Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Fritz Lang dělal jeden z jeho trestné činnosti filmů počátku v 1922. Režíroval Dr. Mabuse: Gambler (1922), která probíhala přibližně čtyři hodiny a třicet minut. Vypráví příběh Dr. Mabuse, profesor psychoanalýzy. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. In his multiple
V sobotu, Listopad 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 zápis. After the easy victory, fans smelled a rat, when the “Indianapolis Cyclone” spoke with a Lancashire accent. Oscar Wasem surpassed George Baptiste as St. Louis’ wrestling champion in the mid-1890s. Wasem posedlý
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
Henry Moses Dufur byl v 70. letech 19. století mistrem světa v zápase s límcem a loktem v těžké váze. Podle 1855, Dufur odešel z profesionálního wrestlingu, aby se mohl věnovat své profesi oděvního krejčího na plný úvazek. I během své zápasnické kariéry, Dufur pracoval jako krejčí. Dufur řekl korespondentovi The Boston Globe, že se narodil v Richfordu, června ve Vermontu 5, 1943. Toto datum
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
V 19. stol, most states banned bare-knuckled prizefighting and professional gloved boxing. Police often arrested fighter, managers, and promoters to stop prizefighting. A unique aspect of geography turned St. Louis into an ideal fight venue to get around the authorities’s activity to stop professional prizefighting. In the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, the river’s current created a handful
V lednu 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Paul Pons byl řecko-římský zápas mistr Francie v roce 1890. On vyhrál turnaj ve Folies-Bergères předtím, než vyhraje turnaj v Rusku 1898. Tato vítězství mu umožnila získat titul mistra světa v řecko-římském zápase. Pons vydělával na této proslulosti otevřením posilovnu, aby vlak zápasníků a silné muže. Pons’ vítězství bylo zvláště pozoruhodné
V 1934, Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. Však, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office