Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Op 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
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. After
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate link) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, twee criminelen gevangenis ontsnapt. Ze zijn op zoek naar wraak op de mannen, die dubbele kruiste een van de criminelen, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls vertelde twee van de cipiers van zijn gevangenis waar een groot fortuin werd verborgen. 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,
In late 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 “Boer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Echter, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Door 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
Zoals ik in meerdere berichten heb geschreven, de beste zwaargewichtboksers ertussen 1900 en 1919 waren de Afro-Amerikaanse boksers gedwongen met elkaar te vechten voor de “Gekleurd kampioenschap”. Zelfs nadat de grote Jack Johnson eindelijk de kleurlijn brak en het World Heavyweight Championship won, hij zou de titel alleen verdedigen tegen blanke kanshebbers. As a result, de zwaarste uitdagers
Ook bekend bij The Sleeping kardinaal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) is het eerste Sherlock Holmes film met Arthur Wontner in de titelrol. De film betreft een jonge man, die is vals spelen bij de brug naar zijn verloren schat te herwinnen. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Op november 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Stickney verliet de St. Louis Countryclub, toen ze werd benaderd door twee Afro-Amerikaanse mannen. De lichtere man vertelde mevrouw. Stickney om haar juwelen af te geven, anders zou hij ze van haar afpakken. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Stickney overhandigde de man haar sieraden, geschat op $17,000.00, en $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
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