Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 orð, The St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 ár. 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. Aðeins einn maður alvarlega áskorun Muldoon á markaðsráðandi valdatíma hans. The 165-pund Clarence Whistler stöðugt gaf Muldoon ströngustu viðfangsefni hans. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Nóvember 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California í einn af nokkrum leikjum sínum. William Muldoon var næstum höfði hærri og vó
Charlie Chan á vaxmyndasafn (1940) aðalhlutverki Sidney TOLER sem Charlie Chan er uppáhalds Charlie Chan bíómynd minn. Charlie Chan er að leita að morðingja í vaxmyndasafni. Vax Safnið er framan fyrir lýtalækni, sem breytir útliti vildu glæpamenn að verðlaunum. The skurðlæknir Dr. Rjómi, 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 mínútur. Beell vann
Joe Acton var einn besti glímumaður Englands á 19. öld. 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
Á 19. öld, bæði verðlaunakappar og einvígismenn nýttu sér sandrifseyjarnar í Mississippi ánni, í kringum St. Louis, Missouri, að halda verðlaunabardaga eða einvígi. Yfirvöld hafa illa við einvígi til dauða hvar sem er. Þó, bæði Illinois og Missouri bönnuðu einnig verðlaunabardaga. Blóðug eyja í miðri Mississippi ánni rétt norðan við miðbæ 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 “unnið” matches thrown in the mix. Með 1904 eða 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,
Janúar 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. Í þessari mynd, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. The Count inherits his father’s money and the
Á mánudaginn, Maí 30, 1892, hinn frábæri Peter Jackson fór í hanskabardaga við fyrrverandi skjólstæðinginn Frank Slavin. Báðir mennirnir bjuggu og börðust í Ástralíu, þó áhugi aðdáenda hafi leitt Jackson til að ferðast um heiminn til að nýta sér fjárhagsleg tækifæri í Bandaríkjunum og Englandi. Eins og í Ástralíu, Jackson fannst oft hvítir hnefaleikamenn vilja ekki berjast við hann. Fáir
St. Louis, í upphafi 20. aldar, var með áberandi atvinnuhnefaleikasenu. Abe Attell, þó fæddur í San Francisco, hafði aðsetur í St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell varði heimsmeistaramótið í fjaðurvigt í hnefaleikum gegn tíðum keppinauti Harry Forbes. Forbes var einnig fastagestur á St. Louis hnefaleikaatriði. Forbes sigraði Danny Dougherty fyrir