Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Fritz Lang tegi üks tema varajase kuritegevuse filmid 1922. Ta lavastas Dr. Mabuse: Gambler (1922), mis kestis umbes neli tundi ja kolmkümmend minutit. See räägib dr. Mabuse, professor psühhoanalüüsi. Ta on ka liider kriminaalmenetluse ring hallituse professor Moriarty on Sherlock Holmes seeria. In his multiple
On laupäev, 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 protokoll. 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 possessed
Neljapäeval, Jaanuar 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins kaitses oma Ameerika maadluse meistritiitlit ühe Iowa maadleja vastu.. After the first fall, fännid said aru, et see oli Frank Alvin Gotchi raskeim matš, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins oli Gotchi alistanud
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 oli 1870. aastatel kaelarihma ja küünarnuki maadluse raskekaalu maailmameister. Poolt 1855, Dufur loobus professionaalsest maadlusest, et jätkata täiskohaga rõivarätsepa eriala. Isegi oma maadluskarjääri ajal, Dufur töötas rätsepana. Dufur rääkis The Boston Globe'i korrespondendile, et ta on sündinud Richfordis, juunil Vermontis 5, 1943. See kuupäev
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
19. sajandil, 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
Aasta jaanuaris 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 oli kreeka-rooma maadluses Prantsusmaa 1890. Ta võitis turniiri Folies-Bergeres enne võitnud turniiri Venemaal 1898. Need võidud võimaldasid tal võita kreeka-rooma maadluse maailmameistrivõistlused. Pons on seda ära tuntuse avades jõusaal rong maadlejate ja tugevad mehed. Pons’ võit oli eriti tähelepanuväärne, sest
Sisse 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. Siiski, 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