Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Paul Pons était le champion de lutte gréco-romaine de la France dans les années 1890. Il a remporté un tournoi à l'Folies-Bergères, avant de remporter un tournoi en Russie 1898. Ces victoires lui ont permis de remporter le Championnat du monde de lutte gréco-romaine. Pons a capitalisé sur cette notoriété en ouvrant un gymnase pour former des lutteurs et des hommes forts. Pons’ la victoire a été particulièrement remarquable en raison de
Dans 1934, Charles Arthur “Joli garçon” Floyd a terminé sa carrière criminelle dans un East Liverpool, champ de maïs de l'Ohio après une fusillade avec des agents du FBI et les agents chargés de l'application de la loi locale. Cependant, en décembre 1925, il était détenu nombre 29078 au pénitencier du Missouri. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office
On October 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, which killed
I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Paramount Pictures released Appointment with Danger (affiliate link) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Louis
Sur Décembre 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office
When the 1915 New York International Wrestling Tournament restarted in October 1915, a mysterious masked man sat at ringside demanding an entry into the tournament. Prior to the masked man’s arrival, the tournament had been lightly attended. The attraction of the masked man sitting at ringside attracted both fan and newspaper interest. Crowds started showing up for the matches. After
In the second surviving Sherlock Holmes film (affiliate link) mettant en vedette Arthur Wontner que Sherlock Holmes, deux criminels ont échappé à la prison. Ils cherchent à se venger sur les hommes, qui à double croisé l'un des criminels, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls dit deux des gardiens de sa prison où une grande fortune a été caché. The wardens find the treasure, have a
During March 1891, George Baptiste travelled from St. Louis to Detroit to take part in a catch-as-catch-can wrestling tournament. While primarily a Greco-Roman wrestler, Baptiste would compete in the dominant American style of catch-as-catch-can. The 26-year-old Baptiste was an accomplished amateur and professional wrestler. Entering the Detroit tournament, Baptiste had lost only one match as a professional. The year prior,
In late 1902, Harvey Parker, a professional wrestler who began wrestling in 1900, travelled to St. Louis to challenge the local wrestling community. Parker may have thought St. Louis to be an easier town than “Agriculteur” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Cependant, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Par 1902, George