Borrokako Kirolen Historialaria eta Martzial Artista
Irailaren 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. You
Azaroaren on 30, 1910, txostenak ohi Heavyweight Prizefighting txapelduna Jem Mace zuela hil zen Ingalaterratik etorri zen 79 urte. Mace munduko txapelduna izan zen 1860 arte 1862 eta berriro bertatik 1866 arte 1876. Milioi dolar informatzen irabazten duten spanned karrera batean ondoren 1857 arte 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Irailaren 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. Urtez, 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 eta 126 libera, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Uztailetik 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Abuztuaren On 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis britainiar Borroka txapelduna Tom Cannon ezagutu Cincinnati, Ohio. Legitimoa borroka garaian, Beste wrestlers beldurgarri boteretsuena Lewis delako bere stranglehold. Lewis carotid arteria strangle bat Judo biluzik atzeko choke bezala ezagutzen okupatuak. Nik behintzat hori zen hasieran pentsatu nuena eta historialari gehienek aipatu dute. Modernoa
Nire aitonaren lehengusua, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, bat izan zen St. Louis’ hegazkinen aitzindariak. Julius, familian bezala ezagutzen zena “Punks”, 1920ko hamarkadaren erdialdean Aireko Guardia Nazionalean sartu zen. Teniente kargua izango zen. Julius-ek hegazkinak egin zituen aireko gorputz militar zein zibiletarako. Bere unitateko gizon gehienak, Karlos barne hartzen zuena
During the last week of December 1902, William Rudolph, a recently returned miner to Franklin County, and George Collins robbed the Union Bank in Union, MO. They robbed it overnight, when no one was present by blowing up the safe. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
Aktore batzuk jokatu bitartean Charlie Chan Warner Oland aurretik eta gutxi erretratatu Inspector Chan Roland Winters ondoren, Earl Derr Biggers organo nagusia’ Charlie Chan film egokitzapenak artean gertatu 1931 arte 1949. Warner Oland jolasten Charlie Chan Black Camel hasi zen (1931). Bere heriotzaren ondoren, 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