Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
On a chilly night, Január 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 words, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 rokov. 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. Only one man seriously challenged Muldoon during his dominant reign. The 165-pound Clarence Whistler consistently gave Muldoon his toughest challenges. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California in one of their several matches. William Muldoon was almost a head taller and weighed
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 minutes. Beell won the
Joe Acton bol jedným z najlepších anglických zápasníkov 19. storočia. 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. Police Department Louis. 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. Podľa 1904 alebo 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,
V pondelok, Máj 30, 1892, skvelý Peter Jackson boxoval súboj v rukavici s bývalým chránencom Frankom Slavinom. Obaja muži žili a bojovali v Austrálii, hoci záujem fanúšikov viedol Jacksona k turné po svete, aby využil finančné príležitosti v Spojených štátoch a Anglicku. Ako v Austrálii, Jackson často našiel bielych boxerov, ktorí s ním neboli ochotní bojovať. Málo
St. Louis, na začiatku 20. Storočia, mal prominentnú profesionálnu boxerskú scénu. Abe Attell, hoci sa narodil v San Franciscu, sídlila v St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell obhájil svoje majstrovstvá sveta v boxe v perovej váhe proti častému rivalovi Harrymu Forbesovi. Forbes bol tiež pravidelným účastníkom festivalu sv. Louis boxerská scéna. Forbes porazil Dannyho Doughertyho
Jim Londos sa dostal cez úroveň profesionálneho wrestlingu a stal sa najväčšou kasovou hviezdou nielen tridsiatych rokov, ale aj všetkých čias.. Však, keby Londos neprišiel na sv. Louis na začiatku 20. rokov 20. storočia, príbeh mohol byť úplne iný. Londos sa naučil chytať ako chytať, zatiaľ čo Londos vystupoval ako silný muž v karnevalovom okruhu počas