Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
En novembro 30, 1871, unha gran multitude de homes subiu a dez vagóns en Nova Orleans, O ferrocarril móbil e de Texas paraba en Canal Street en Nova Orleans, Louisiana. O tren continuou ata a estación de Montgomery preto de Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, onde a multitude deixou a choiva e abriuse camiño cara ao bosque. Unha procesión tan rara
En agosto 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, Missouri around 7:30 A.M. 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 foi un loitador importante no St. Louis escena de boxeo durante a primeira década do século XX. Orixinario de Brooklyn, Reagan trasladouse a St. Louis para adestrar con Jack McKenna. McKenna baseou a súa operación en St. Louis, onde o seu loitador loitou principalmente en St. Louis’ Club do West End. Reagan era un peso gallo en ascenso nese momento
Cando “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, coñecido como “Cabeza” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt gañou o título mundial en grecorromana
On a chilly night, Xaneiro 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, o St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 anos. 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
O poderoso William Muldoon foi considerado invencible como grecorromano Wrestling Campión do Mundo. Only one man seriously challenged Muldoon during his dominant reign. The 165-pound Clarence Whistler consistently gave Muldoon his toughest challenges. Muldoon e Whistler reuniu o xoves, Novembro 1, 1883 en San Francisco, California in one of their several matches. William Muldoon was almost a head taller and weighed
Charlie Chan no Museo de Cera (1940) protagonizado por Sidney Tolerancia como Charlie Chan é o meu filme favorito de Charlie Chan. Charlie Chan está buscando un asasino en un museo de cera. The wax museum is a front for a plastic surgeon, who changes the appearance of wanted criminals for a price. 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 actas. Beell won the
Joe Acton foi un dos mellores loitadores de Inglaterra durante o século 19. 151-pound Acton pasou por filas dos medios de Inglaterra antes de arar a través dos pesos pesados. Despois de bater o mellor a Inglaterra tiña que ofrecer, incluíndo Tom Canón, Acton decidiu probar as súas habilidades en Estados Unidos. Joe Acton resolto en Filadelfia na casa de Arthur Cámara dos Campións descanso durante os meses de verán de