Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
On September 15, 1887, a muscular man stood in the First District Police Court listening to Judge Cady. As he looked out between eyes almost swollen shut and a busted lip, he waited to see if justice would be done. It was as Judge Cady told the beaten man, “$10 fine for disturbing the peace. $100 for resisting arrest. Sa
On November 30, 1910, aruanded tuli Inglismaalt, et endine maailma raskekaalu prizefighting Champion Jem Mace suri kell 79 aastat. Mace oli maailmameister alates 1860 kuni 1862 ja uuesti 1866 kuni 1876. Pärast väidetavalt teenida miljon dollarit karjääri, mis kestis 1857 kuni 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
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. Juba aastaid, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
“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 ja 126 naela, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Juulil 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
August 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis kohtus Briti maadlus Champion Tom Cannon 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. Vähemalt nii ma algselt arvasin ja enamik ajaloolasi on seda tsiteerinud. Kaasaegne
Minu vanaisa nõbu, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, oli üks St. Louis’ lennuki pioneerid. Julius, kes oli tuntud perekonna “Punkarid”, liitus Air National Guard keskel 1920.. Ta oleks tellitud kui leitnant. Julius lendas lennukid nii sõjaväelaste ja tsiviilisikute õhu korpuse. Enamik mehi oma üksuse, mis sisaldas Charles
Viimase nädala detsember 1902, William Rudolph, Hiljuti naasis kaevandaja Franklin County, ja George Collins röövitud Ühispangas liidu, MO. Nad röövisid ta üleöö, kui keegi oli kohal puhub kuni ohutu. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
While a few actors played Charlie Chan before Warner Oland and a few portrayed Inspector Chan after Roland Winters, the main body of Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film adaptations occurred between 1931 kuni 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). After his death, Sidney Toler started playing the role of Charlie Chan in the
On February 10, 1897, 60-year-old William H. Stewart, a civil engineer, died in St. Louis City Hospital. Stewart passed away from a morphine overdose. St. Louis Police originally thought it was a case of suicide or accidental overdose. Stewart lived with his son-in-law F.C. Bennett at 2634 Dickson Street. Mr. Bennett categorically denied Mr. Stewart used drugs of any kind.
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