Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Paul Pons bio hrvanju grčko-rimskim prvak Francuske u 1890. On je osvojio turnir u Folies-Bergeres pred osvajanjem turnira u Rusiji 1898. Ove pobjede omogućile su mu da osvoji svjetsko prvenstvo u hrvanju grčko-rimskim stilom. Pons kapitaliziraju na ovoj očitost otvaranjem teretanu trenirati hrvača i jakih muškaraca. Pons’ pobjeda je bila posebno značajna zbog
U 1934, Charles Arthur “Lijep dečko” Floyd je svoju kriminalnu karijeru završio u istočnom Liverpoolu, Polje kukuruza u Ohiju nakon pucnjave s agentima FBI-a i lokalnim službenicima za provođenje zakona. Međutim, u prosincu 1925, bio je zatvorenik broj 29078 u kaznionici Missouri. 21-godišnji Floyd upravo je bio osuđen za pljačku glavnog ureda Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company
Prvog listopada 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
U prosincu 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. Nakon
U drugom preživjelom filmu o Sherlocku Holmesu (affiliate link) glumi Arthura Wontner kao Sherlock Holmes, Dva zločinci su pobjegli iz zatvora. Oni traže da se točno osvetu na ljudima, koji je dvaput prešao jedan od kriminalaca, Jonathan Smalls. Smalls rekli dva od policajaca iz svoga zatvora gdje je velika sreća bila skrivena. Čuvari pronašli blago, imati 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 “Seljak” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Međutim, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Po 1902, George