Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
Fritz Lang made one of his early crime films in 1922. He directed Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922), which ran approximately four hours and thirty minutes. It tells the story of Dr. Mabuse, a professor of psychoanalysis. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. In his multiple
Lørdag, November 25, 1899, St. Louis wrestling fans experienced a shock, when a visiting wrestler easily threw local champion Oscar Wasem in a little over 20 minutter. 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 besat
På torsdag, Januar 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins forsvarede sit amerikanske wrestlingmesterskab mod en kommende wrestler fra Iowa. After the first fall, fansene indså, at det var den hårdeste kamp af c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins havde besejret Gotch's
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 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 var verdensmester i sværvægtshalsbånd og albuebrydning i 1870'erne. Ved 1855, Dufur trak sig tilbage fra professionel brydning for at forfølge sit fuldtidserhverv som tøjskrædder. Selv under hans wrestling-karriere, Dufur arbejdede som skrædder. Dufur fortalte korrespondenten fra The Boston Globe, at han var født i Richford, Vermont i juni 5, 1943. Denne dato af
I 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
Mooney blev betragtet som en bedre græsk-romersk wrestler, 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
I januar 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 var den græsk-romerske Wrestling Champion Frankrig i 1890'erne. Han vandt en turnering på Folies-Bergères før vinde en turnering i Rusland i 1898. Disse sejre gjorde det muligt for ham at kræve verdensmesterskabet for græsk-romersk wrestling. Pons kapitaliseres på denne berygtet ved at åbne et træningscenter for at træne brydere og stærke mænd. Pons’ sejren var især bemærkelsesværdig på grund af
I 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. Men, 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