Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
En outubro 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, que matou
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 lanzou Appointment with Danger (enlace de afiliado) in London in 1950 pero non o lanzou nos Estados Unidos
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
En decembro 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
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 “Agricultores” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Porén, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Por 1902, George
En agosto 11, 1915, o actual campión mundial de boxeo de peso pesado de cores, Sam McVey, loitou contra Sandy Ferguson en Boston, Massachusetts no ximnasio da Asociación Atlética Atlas. McVey loitou nunha época na que os promotores conxelaron a todos os boxeadores afroamericanos, excepto o gran Jack Johnson, de loitar polo campionato do mundo. McVey derrotou á maioría dos outros grandes loitadores negros deste
Como escribín en varias publicacións, os mellores boxeadores de peso pesado entre 1900 e 1919 foron os boxeadores afroamericanos obrigados a loitar entre si polo “Campionato de cores”. Mesmo despois de que o gran Jack Johnson finalmente rompese a liña de cores e gañase o Campionato Mundial de Peso Pesado, só defendería o título ante os aspirantes brancos. As a result, os máis duros retadores
En novembro 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Stickney estaba deixando o St. Louis Country Club, cando se lle achegaron dous homes afroamericanos. O home de pel máis clara díxolle á Sra. Stickney para entregarlle as xoias ou quitárallas. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Stickney entregoulle ao home as súas xoias, valorado en $17,000.00, e $85.00 in cash. Mrs.