Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Louis Police Department. 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. Sa pamamagitan ng 1904 o 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,
Sa Enero 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. Sa ganitong film, Louis Hayward plays The Count of Monte Cristo, Edmund Dantes, JR. Namana ng Konde ang pera ng kanyang ama at ang
Sa Monday, Mayo 30, 1892, ang mahusay na Peter Jackson boxed isang gloved labanan sa dating protégé Frank Slavin. Parehong lalaki ang nanirahan at nakipaglaban sa Australia, bagama't ang interes ng fan ang nagbunsod kay Jackson na libutin ang mundo para samantalahin ang mga pagkakataong pinansyal sa United States at England. Tulad ng sa Australia, Madalas na natagpuan ni Jackson ang mga puting boksingero na ayaw makipaglaban sa kanya. kakaunti
St. Louis, sa simula ng ika-20 Siglo, nagkaroon ng isang kitang-kitang propesyonal na boxing scene. Abe Attell, bagaman ipinanganak sa San Francisco, ay batay sa St. Louis. On February 1, 1904, Attell defended kanyang World Featherweight Boxing Championship laban frequent karibal Harry Forbes. Forbes ay din ng isang regular na sa St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes natalo Danny Dougherty para sa
Si Jim Londos ay tumaas sa hanay ng propesyonal na pakikipagbuno upang maging pinakamalaking box office star hindi lamang noong 1930s kundi sa lahat ng panahon. Gayunman, kung hindi dumating ang Londos sa St. Louis noong unang bahagi ng 1920s, maaaring iba ang kwento. Natuto ang Londos ng catch-as-catch-can wrestling habang si Londos ay gumanap bilang isang malakas na tao sa carnival circuit noong
Sam Langford ay itinuturing na isa sa mga pinakadakilang kalahating kilong para sa pound fighters sa lahat ng oras. Ipinanganak noong Marso 4, 1883 sa Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, siya ay itinuturing na ang pinakamalaking Canadian boxer sa lahat ng oras. Ang kanyang fighting career stretch mula sa 1900 upang 1926. Langford only stood 5 feet six and half inches tall and weighed 185 pounds at his heaviest. Siya
Ang gorilya (1939) ay isang comedy-misteryo “B” film paglalagay ng star ang Ritz Brothers, Joseph Calleia, Béla Lugosi at Lionell Atwill. Film ay nagawa sa pamamagitan ng pandalawampu-Century Fox bago sila tumigil sa paggawa “B” mga pelikula, 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
Noong Oktubre 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) Championship ngunit nanatiling wala sa spotlight hanggang
Noong Nobyembre 7, 1908, Charles Olson nakilala “Americus” Gus Schonlein para sa World Banayad na matimbang Wrestling Championship. Ang pagpareho ay pinatunayan upang maging kapana-panabik na bilang mga tagamasid pinaghihinalaang magiging ngunit ito natapos sa kontrobersya. Olson stood 6’01” ngunit tinitimbang lamang 170 pounds. Ipinanganak Max Flaskamp sa Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia in 1879, kinuha niya ang pangalan Charles o Charley Olson