Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Sam McVey would win the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship in an era where the three best fighters were black and frozen out of the title picture. He started 1903 out so well, he would put pressure on World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Jeffries to give him a match. Jeffries refused to break the “color line” by giving a
En 1902, o futuro campión mundial de boxeo peso pesado Marvin Hart foi un aspirante en ascenso. Loitando principalmente fóra da súa cidade natal de Louisville, Kentucky, Hart enfrontouse contra Kid Carter no Southern Athletic Club en maio 2, 1902. En 17-1, Hart sabía que outra vitoria serviría para conseguir unha loita polo título dos pesos pesados. O Kid Carter, nacido en Brooklyn, pretendía facelo
En novembro 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 anos de idade. Mace was world champion from 1860 para 1862 and again from 1866 para 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 para 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
En setembro de 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. Durante anos, Alexander was known as one of the fittest St. Louisans. An early advocate
Henry Moses Dufur especializouse na loita de colo e cóbado cando Dufur loitaba profesionalmente nas décadas de 1870 e 1880.. Nado en maio 5, 1844, in Richmond, Vermont, Dufur loitou principalmente no nordeste dos Estados Unidos. En xuño 27, 1878, Dufur loitou unha partida de volta cun loitador chamado Cox no Boston Baseball Park diante de cincocentos afeccionados.. Cincocentos seguidores
En agosto 26, 1886, Evan “Estrangulador” Lewis coñeceu o Wrestling campión británico Tom canón en Cincinnati, Ohio. Durante a era da loita lexítima, outros loitadores temía o poderoso Lewis polo seu dominio. Lewis empregou unha estrangulamento arterial carótida coñecido como mata-león no Judo. Polo menos iso era o que eu pensaba orixinalmente e a maioría dos historiadores citaron. Moderno
O curmán primeiro do meu avó, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, foi un de St. Louis’ pioneiros do avión. Julius, que era coñecido na familia como “Punks”, uniuse á Garda Nacional Aérea a mediados da década de 1920. Sería comisionado como tenente. Julius voou avións tanto para o corpo aéreo militar como para o civil. A maioría dos homes da súa unidade, que incluía a Charles
Durante a última semana de decembro 1902, William Rudolph, un mineiro recentemente retornou ao Condado de Franklin, e George Collins roubo do Banco Unión, en Unión, MO. Roubaron-lo durante a noite, cando ninguén estaba presente por explotar o cofre. Rudolph returned to his parents’ cabin in Stanton, MO. He and his accomplice hid out until the Franklin County Sheriff
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