Harcsporttörténész és harcművész
Kedden, Július 4, 1916, former St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond passed away after an illness of two years. Desmond was in Alexian Brothers Hospital from October 1915 until his death on Independence Day 1916. The 59-year-old Desmond left a 12-year-old son, William Desmond, Jr. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. For 17 years from 1890
Márton “Földműves” Burns was a professional catch-as-catch can wrestler as well as wrestling and physical cultural trainer. Hivatásos birkózóként elért nagy sikerei ellenére, sőt megnyerte az amerikai nehézsúlyú bajnokságot, he is more famous as a wrestling trainer. Márton “Földműves” Burns was born February 15, 1861 in Cedar County, Iowa. Both then and now, wrestling is in an Iowan’s blood.
On February 23, 1906, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Marvin Hart defended his title in Los Angeles. When James J. Jeffries retired as heavyweight champion, Hart and Jack Sharkey fought for the vacant title. Hart was the surprise winner of the fight. Hart refused to fight Jack Johnson, the recognized best heavyweight. Instead he fought Tommy Burns, a 5’07” skilled boxer.
Ezt a bejegyzést egy beszélgetés miatt írtam, amelyen a Twitteren megcímkéztek 1911 Frank Gotch és Georg Hackenschmidt visszavágója a nehézsúlyú birkózó-világbajnokságért. Jim Cornette, aki amellett, hogy a profi birkózás egyik legjobb menedzsere, elismert profi birkózástörténész is, a kettős keresztről beszélt a második Gotch-Hack meccsen
Hétfőn, Június 25, 1934, current World Champion Jim Browning defended his world title against Jim Londos. Browning dropped the title to Londos in a match to end the promotional war which led to the double-crosses of the early 1930s. 20,000 fans crowded into Madison Square Garden to see the match leading to a $40,000 gate. Jack Curley enjoyed a
A küzdősportokban, egy jó nagy ember általában megveri a jó kis embert. Ha nagyszerű vagy, gyakran pótolhatja a hatalmas méretbeli eltéréseket. Edwin Bibby mindössze 5 éves volt’04” and weighed 160 fontot, de sok nagyobb birkózót legyőzött profi birkózói karrierje során. Bibby sok birkózót legyőzött, köztük a gigantikus német birkózót, William Heygstert. Edwin Bibby képes volt
On December 15, 1903, three men entered the Erie House at Fourth Street and Clark Avenue. The men beat up cook Victor Dauson before shooting hotel clerk Charles Harding. Dauson died from his injuries but Charles Harding recovered. The men took $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 a.m. and surprised Harding,
Johnny Reagan fontos harcos volt a St. Louis boksz jelenete a 20. század első évtizedében. Eredetileg Brooklynból, Reagan St. Louis Jack McKenna vezetése alatt edzeni. McKenna a St. Louis, ahol harcosa elsősorban St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan akkoriban növekvő súlyú volt
Augusztus 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, Missouri around 7:30 a.m. Three figures exited the train. Two healthy looking police officers were escorting John D. “Jack” Shea, who killed St. Louis Police Officer Patrick Doran on November 7, 1881. The gaunt and sickly Shea was no longer the young thug, who executed Doran during a chase after
Mikor “Az orosz Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, known as “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt görög-római világbajnoki címet szerzett