Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Septembrī 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. Tu
Novembrī 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 gadiem. Mace was world champion from 1860 līdz 1862 and again from 1866 līdz 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 līdz 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Septembrī 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. Jau gadiem, 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 and 126 mārciņas, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Jūlijā 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Augustā 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” 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. Vismaz tā es sākotnēji domāju, un lielākā daļa vēsturnieku to ir citējuši. Mūsdienīgs
Mana vectēva pirmais brālēns, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, bija viens no Sv. Louis’ lidmašīnu pionieri. Julius, kurš ģimenē bija pazīstams kā “Punks”, 20. gadu vidū iestājās Gaisa nacionālajā gvardē. Viņu iecels par leitnantu. Jūlijs lidoja ar lidmašīnām gan militārajam, gan civilajam gaisa korpusam. Lielākā daļa vīriešu viņa vienībā, kurā ietilpa Čārlzs
Pagājušajā nedēļā decembrī 1902, William Rudolph, nesen atgriezies kalnraču Franklin County, un George Collins aplaupīja Savienības banka Savienībā, MO. Viņi aplaupīti to nakti, kad neviens nebija klāt ar putu drošu. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
Kamēr daži aktieri spēlēja Charlie Chan pirms Warner Ēlandes un daži atainojums Inspector Chan pēc Roland Ziemas, galvenā korpusa Earl derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan filmu pielāgojumi notika starp 1931 līdz 1949. Warner Oland sāka spēlēt Charlie Chan The Black Camel (1931). Pēc viņa nāves, 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