Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Studeni 30, 1871, velika gomila muškaraca ukrcala se u deset željezničkih vagona na New Orleansu, Mobilna i teksaška željeznica dok se zaustavljala u ulici Canal u New Orleansu, Louisiana. Vlak je nastavio do postaje Montgomery blizu Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, gdje je gomila ostavila kišu i uputila se u šumu. Tako čudna povorka
Kolovoza 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 bio je važan borac u St. Louis boksačka scena tijekom prvog desetljeća 20. stoljeća. Podrijetlom iz Brooklyna, Reagan se preselio u St. Louis trenirati pod Jackom McKennom. McKenna je svoju operaciju temeljio na St. Louis, gdje se njegov borac prvenstveno borio kod St. Louis’ Klub West End. Reagan je u to vrijeme bio u usponu bantam kategorije
Kada “Ruski Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, poznat kao “Pijuk” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt je osvojio naslov svjetskog prvaka u grčko-rimskom stilu
On a chilly night, Siječanj 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 godina. 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 je jedan čovjek ozbiljno izazvao Muldoona tijekom njegove dominantne vladavine. Clarence Whistler težak 165 funti stalno je zadavao Muldoonu njegove najteže izazove. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Studeni 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California u jednom od njihovih nekoliko mečeva. William Muldoon bio je gotovo za glavu viši i teži
Charlie Chan u Muzej voštanih figura (1940) starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan is my favorite Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan je u potrazi za ubojicom u muzeju voska. Muzej vosak je paravan za plastičnog kirurga, koja mijenja izgled htjeli kriminalaca za cijenu. Kirurg dr.. Vrhnje, 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 zapisnik. Beell je osvojio
Joe Acton bio je jedan od najboljih engleskih hrvača tijekom 19. stoljeća. 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