Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
Όπως έχω γράψει σε αρκετές αναρτήσεις, οι καλύτεροι πυγμάχοι βαρέων βαρών μεταξύ 1900 και 1919 ήταν οι αφροαμερικανοί πυγμάχοι αναγκάστηκαν να πολεμήσουν ο ένας τον άλλον για το “Πρωτάθλημα χρώματος”. Ακόμη και αφού ο σπουδαίος Τζακ Τζόνσον έσπασε τελικά τη γραμμή χρώματος και κέρδισε το Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Βαρέων Βαρών, θα υπερασπιζόταν τον τίτλο μόνο έναντι των λευκών διεκδικητών. Ως αποτέλεσμα, οι πιο σκληροί αμφισβητίες
Επίσης γνωστό στο The Sleeping Cardinal, Σέρλοκ Χολμς’ Μοιραία Ώρα (1931) Είναι η πρώτη ταινία με πρωταγωνιστή τον Σέρλοκ Χολμς Arthur Wontner στο ρόλο τίτλου. Η ταινία αφορά ένα νεαρό άνδρα, ο οποίος έχει εξαπάτηση σε γέφυρα για να ανακτήσει το χαμένο πλούτο του. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Τον Νοέμβριο του 10, 1924, Η κ.. A.W. Ο Στίκνεϊ έφευγε από το St. Louis Country Club, όταν την πλησίασαν δύο Αφροαμερικανοί άνδρες. Ο πιο ανοιχτόχρωμος άντρας είπε στην κα. Ο Στίκνεϊ να της αναποδογυρίσει τα κοσμήματά της αλλιώς θα της τα έπαιρνε. Fearing for her safety, Η κ.. Η Στίκνεϊ έδωσε στον άντρα τα κοσμήματά της, αποτιμάται σε $17,000.00, και $85.00 in cash. Η κ..
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
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
Τον Νοέμβριο του 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 ετών. Mace was world champion from 1860 να 1862 and again from 1866 να 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 να 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. Για χρόνια, 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 και 126 λίρες, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Τον Ιούλιο 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
On August 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