Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
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
Kuten olen kirjoittanut useissa viesteissä, parhaat raskaansarjan nyrkkeilijät välillä 1900 ja 1919 olivatko afrikkalaisamerikkalaiset nyrkkeilijät pakotettuja taistelemaan keskenään “Värillinen mestaruus”. Jopa sen jälkeen, kun suuri Jack Johnson lopulta rikkoi värilinjan ja voitti raskaansarjan maailmanmestaruuden, hän puolustaisi titteliä vain valkoisia kilpailijoita vastaan. As a result, kovimmat haastajat
Tunnetaan myös nimellä Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) on ensimmäinen Sherlock Holmes elokuvan pääosissa Arthur Wontner nimiroolin. Elokuva koskee nuori mies, joka on huijaaminen silta takaisin kadonnutta rikkaus. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Marraskuun 10, 1924, Rouva. A.W. Stickney oli lähdössä St. Louis Country Club, kun kaksi afroamerikkalaista miestä lähestyi häntä. Vaalea iho kertoi Mrs. Stickney kääntää jalokivet tai hän ottaisi ne häneltä. Fearing for her safety, Rouva. Stickney ojensi miehelle korunsa, arvoltaan $17,000.00, ja $85.00 in cash. Rouva.
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
Syyskuun 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. Sinua
Marraskuun 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 vuotiaita. Mace was world champion from 1860 to 1862 and again from 1866 to 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 to 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Syyskuun 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. Vuosia, 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 ja 126 kiloa, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Heinäkuun 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. Ainakin näin alun perin ajattelin, ja useimmat historioitsijat ovat lainanneet. Moderni