Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis Idara ya Polisi. 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 “worked” matches thrown in the mix. By 1904 au 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,
Januari 10, 1940, Rowland V. Lee released his low-budget feature film The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) through United Artists. Rowland V. Lee started directing films in 1920 and would make 59 films before retiring in 1945. Katika filamu hii, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, Jr. Hesabu anarithi pesa za baba yake na
Siku ya Jumatatu, Mei 30, 1892, Peter Jackson alipigana pambano la glavu na aliyekuwa mfuasi Frank Slavin. Wanaume wote wawili waliishi na kupigana huko Australia, ingawa shauku ya mashabiki ilimfanya Jackson kuzuru ulimwengu ili kutumia fursa za kifedha nchini Marekani na Uingereza. Kama huko Australia, Jackson mara nyingi alikuta mabondia wa kizungu hawataki kupigana naye. Wachache
St. Louis, mwanzoni mwa karne ya 20, alikuwa na eneo maarufu la ndondi. Abe Attell, ingawa alizaliwa San Francisco, ilikuwa na makao yake huko St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell alitetea Ubingwa wake wa Dunia wa Uzani wa Featherweight dhidi ya mpinzani wake wa mara kwa mara Harry Forbes. Forbes pia ilikuwa ya kawaida kwenye tamasha la St. eneo la ndondi la Louis. Forbes walimshinda Danny Dougherty kwa tuzo hiyo
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. Hata hivyo, 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
Sam Langford ni kuchukuliwa moja ya pound kubwa kwa wapiganaji chupa ya wakati wote. Alizaliwa Machi 4, 1883 katika Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, anachukuliwa kuwa bondia mkubwa zaidi wa Kanada wa wakati wote. Kazi yake ya mapigano ilianzia 1900 kwa 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Yeye
Gorilla (1939) ni comedy-siri “B” filamu nyota Brothers Ritz, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi na Lionell Atwill. filamu ilikuwa zinazozalishwa na Twentieth Century Fox-kabla ya kuacha maamuzi “B” films, the first film on a double bill. The Ritz Brothers were active between 1925 and the 1960s, when Al Ritz the oldest brother passed away. The brothers made
Mnamo Oktoba 20, 1906, Fred Beell proved dynamite comes in small packages. Beell, light heavyweight wrestling champion, defeated former American heavyweight champion Dan McLeod. Beell parlayed an active 1906 into defeats of former American Heavyweight Champion Dan McLeod and current American Heavyweight Champion Frank Gotch. Beell won the American Middleweight (Light Heavyweight) Ubingwa lakini ulisalia bila kuangaziwa hadi
Novemba 7, 1908, Charles Olson alikutana “Americus” Gus Schonlein kwa Mashindano ya Dunia ya Mieleka ya Uzito wa Juu. Mechi hiyo ilionekana kuwa ya kusisimua kama waangalizi walishuku kuwa ingekuwa hivyo lakini ilimalizika kwa utata. Olson alisimama 6’01” bali kupimwa tu 170 paundi. Alizaliwa Max Flaskamp huko Krefeld, Kaskazini mwa Rhine-Westphalia 1879, alichukua jina Charles au Charley Olson