Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
On 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. Vy
Novembra 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 rokov. Mace was world champion from 1860 na 1862 and again from 1866 na 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 na 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
On 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. Po celé roky, 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 a 126 libier, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. On July 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Augusta 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. Aspoň to som si pôvodne myslel a väčšina historikov to citovala. Moderné
Prvý bratranec môjho starého otca, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, bol jedným zo sv. Louis’ priekopníci lietadiel. Julius, ktorý bol v rodine známy ako “Punks”, v polovici 20. rokov 20. storočia vstúpil do leteckej národnej gardy. Bol by poverený ako poručík. Július lietal na lietadlách pre vojenský aj civilný letecký zbor. Väčšina mužov v jeho jednotke, medzi ktoré patril aj Charles
Počas posledného týždňa decembra 1902, William Rudolph, Nedávno sa vrátil baník Franklin County, a George Collins okradol Union banky v únii, MO. Oni ho vykradli cez noc, keď nikto nebol prítomný, vyhodiť do povetria bezpečné. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
Kým málo hercov hral Charlie Chan pred Warner Öland a niekoľko vykreslil inšpektor Chan po Roland Winters, Hlavná časť Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan filmovej adaptácie došlo medzi 1931 na 1949. Warner Oland začal hrať Charlie Chan v The Black Camel (1931). Po jeho smrti, 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. Pán. 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