Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Universal Pictures released the thirteenth of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 films. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs hires Holmes to protect the
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Použil
Května 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). It was welcome news for fans of the franchise although Chester Gould was a notable exception. Gould created the Tracy character for the comic page of the Detroit Mirror. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould
Srpna 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. V 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. V 1847, the
V pozdní 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko cestoval do Spojených států, aby napadnout World Heavyweight Wrestling mistra Franka Gotch. Před setkání Gotch, Zbyszko turné Spojené státy a bojoval mnoho místních zápasníků v průběhu úvodní části 1910. Zbyszko by cestovali 37,000 míle. Brzy v jeho turné, Zbyszko setkal Frank Gotch v handicapu utkání. Zbyszko porazil Gotch, který byl
My second great-grandfather August H. Elker was born in Hanover, Germany on May 22, 1848 in the year of revolutions in Europe. Whether related to the revolutions or not, August’s family travelled to America in 1854. After landing in New York City, the Elker family made its way to St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis had a large German Catholic community, který
Oliver Leonard Kirk má vyznamenání za bytí jediný olympijský boxer vyhrát zlatou medaili ve dvou různých váhových třídách ve stejných olympijských hrách. Oliver Kirk vykonal tento čin v jeho rodném městě olympijských her v 1904. St. Louis hostil třetí olympiádu v průběhu 1904 Světová výstava Expozice. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Arthur Wontner je pravděpodobně nejlepší film portrayer Sherlocka Holmese. His fifth and final outing as Holmes in Murder at the Baskervilles (1937). Film byl propuštěn ve Spojeném království v roce 1937 ale nebyla vydána v Americe až do ledna 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
Ve čtvrtek, Leden 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins obhájil svůj americký zápasový šampionát proti nadějnému zápasníkovi z Iowy. Po prvním pádu, fanoušci si uvědomili, že to byl nejtěžší zápas c Frank Alvin Gotch, Humboldt, Iowa farmářský chlapec, který by porazit Georg Hackenschmidt pro World Heavyweight šampionát v 1908, byl Jenkins’ vyzývatel. Jenkins porazil Gotche
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Listopad 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman