Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Op November 30, 1871, 'n groot skare mans het op tien treinwaens op die New Orleans geklim, Mobiele en Texas-spoorweg soos dit op Canalstraat in New Orleans gestop het, Louisiana. Die trein het voortgegaan na Montgomery-stasie naby Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, waar die skare die reën verlaat het en die bos ingegaan het. Such an odd procession
Augustus 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, Missouri around 7:30 voormiddag. Three figures exited the train. Two healthy looking police officers were escorting John D. “Jack” Shea, who killed St. Louis Police Officer Patrick Doran on November 7, 1881. The gaunt and sickly Shea was no longer the young thug, who executed Doran during a chase after
Johnny Reagan was 'n belangrike vegter in die St. Louis-bokstoneel gedurende die eerste dekade van die 20ste eeu. Oorspronklik van Brooklyn, Reagan het na St. Louis om onder Jack McKenna te oefen. McKenna het sy operasie uit St. Louis, waar sy vegter hoofsaaklik by St. Louis’ West End Klub. Reagan was destyds 'n krielgewig wat styg
When “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, bekend as “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt won the world title in Greco-Roman
On a chilly night, Januarie 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 voormiddag. 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 woorde, die St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 jaar. 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. Slegs een man het Muldoon ernstig uitgedaag tydens sy dominante bewind. Die 165-pond Clarence Whistler het Muldoon konsekwent sy moeilikste uitdagings gegee. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Kalifornië in een van hul verskeie wedstryde. William Muldoon was amper 'n kop langer en het geweeg
Charlie Chan by die Wax Museum (1940) hoofrol Sidney toler as Charlie Chan is my gunsteling Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan is op soek na 'n moordenaar in 'n was museum. Die was museum is 'n front vir 'n plastiese chirurg, wat die voorkoms van die misdadigers vir 'n prys verander. The surgeon Dr. Cream, played by C. Henry Gordon, also
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 minute. Beell het die
Joe Acton was een van Engeland se beste stoeiers gedurende die 19de eeu. 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