Certamina ludis Historicus et Martialis Artist
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. You
Novembres 30, 1910, nuntiatum est priori, ut ab Angliae World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace obiit, 79 annorum aetatis,. Erat mundi fortissimus ex Mace 1860 ut 1862 et iterum ab 1866 ut 1876. Post reportedly promerendae a million pupa in curriculo, quod pertransiri 1857 ut 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
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. Per multos annos, 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 et 126 pondo, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. In July 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
On August 26, 1886, Evan “Strangulatam” 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. Illud certe fuit quod initio cogitabam et plerique historici scripserunt. Modern
Avus consobrinus meus est, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, fuit unus Sancti. Ludovicus’ Vivamus pioneers. Julius, notum in familia “Punks”, joined Air National praetorii in medio 1920s. Legatum sibi fore. Iulius plana ad tam militarem quam togatum aere corpus volat. Plurimi homines in sua unitate, in quo continetur Karolus
In ultima septimana mensis Decembris 1902, William Rudolph, Metallicus ut habitet in Franklin Comitatu, Marcus Cornelius, et eruite vi oppressum de una ripa in Unione, MO. Et eruite vi oppressum pernoctabit, cum non esset pax usque in praesentem inflatis. Rudolph ad parentes’ suscipit 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 ut 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” Åberg. 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