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On a chilly night, Januari 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 år. 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
Den kraftfulla William Muldoon ansågs oövervinnerlig som grekisk-romersk World Wrestling Champion. Endast en man utmanade Muldoon på allvar under hans dominerande regeringstid. Den 165 pund tunga Clarence Whistler gav Muldoon konsekvent sina tuffaste utmaningar. Muldoon och Whistler träffades på torsdagen, November 1, 1883 i San Francisco, Kalifornien i en av sina flera matcher. William Muldoon var nästan ett huvud längre och vägde
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 minuter. Beell vann
Joe Acton var en av Englands bästa brottare under 1800-talet. 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 polisen. 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. Genom 1904 eller 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,
På måndag, Maj 30, 1892, den store Peter Jackson boxade en handskarmatch med före detta skyddsling Frank Slavin. Båda männen bodde och kämpade i Australien, även om fansintresset fick Jackson att turnera världen över för att dra fördel av de ekonomiska möjligheterna i USA och England. Som i Australien, Jackson fann ofta vita boxare som var ovilliga att slåss mot honom. Få
St. Louis, i början av 1900-talet, hade en framstående professionell boxningsscen. Abe Attell, fastän född i San Francisco, var baserat i St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell försvarade sitt världsmästerskap i fjäderviktsboxning mot den frekventa rivalen Harry Forbes. Forbes var också stammis på St. Louis boxningsscen. Forbes besegrade Danny Dougherty för
Jim Londos steg genom raden av professionell brottning för att bli den största box office-stjärnan på inte bara 1930-talet utan genom tiderna. Emellertid, om Londos inte hade kommit till St. Louis i början av 1920-talet, historien kunde ha varit helt annorlunda. Londos lärde sig catch-as-catch-can-brottning medan Londos uppträdde som en stark man i karnevalskretsen under