اوت H. Elker (1948-1906)

ادوارد-ماگدالنا و خانواده

My second great-grandfather August H. Elker was born in Hanover, Germany on May 22, 1848 in the year of revolutions in Europe. Whether related to the revolutions or not, August’s family travelled to America in 1854. After landing in New York City, the Elker family made its way to St. لوئیس, میسوری. خیابان. Louis had a large German Catholic community, که

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الیور کرک و 1904 خیابان. بازی های المپیک لوئیس

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Oliver Leonard Kirk has the distinction of being the only Olympic boxer to win a gold medal in two separate weight classes in the same Olympic Games. Oliver Kirk accomplished this feat at his hometown Olympics in 1904. خیابان. Louis hosted the third Olympiad during the 1904 World’s Fair Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, خیابان. Louis gave

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Gotch Crushes Jenkins for Title

فرانک gotch

در روز پنج شنبه, ژانویه 27, 1904, تام جنکینز از قهرمانی کشتی آمریکا در برابر کشتی گیر آینده دار آیووا دفاع کرد.. After the first fall, هواداران متوجه شدند که این سخت ترین مسابقه C Frank Alvin Gotch بود, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. جنکینز گوچ را شکست داده بود

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Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

کلارنس-سوتلر

After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, نوامبر 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Dan Daly Beats Ed Kelly

چارلز ام دالی

In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. خیابان. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. لوئیس. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in

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Officer Fatally Wounded Nabbing Killer

قدیمی STL-پلیس-نشان

در تاریخ نوامبر 16, 1877, خیابان. افسر پلیس لوئیس جان S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. مرد بعد به عنوان فرانک Rande شناسایی موسسه رهنی رایت در مورد وارد 9:30 a.m. رایت یکی از دستیاران خود را برای پلیس فرستاده. As Officer White and Heffernan

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

جوان-اد-خفه کننده-لوئیس

در ژانویه 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “<طول bbox_x = "976" bbox_y = "1956" bbox_w = "52" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" قرمز = "255" سبز = "255" آبی = "255" آلفا = "” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.

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