Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Oktobrī 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, kas nogalināja
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. Kinostudija Paramount Pictures publicēja programmu Appointment with Danger (filiāli saite) Londonā 1950 bet neizlaida to Apvienotajā Karalistē
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
Decembrī 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. Pēc
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 “Lauksaimnieks” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Tomēr, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Līdz 1902, George
Augustā 11, 1915, Pašreizējais pasaules čempions boksa smagajā svarā Sems Makvejs Bostonā cīnījās ar Sandiju Fergusonu, Masačūsetsā Atlas Athletic Association sporta zālē. Makvijs cīnījās laikmetā, kad veicinātāji iesaldēja visus afroamerikāņu bokserus, izņemot izcilo Džeku Džonsonu, no cīņas par pasaules čempionātu. Makvijs uzvarēja lielāko daļu citu lielisko melnādaino cīnītāju
Kā jau esmu rakstījis vairākos ierakstos, labākie smagsvara bokseri starp 1900 and 1919 bija afroamerikāņu bokseri spiesti cīnīties savā starpā par “Krāsains čempionāts”. Pat pēc tam, kad izcilais Džeks Džonsons beidzot pārtrauca krāsu līniju un uzvarēja pasaules čempionātā smagajā svarā, viņš tikai aizstāvētu titulu pret baltajiem pretendentiem. As a result, grūtākie izaicinātāji
Novembrī 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Stickney atstāja Sv. Luisa lauku klubs, kad viņu uzrunāja divi afroamerikāņu vīrieši. Vieglāka āda vīrietis teica Mrs. Stickney, lai apgāztu viņas dārglietas, pretējā gadījumā viņš tos viņai atņems. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Stickney pasniedza vīrietim savas rotaslietas, novērtēta at $17,000.00, and $85.00 in cash. Mrs.