geleenthede in die Verenigde State en Engeland. Soos in Australië, Jackson het dikwels gevind dat wit boksers nie bereid was om teen hom te veg nie. Min
St. Louis, aan die begin van die 20ste eeu, het 'n prominente professionele bokstoneel gehad. Abe Attell, hoewel gebore in San Francisco, was gebaseer in St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell het sy Wêreld-veergewigbokskampioenskap teen gereelde mededinger Harry Forbes verdedig. Forbes was ook 'n gereelde op die St. Louis-bokstoneel. Forbes het Danny Dougherty verslaan vir die