Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
On detsember 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
When the 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. Pärast
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate link) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, kaks kurjategijad on põgenenud vanglast. Nad üritavad täpne kättemaks meestele, kes double ületanud ühe kurjategijad, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls ütles kaks valvurite tema vangla, kus on suur varandus peidetud. 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,
Aasta lõpus 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 “Farmer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Siiski, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Poolt 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
Nagu olen mitmes postituses kirjutanud, vahel parimad raskekaalu poksijad 1900 ja 1919 olid Aafrika-Ameerika poksijad sunnitud omavahel võitlema “Värvilised meistrivõistlused”. Isegi pärast seda, kui suurepärane Jack Johnson lõpuks värvijoone murdis ja raskekaalu maailmameistritiitli võitis, ta kaitseks tiitlit ainult valgete kandidaatide vastu. Tulemusena, kõige karmimad väljakutsujad
Ka teada Magamiskotid Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) on esimene Sherlock Holmes filmi peaosas Arthur Wontner nimiosa. Film puudutab noormehe, kes on petmine silla taastada oma kaotatud rikkuse. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
On November 10, 1924, Pr. A.W. Stickney lahkusin St. Louis Country Club, kui ta oli pöördunud kaks afroameerika meeste. Kergem nülitud mees ütles proua. Stickney keerata oma juveele või ta võtaks neid oma. Kartes tema ohutuse, Pr. Stickney ulatas mees tema ehteid, väärtuseks $17,000.00, ja $85.00 in cash. Pr.
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