Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
On a chilly night, Janúar 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 a.m. 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 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
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
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 “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,
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
Jim Londos fór í gegnum raðir atvinnuglímunnar og varð stærsta miðasölustjarna ekki aðeins þriðja áratugarins heldur allra tíma.. Þó, ef Londos hefði ekki komið til St. Louis í byrjun 1920, sagan hefði getað verið allt önnur. Londos lærði grípandi glímu á meðan Londos stóð sig sem sterkur maður í karnivalinu á meðan