Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 godina. 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. Samo je jedan čovjek ozbiljno izazvao Muldoona tijekom njegove dominantne vladavine. Clarence Whistler težak 165 funti stalno je zadavao Muldoonu njegove najteže izazove. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Studeni 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California u jednom od njihovih nekoliko mečeva. William Muldoon bio je gotovo za glavu viši i teži
Charlie Chan u Muzej voštanih figura (1940) starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan is my favorite Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan je u potrazi za ubojicom u muzeju voska. Muzej vosak je paravan za plastičnog kirurga, koja mijenja izgled htjeli kriminalaca za cijenu. Kirurg dr.. Vrhnje, 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 zapisnik. Beell je osvojio
Joe Acton bio je jedan od najboljih engleskih hrvača tijekom 19. stoljeća. 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
Tijekom 19.st, i natjecatelji i duelisti iskoristili su pješčane sprudove otoka u rijeci Mississippi, oko St. Louis, Missouri, održavati borbe za nagrade ili dvoboje. Vlasti su se namrštile na dvoboje do smrti na bilo kojem mjestu. Međutim, i Illinois i Missouri također su zabranili borbu za nagrade. Krvavi otok usred rijeke Mississippi sjeverno od središta 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. Po 1904 ili 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,
Siječnja 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. U tom filmu, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. The Count inherits his father’s money and the
U ponedjeljak, Svibanj 30, 1892, veliki Peter Jackson boksao se u rukavicama s bivšim štićenikom Frankom Slavinom. Obojica su živjela i borila se u Australiji, iako je interes obožavatelja naveo Jacksona na turneju po svijetu kako bi iskoristio financijske prilike u Sjedinjenim Državama i Engleskoj. Kao u Australiji, Jackson je često pronalazio bijele boksače koji nisu voljni boriti se s njim. Nekoliko
St. Louis, na početku 20. stoljeća, imao istaknutu profesionalnu boksačku scenu. Abe Attell, iako rođen u San Franciscu, sa sjedištem u St. Louis. U veljači 1, 1904, Attell je branio titulu Svjetskog boksačkog prvaka u pero kategoriji protiv čestog rivala Harryja Forbesa. Forbes je također bio redoviti gost na St. Louis boksačka scena. Forbes je pobijedio Dannyja Doughertyja za