Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Sotavento” Ellis from my mother. She spent lots of time with her grandmother who lived in St. Louis. Grandpa Ellis moved to Illinois a couple of times during the 1940s and 1950s. Mom would come back to St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, el luchador campeón del mundo y de pesas en 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch conservó el título durante cinco años y derrotó a todos los interesados. En la edad relativamente joven de 35, Gotch decidió retirarse. Para su último partido, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
En noviembre 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Sin embargo, 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.
Alrededor 10 am el jueves, Abril 10, 1919, cinco hombres fuertemente armados irrumpieron en el banco de Baden. Los bandidos se enfrentaron a M.W. Muntzel, el cajero, y exigió acceso a la bóveda. Acorralaron a los otros cuatro empleados mientras Muntzel conducía al grupo a la bóveda.. Los ladrones llevaban pañuelos de colores para ocultar sus rasgos.. Mientras dos de los cinco hombres
El viernes, Mayo 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, Misuri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minutes. 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 contrata a Holmes para proteger el
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. el uso
En mayo 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
En agosto 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 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. In 1847, la
A finales 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko viajó a los Estados Unidos para desafiar Mundial Peso Pesado Wrestling Campeón Frank Gotch. Antes de conocer Gotch, Zbyszko gira por Estados Unidos y luchó muchos luchadores locales en toda la primera parte 1910. Zbyszko viajaría 37,000 millas. Al principio de su recorrido, Zbyszko reunió Frank Gotch en un handicap match. Zbyszko derrotó Gotch, quien fue