Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
On December 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office
Wenn der 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. After
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate link) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, zwei Verbrecher Gefängnis entkommen. Sie suchen, um Rache an den Männern exakt, die Doppelquerte eine der Kriminellen, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls sagte zwei der Wärter seinem Gefängnis, wo ein großes Vermögen versteckt war. The wardens find the treasure, have a
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
Im Spät 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Bauer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Jedoch, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Von 1902, George
Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
Wie ich in mehreren Beiträgen geschrieben habe, die besten Schwergewichtsboxer dazwischen 1900 und 1919 wurden die afroamerikanischen Boxer gezwungen, gegeneinander zu kämpfen “Farbige Meisterschaft”. Auch nachdem der großartige Jack Johnson endlich die Farbgrenze durchbrochen und die Weltmeisterschaft im Schwergewicht gewonnen hatte, er würde den Titel nur gegen weiße Konkurrenten verteidigen. As a result, die härtesten Herausforderer
Auch bekannt bei The Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) ist der erste Sherlock-Holmes-Film mit Arthur Wontner in der Titelrolle. Der Film bezieht sich auf einen jungen Mann,, , die an der Brücke betrogen hat, um seinen verlorenen Reichtum wieder. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
On November 10, 1924, Frau. A.W. Stickney verließ das St. Louis Country Club, als sie von zwei afroamerikanischen Männern angesprochen wurde. Der hellhäutigere Mann erzählte Mrs. Stickney solle ihre Juwelen abgeben, sonst würde er sie ihr wegnehmen. Fearing for her safety, Frau. Stickney reichte dem Mann ihren Schmuck, bewertet bei $17,000.00, und $85.00 in cash. Frau.
Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a