Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
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. You
Novemba 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 umri wa miaka. Mace alikuwa bingwa wa dunia kutoka 1860 kwa 1862 na tena kutoka 1866 kwa 1876. Baada zimeripotiwa kupata dola milioni katika kazi hiyo ilikuwa imewekwa 1857 kwa 1909, Jem Mace alikufa 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. Kwa miaka, 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 na 126 paundi, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Julai 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Juu ya Agosti 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. At least that was what I originally thought and most historians have quoted. Modern
babu yangu binamu, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, alikuwa mmoja wa St. Louis’ waanzilishi ndege. Julius, ambaye alikuwa anajulikana katika familia kama “Punks”, alijiunga Air National Guard katikati ya miaka ya 1920. Atakuwa utakamilika kama Luteni. Julius akaruka ndege kwa wote wawili kijeshi na za kiraia corps hewa. Zaidi ya watu katika kitengo chake, ambayo ni pamoja na Charles
Wakati wa wiki ya mwisho ya Desemba 1902, William Rudolph, hivi karibuni alirejea Miner kwa Franklin kata, na George Collins kuiba Benki ya Umoja wa katika Umoja wa, MO. Wao kuiba mara moja, wakati hakuna mtu alikuwepo kwa kupiga juu ya salama. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
Wakati wahusika chache alicheza Charlie Chan kabla ya Warner Oland na wachache Imechezwa Inspector Chan baada ya Roland Winters, mwili kuu ya Earl Derr Biggers’ Charlie Chan marekebisho filamu ilitokea kati ya 1931 kwa 1949. Warner Oland alianza kucheza Charlie Chan katika Black Camel (1931). Baada ya kifo chake, 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