Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Em dezembro de 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 (link de afiliado) starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, dois criminosos escaparam da prisão. Eles estão buscando a vingança sobre os homens, que dupla atravessou um dos criminosos, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls disse dois dos guardas de sua prisão, onde uma grande fortuna estava escondido. 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,
Na tarde 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 “Agricultor” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. However, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Por 1902, George
Chester Gould criou a história em quadrinhos Dick Tracy em 1931. Originalmente publicado através do Metro Detroit, a faixa mudou-se para o Chicago Tribune, onde fez o papel e Gould rico através syndication. Era só uma questão de tempo antes de Dick Tracy fez sua estréia no cinema. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
As I have written in several posts, the best heavyweight boxers between 1900 e 1919 were the African-American boxers forced to fight each other for the “Colored Championship”. Even after the great Jack Johnson finally broke the color line and won the World Heavyweight Championship, he would only defend the title against white contenders. As a result, the toughest challengers
Também conhecido no The Cardinal Dormir, Sherlock Holmes’ Hora Fatal (1931) é o primeiro filme Sherlock Holmes, estrelado por Arthur Wontner no papel-título. O filme trata de um homem jovem, que tem vindo a fazer batota na ponte para recuperar sua fortuna perdida. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Em novembro 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Stickney was leaving the St. Louis Country Club, when she was approached by two African-American men. The lighter skinned man told Mrs. Stickney to turn over her jewels or he would take them from her. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Stickney handed the man her jewelry, valued at $17,000.00, e $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
Sam McVey iria ganhar o World Heavyweight Championship Colored Boxing em uma era onde os três melhores lutadores eram negros e congelado para fora da foto do título. Ele começou 1903 tão bem, ele iria colocar pressão sobre Champion World Heavyweight Boxing James J. Jeffries para dar-lhe uma partida. Jeffries se recusou a quebrar o “linha de cor” by giving a