Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, Saint-. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 ans. 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. Un seul homme a sérieusement défié Muldoon pendant son règne dominant.. Clarence Whistler, 165 livres, a toujours lancé à Muldoon ses défis les plus difficiles. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Novembre 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Californie dans l'un de ses nombreux matches. William Muldoon mesurait presque une tête de plus et pesait
Charlie Chan au musée de cire (1940) mettant en vedette Sidney Toler comme Charlie Chan est mon film Charlie Chan favori. Charlie Chan est à la recherche d'un meurtrier dans un musée de cire. The wax museum is a front for a plastic surgeon, who changes the appearance of wanted criminals for a price. 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 procès-verbal. Beell won the
Joe Acton était l’un des meilleurs lutteurs anglais du 19e siècle. 151-livre Acton a traversé les rangs de poids moyen de l'Angleterre avant le labour à travers les poids lourds. Après avoir battu le meilleur Angleterre avait à offrir, y compris Tom Cannon, Acton a décidé de tester ses capacités aux Etats-Unis. 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. Cependant, 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. Par 1904 ou 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,
Sur Janvier 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. Dans ce film, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. The Count inherits his father’s money and the
Lundi, Mai 30, 1892, the great Peter Jackson boxed a gloved bout with former protégé Frank Slavin. Both men lived and fought in Australia, although fan interest led Jackson to tour the world to take advantage of the financial opportunities in the United States and England. As in Australia, Jackson often found white boxers unwilling to fight him. Few
St. Louis, au début du 20e siècle, avait une scène de boxe professionnelle importante. Abe Attell, bien que né à San Francisco, était basé à St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell a défendu son championnat du monde de boxe poids plume contre son rival fréquent Harry Forbes. Forbes était également un habitué du St. Scène de boxe Louis. Forbes a battu Danny Dougherty pour le