Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
On a chilly night, Januarie 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 voormiddag. Sgt. Gibbons walked towards the Wabash Railroad’s Delmar Station, which was in complete darkness. Gibbons kneeled and wrapped his nightstick on the platform to signal any nearby beat officers to report to him. Patrolman Arthur J. Saxy heard the night
“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
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
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis Police Department. He would need all that toughness on the morning of January 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. O’Keefe had just woken up and was getting ready
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,
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
Jim Londos het deur die geledere van professionele stoei gestyg om die grootste loketster van nie net die 1930's nie, maar van alle tye te word. Egter, as Londos nie na St. Louis in die vroeë 1920's, die storie kon heel anders gewees het. Londos het vang-as-vang-kan-stoei geleer terwyl Londos as sterk man in die karnavalkring tydens