Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Fritz Lang robil jeden z jeho trestnej činnosti filmov začiatku v 1922. Režíroval Dr. Mabuse: Gambler (1922), ktorá prebiehala približne štyri hodiny a tridsať minút. Rozpráva príbeh 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, 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 minutes. 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
On Thursday, Január 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins obhájil svoje americké majstrovstvo v zápasení proti začínajúcemu zápasníkovi z Iowy. After the first fall, fanúšikovia si uvedomili, že to bol najťažší zápas 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 porazil Gotcha
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 bol v 70. rokoch 19. storočia majstrom sveta v zápase o golier a lakte v ťažkej váhe. Podľa 1855, Dufur odišiel z profesionálneho wrestlingu, aby sa mohol venovať profesii odevného krajčíra na plný úväzok. Aj počas svojej zápasníckej kariéry, Dufur pracoval ako krajčír. Dufur povedal korešpondentovi The Boston Globe, že sa narodil v Richforde, Vermont v júni 5, 1943. Tento dátum
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. storočí, 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
In January 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 bol grécko-rímsky zápas majster Francúzska v roku 1890. On vyhral turnaj vo Folies-Bergères predtým, než vyhrá turnaj v Rusku 1898. Tieto víťazstvá mu umožnili získať titul majstra sveta v grécko-rímskom zápase. Pons zarábal na tejto známosti otvorením posilňovňu, aby vlak zápasníkov a silných mužov. Pons’ víťazstvo bolo pozoruhodné najmä preto
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