Historian i sporteve luftarake dhe artist luftarak
Henry Moses Dufur mbajti kampionin botëror të mundjes me jakë dhe bërryl në peshën e rëndë gjatë viteve 1870. Nga 1855, Dufur u tërhoq nga mundja profesionale për të ndjekur profesionin e tij me kohë të plotë të rrobaqepësit. Edhe gjatë karrierës së tij në mundje, Dufur punonte si rrobaqepës. Dufur i tha korrespondentit nga The Boston Globe se ai kishte lindur në Richford, Vermont në qershor 5, 1943. Kjo datë e
Në dhjetor 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
Në shekullin XIX, most states banned bare-knuckled prizefighting and professional gloved boxing. Police often arrested fighter, managers, and promoters to stop prizefighting. A unique aspect of geography turned St. Louis into an ideal fight venue to get around the authorities’s activity to stop professional prizefighting. In the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, the river’s current created a handful
Në janar 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Paul Pons ishte kampion mundje greko-romake i Francës në vitet 1890. Ai fitoi një turne në Folies-Bergeres para se të fituar një turne në Rusi në 1898. Këto fitore e lejuan atë të pretendonte Kampionatin Botëror të Mundjes Greko-Romake. Pons kapitalizuar mbi këtë famë duke hapur një palestër për mundësit e trenit dhe burrave të fortë. Pons’ fitorja ishte veçanërisht e jashtëzakonshme për shkak të
Në 1934, Charles Arthur “Djalë i bukur” Floyd e përfundoi karrierën e tij kriminale në një Liverpool Lindor, Fusha e misrit në Ohio pas një përplasjeje me agjentët e FBI-së dhe oficerët lokalë të zbatimit të ligjit. Megjithatë, në dhjetor 1925, ai ishte numri i të burgosurve 29078 në burgun e Misurit. 21-vjeçari Floyd sapo ishte dënuar për grabitjen e zyrës kryesore të Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company.
Në tetor 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, e cila vrau
I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Paramount Pictures released Appointment with Danger (lidhje Filialin) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Louis
Më dhjetor 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