Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Vaxa upp ég heyrði fullt af sögum um langömmu minni Caroline “Lee” Ellis frá móður minni. Hún eyddi miklum tíma með ömmu sinni sem bjó í St. Louis. Afi Ellis flutti til Illinois nokkrum sinnum á 1940 og 1950. Mamma myndi koma aftur til St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, heimsmeistari wrestler og weightlifter í 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch haldin titilinn í fimm ár og ósigur öllum Koma. Á tiltölulega unga aldri 35, Gotch ákveðið að láta af störfum. Fyrir síðasta leik sínum, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Nóvember 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. Þó, 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.
Around 10 er á fimmtudaginn, Apríl 10, 1919, fimm þungvopnaðir menn ruddust inn í Baden-bankann. Ræningjarnir tókust á við M.W. Munzel, gjaldkerinn, og krafðist aðgangs að gröfinni. Þeir tóku saman fjóra aðra starfsmenn þegar Muntzel leiddi hópinn að hvelfingunni. Ræningjarnir klæddust lituðum bandönum til að hylja andlit þeirra. Á meðan tveir af fimm mönnum
Á föstudaginn, Maí 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 mínútur. 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 kvikmyndir. 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. Hann notaði
Á maí 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd aftur til Dick Tracy kosningaréttur í ógöngur Dick Tracy er (1947). Það voru velkomnir fréttir fyrir aðdáendur kosningaréttur þótt Chester Gould var athyglisverð undantekning. Gould skapaði Tracy staf fyrir grínisti síðu Detroit Mirror. Eftir Chicago Tribune tók upp grínisti fréttaskot, Það er vinsældir sprakk. Gould
Ágúst 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Í 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. Í 1847, á
Í seint 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko ferðast til Bandaríkjanna til að skora heim Heavyweight glímukappi Frank Gotch. Áður en fundur Gotch, Zbyszko tónleikaferð til Bandaríkjanna og berjast mörgum staðbundnum wrestlers allan fyrri hluta 1910. Zbyszko myndi ferðast 37,000 kílómetra. Snemma í ferð hans, Zbyszko hitti Frank Gotch í fötlunar leik. Zbyszko sigraði Gotch, sem var