Harcsporttörténész és harcművész
November 30, 1871, férfiak nagy tömege szállt fel tíz vasúti kocsiba New Orleansban, Mobil és texasi vasút, ahogy megállt a New Orleans-i Canal Streeten, Louisiana. A vonat továbbment Montgomery állomásra, a Bay St. közelében. Louis, Mississippi, ahol a tömeg otthagyta az esőt és bement az erdőbe. Olyan furcsa menet
Augusztus 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 fontos harcos volt a St. Louis boksz jelenete a 20. század első évtizedében. Eredetileg Brooklynból, Reagan St. Louis Jack McKenna vezetése alatt edzeni. McKenna a St. Louis, ahol harcosa elsősorban St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan akkoriban növekvő súlyú volt
Mikor “Az orosz Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, known 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 görög-római világbajnoki címet szerzett
On a chilly night, Január 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 hallott az éjszaka
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, A St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 év. 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. Csak egy ember vetette komoly kihívás elé Muldoont uralkodása alatt. A 165 kilós Clarence Whistler következetesen megadta Muldoon legkeményebb kihívásait. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Kaliforniában több meccsük egyikén. William Muldoon majdnem egy fejjel magasabb volt, és súlya is volt
Charlie Chan a Wax Museum (1940) főszereplésével Sidney Toler mint Charlie Chan kedvenc Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan keresi a gyilkost a panoptikum. A panoptikum egy front egy plasztikai sebész, aki megváltoztatja a megjelenését körözött bűnözők az ár. 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 jegyzőkönyv. Beell won the
Joe Acton Anglia egyik legjobb birkózója volt a 19. században. 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