Harcsporttörténész és harcművész
Szeptember 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
November 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 éves korig. Mace was world champion from 1860 a 1862 and again from 1866 a 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 a 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Szeptember 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. Évek, 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 és 126 font, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Július 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Augusztus 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis találkoztak a brit birkózás bajnok Tom Cannon Cincinnati, Ohio. A jogos birkózó-korszak, Más birkózók félt a hatalmas Lewis, mert az ő markában. Lewis foglalkoztatott a nyaki artéria megfojtja az úgynevezett hátsó meztelenül szívatószabályozó Judo. Legalábbis eredetileg ezt gondoltam, és a legtöbb történész idézte. Modern
Nagyapám első unokatestvére, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, egyike volt a St. Louis’ repülőgép úttörői. Julius, akit a családban úgy ismertek “Punkok”, az 1920-as évek közepén csatlakozott a légi nemzeti gárdához. Hadnagynak neveznék ki. Julius a katonai és a polgári légihadtest számára egyaránt repült. A legtöbb ember az egységében, amelybe Charles is beletartozott
Az elmúlt héten a december 1902, William Rudolph, Egy nemrég tért vissza bányász a Franklin County, és George Collins kirabolták a Union Bank uniós, MO. Kirabolták az egyik napról a másikra, amikor senki sem volt jelen, fúj fel a biztonságos. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
Míg néhány szereplő játszott Charlie Chan előtt Warner Oland és néhány ábrázolta Inspector Chan, miután Roland Winters, a fő szerve Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan film kiigazításokat között történt 1931 a 1949. Warner Oland began playing Charlie Chan in The Black Camel (1931). Halála után, Sidney Toler elkezdtem játszani a szerepét Charlie Chan a
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