Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Joulukuun 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. Jälkeen
Toisessa säilyneessä Sherlock Holmes -elokuvassa (affiliate link) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, kaksi rikolliset ovat paenneet vankilasta. He etsivät kostaa on miehiä, joka kaksinkertainen ristissä yksi rikollisia, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls kertoi kaksi vartijat hänen vankilasta, jossa suuri onni oli piilotettu. The wardens find the treasure, on 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,
Loppuvuodesta 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 “Viljelijä” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Kuitenkin, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Ludvig, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Mennessä 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
Kuten olen kirjoittanut useissa viesteissä, parhaat raskaansarjan nyrkkeilijät välillä 1900 ja 1919 olivatko afrikkalaisamerikkalaiset nyrkkeilijät pakotettuja taistelemaan keskenään “Värillinen mestaruus”. Jopa sen jälkeen, kun suuri Jack Johnson lopulta rikkoi värilinjan ja voitti raskaansarjan maailmanmestaruuden, hän puolustaisi titteliä vain valkoisia kilpailijoita vastaan. As a result, kovimmat haastajat
Tunnetaan myös nimellä Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) on ensimmäinen Sherlock Holmes elokuvan pääosissa Arthur Wontner nimiroolin. Elokuva koskee nuori mies, joka on huijaaminen silta takaisin kadonnutta rikkaus. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Marraskuun 10, 1924, Rouva. A.W. Stickney oli lähdössä St. Louis Country Club, kun kaksi afroamerikkalaista miestä lähestyi häntä. Vaalea iho kertoi Mrs. Stickney kääntää jalokivet tai hän ottaisi ne häneltä. Fearing for her safety, Rouva. Stickney ojensi miehelle korunsa, arvoltaan $17,000.00, ja $85.00 in cash. Rouva.
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