Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Vyrůstal jsem slyšel spoustu příběhů o mém prababička Caroline “Závětří” Ellis z mé matky. Strávila spoustu času s babičkou, který žil v St.. Louis. Děda Ellis přestěhovala do Illinois několikrát v průběhu roku 1940 a 1950. Máma se vrátí do St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, mistr světa zápasník a vzpěrač v 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch držel titul po dobu pěti let a porazil všem příchozím. V relativně mladém věku 35, Gotch se rozhodl odejít do důchodu. Pro jeho poslední zápas, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Dne 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Však, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Kolem 10 jsem ve čtvrtek, Duben 10, 1919, do Bádenské banky vtrhlo pět těžce ozbrojených mužů. Bandité čelili M.W. Muntzel, pokladní, a požadoval přístup do trezoru. Zaokrouhlili další čtyři zaměstnance, když Muntzel vedl skupinu do trezoru. Lupiči nosili barevné šátky, aby zakryli jejich rysy. Zatímco dva z pěti mužů
V pátek, Květen 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 zápis. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
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