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On a chilly night, Januar 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 besede, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 let. 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. Samo en človek je resno izzval Muldoona med njegovo dominantno vladavino. 165-kilogramski Clarence Whistler je Muldoonu nenehno postavljal najtežje izzive. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Kalifornija v eni od njihovih več tekem. William Muldoon je bil skoraj za glavo višji in težji
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 min. Beell je zmagal
Joe Acton je bil eden najboljših angleških rokoborcev v 19. stoletju. 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. Policija 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. Jo 1904 ali 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,
Ponedeljek, Lahko 30, 1892, the great Peter Jackson boxed a gloved bout with former protégé Frank Slavin. Both men lived and fought in Australia, although fan interest led Jackson to tour the world to take advantage of the financial opportunities in the United States and England. As in Australia, Jackson often found white boxers unwilling to fight him. Few
St. Louis, at the beginning of the 20th Century, had a prominent professional boxing scene. Abe Attell, although born in San Francisco, was based in St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell defended his World Featherweight Boxing Championship against frequent rival Harry Forbes. Forbes was also a regular on the St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes defeated Danny Dougherty for the
Jim Londos se je povzpel po lestvici profesionalne rokoborbe in postal največja blagajniška zvezda ne le tridesetih let prejšnjega stoletja, ampak vseh časov. Vendar, če Londos ne bi prišel v St. Louisu v zgodnjih dvajsetih letih prejšnjega stoletja, zgodba bi lahko bila čisto drugačna. Londos se je naučil rokoborbe ujemi, ko jih ulovi, medtem ko je Londos nastopal kot močan mož v karnevalskem krogu med