Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
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. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis had a large German Catholic community, que
Oliver Leonard Kirk tem a distinção de ser o único boxeador olímpico a ganhar uma medalha de ouro em duas categorias de peso diferentes nos mesmos Jogos Olímpicos. Oliver Kirk conseguido este feito em sua cidade natal Olimpíadas de 1904. St. Louis sediou a terceira Olimpíada durante o 1904 Exposição Feira Mundial. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Arthur Wontner é indiscutivelmente o melhor retratista filme de Sherlock Holmes. Sua excursão quinto e último como Holmes em Murder at the Baskervilles (1937). O filme foi lançado no Reino Unido em 1937 mas não foi lançado na América até janeiro 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
Na quinta-feira, Janeiro 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins defendeu seu American Wrestling Championship contra um lutador promissor de Iowa. After the first fall, a torcida percebeu que era a partida mais difícil do c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins derrotou Gotch
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, Novembro 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
O Mistério do Cabo Espanhol (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Dois primos, Frederic Dannay e Manfred Lee, que escreveu uma série de romances policiais sob o pseudônimo da personagem-título. Neste filme, Ellery Queen é tirar umas férias para a Califórnia com seu amigo Juiz Macklin. Of course, they are not long into their
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
O triunfo de Sherlock Holmes (1935) é um dos cinco filmes de Sherlock Holmes, estrelado por Arthur Wontner como Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adaptou o romance Sherlock Holmes The Valley of Fear, mas acrescentou à história para dar Professor Moriarty e Col. Papéis Sebastian Moran na história. Uma parte significativa do filme é a recontagem de
Em novembro 16, 1877, St. Louis Police Officer John S. White and his partner Officer Heffernan responded to a report of a wanted man tried to pawn stolen merchandise at Wright’s Pawnshop. The man later identified as Frank Rande entered Wright’s Pawnshop at about 9:30 A.M. Wright sent one of his assistants for the police. As Officer White and Heffernan
Em Janeiro de 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” 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.