Gevechtssporthistoricus en krijgskunstenaar
Op oktober 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, die doodde
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 vrijgegeven afspraak met gevaar (affiliate link) in London in 1950 maar bracht het niet uit in de Verenigde Staten
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
Op december 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 “Boer” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Echter, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Door 1902, George
Op augustus 11, 1915, de huidige wereldkampioen gekleurde zwaargewicht boksen Sam McVey vocht tegen Sandy Ferguson in Boston, Massachusetts in de sportschool van de Atlas Athletic Association. McVey vocht in een tijdperk waarin promotors alle Afro-Amerikaanse boksers bevroren, behalve de grote Jack Johnson, van de strijd om het wereldkampioenschap. McVey versloeg de meeste andere grote zwarte vechters hiervan
Zoals ik in meerdere berichten heb geschreven, de beste zwaargewichtboksers ertussen 1900 en 1919 waren de Afro-Amerikaanse boksers gedwongen met elkaar te vechten voor de “Gekleurd kampioenschap”. Zelfs nadat de grote Jack Johnson eindelijk de kleurlijn brak en het World Heavyweight Championship won, hij zou de titel alleen verdedigen tegen blanke kanshebbers. As a result, de zwaarste uitdagers
Op november 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Stickney verliet de St. Louis Countryclub, toen ze werd benaderd door twee Afro-Amerikaanse mannen. De lichtere man vertelde mevrouw. Stickney om haar juwelen af te geven, anders zou hij ze van haar afpakken. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Stickney overhandigde de man haar sieraden, geschat op $17,000.00, en $85.00 in cash. Mrs.