Historyk sportów walki i artysta sztuk walki
Październik 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, który zabił
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 wypuściło „Spotkanie z niebezpieczeństwem”. (związek partnerski) in London in 1950 ale nie wydał go w Stanach Zjednoczonych
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
Grudzień 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. Później
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 “Rolnik” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Jednak, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Przez 1902, George
Na sierpień 11, 1915, obecny mistrz świata w boksie w wadze kolorowej ciężkiej Sam McVey walczył z Sandy Fergusonem w Bostonie, Massachusetts w sali gimnastycznej Atlas Athletic Association. McVey walczył w czasach, gdy promotorzy zamrażali wszystkich afroamerykańskich bokserów, z wyjątkiem wielkiego Jacka Johnsona, od walki o mistrzostwo świata. McVey pokonał większość innych wielkich czarnych wojowników
Jak napisałem w kilku postach, najlepsi bokserzy wagi ciężkiej pomiędzy 1900 i 1919 byli afroamerykańscy bokserzy zmuszeni do walki o “Kolorowe mistrzostwa”. Nawet po tym, jak wielki Jack Johnson w końcu przełamał kolorową linię i zdobył mistrzostwo świata w wadze ciężkiej, broniłby tytułu tylko przed białymi rywalami. W rezultacie, najtrudniejsi rywale
W listopadzie 10, 1924, Pani. A.W. Stickney opuszczał St. Klub wiejski w Louisie, kiedy podeszło do niej dwóch Afroamerykanów. Jasnoskóry mężczyzna powiedział pani M. Stickneya, aby oddał jej klejnoty, w przeciwnym razie mógłby je jej odebrać. Fearing for her safety, Pani. Stickney wręczył mężczyźnie biżuterię, wyceniony na $17,000.00, i $85.00 in cash. Pani.