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On a chilly night, Січень 9, 1915, Сержант. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 A.M. Сержант. 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 слова, Санкт-. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 років. 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. Тільки одна людина серйозний виклик Малдуна під час його правління домінуючого. 165 фунтів Кларенс Whistler послідовно дав Малдун свої найскладніші завдання. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Листопад 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Каліфорнія, в одному зі своїх декількох матчів. Вільям Малдун був майже на голову вище і зважують
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 хвилин. Beell виграв
Джо Актон був один з кращих борців Англії в 19 столітті. 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. Департамент Louis поліції. 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 “працював” matches thrown in the mix. За 1904 або 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,
У понеділок, Може 30, 1892, великий Пітер Джексон провів бій у рукавичках із колишнім протеже Френком Славіним. Обидва чоловіки жили і воювали в Австралії, хоча інтерес шанувальників спонукав Джексона до світового туру, щоб скористатися фінансовими можливостями в Сполучених Штатах і Англії. Як в Австралії, Джексон часто відчував небажання білих боксерів битися з ним. Кілька
Вулиця. Луїс, на початку 20-го століття, був видатний професійний бокс сцени. Abe Attell, хоча народився в Сан-Франциско, була заснована в Санкт. Луїс. On February 1, 1904, Attell захистив світ в напівлегкій чемпіонаті світу з боксу проти частого суперника Гаррі Forbes. Forbes також регулярно на St. Луїс бокс сцени. Forbes переміг Денні Доерті для
Jim Londos rose through the ranks of professional wrestling to become the biggest box office star of not only the 1930s but of all-time. Однак, if Londos had not come to St. Louis in the early 1920s, the story could have been quite different. Londos learned catch-as-catch-can wrestling while Londos performed as a strong man in the carnival circuit during