Alexander Baptiste Passes at 100

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On September 15, 1919, St. Louis citizens woke up to read about the death of one of their oldest citizens, Alexander Baptiste. Just a few months before his 101st or 102nd birthday depending on which source you believed, Alexander Baptiste passed away from intestinal disease. I årevis, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate

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“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

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“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 og 126 pounds, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. På juli 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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Evan Lewis Strangles Tom Cannon

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Den August 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis met the British Wrestling Champion Tom Cannon in Cincinnati, Ohio. During the legitimate wrestling era, other wrestlers feared the powerful Lewis because of his stranglehold. Lewis employed a carotid arterial strangle known as the rear naked choke in Judo. Det var i hvert fald, hvad jeg oprindeligt troede, og de fleste historikere har citeret. Moderne

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Julius W. Johannpeter, Air Pioneer

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Min bedstefars første fætter, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, var en af ​​St. Louis’ flypionerer. Julius, der var kendt i familien som “Punks”, sluttede sig til Air National Guard i midten af ​​1920'erne. Han ville blive ansat som løjtnant. Julius fløj fly for både det militære og civile luftkorps. De fleste af mændene i hans enhed, som omfattede Charles

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Roland vintre i Golden Eye (1948)

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Mens nogle skuespillere spillede Charlie Chan før Warner Oland og et par portrætteret Inspector Chan efter Roland Winters, hoveddelen af ​​Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film tilpasninger fandt sted mellem 1931 til 1949. Warner Oland begyndte at spille Charlie Chan i The Black Camel (1931). Efter hans død, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the

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Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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