Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Crescendo eu ouvi muitas histórias sobre minha bisavó Caroline “Sotavento” Ellis da minha mãe. Ela passou muito tempo com sua avó que morava em St. Louis. Vovô Ellis mudou-se para Illinois um par de vezes durante os anos 1940 e 1950. Mom voltaria para St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, o lutador campeão do mundo e levantador de peso em 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch detinha o título por cinco anos e venceu todos os cantos. Na idade relativamente jovem de 35, Gotch decidiu se aposentar. Para sua última partida, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Em novembro 13, 1930, Roland V. Oeste lançou o Whispers Bat (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. However, 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.
Em torno de 10 am on Thursday, Abril 10, 1919, five heavily armed men burst into the Baden Bank. The bandits confronted M.W. Muntzel, the cashier, and demanded access to the vault. They rounded up the four other employees as Muntzel led the group to the vault. The robbers wore colored bandanas to obscure their features. While two of the five men
Na sexta-feira, Maio 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 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 filmes. 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. Ele usou
Em Maio 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd voltou para a franquia Dick Tracy no dilema de Dick Tracy (1947). Foi uma boa notícia para os fãs da franquia, embora Chester Gould era uma notável exceção. Gould criou o personagem Tracy para a página de quadrinhos do Detroit Espelho. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould
Em agosto 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. Em 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. Em 1847, o
Na tarde 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko viajou para os Estados Unidos para desafiar World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling Frank Gotch. Antes de se reunir Gotch, Zbyszko viajou pelos Estados Unidos e lutou contra muitos lutadores locais em toda a primeira parte 1910. Zbyszko iria viajar 37,000 milhas. No início de sua turnê, Zbyszko conheceu Frank Gotch em uma partida de handicap. Zbyszko derrotado Gotch, que era