Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Chester Gould skapaði Dick Tracy grínisti ræma í 1931. Upphaflega birt í Detroit Metro, ræma flutti til Chicago Tribune þar sem það gerði pappír og Gould ríkur með fréttaskot. Það var aðeins spurning um tíma áður en Dick Tracy þreytti frumraun sína á hvíta tjaldinu. Ralph Byrd lék Dick Tracy í fjórum 15 chapter serials
Eins og ég hef skrifað í nokkrum færslum, bestu þungavigtarboxararnir á milli 1900 og 1919 voru afrísk-amerísku boxararnir neyddir til að berjast hver við annan fyrir “Litað meistaramót”. Jafnvel eftir að hinn frábæri Jack Johnson braut loksins litalínuna og vann heimsmeistaramótið í þungavigt, hann myndi aðeins verja titilinn gegn hvítum keppendum. Þar af leiðandi, erfiðustu keppendurnir
Also known at The Sleeping Cardinal, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour (1931) is the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Arthur Wontner in the title role. The film concerns a young man, who has been cheating at bridge to regain his lost wealth. Professor Moriarty uses the information in an attempt to blackmail the young man Ronald Adair, portrayed by Leslie Perrins.
Nóvember 10, 1924, Mrs. A.W. Stickney var að yfirgefa St. Louis Country Club, þegar tveir afrísk-amerískir karlmenn komu til hennar. Ljósari maðurinn sagði Mrs. Stickney að afhenda skartgripunum sínum eða hann myndi taka þá af henni. Fearing for her safety, Mrs. Stickney rétti manninum skartgripina sína, metið á $17,000.00, og $85.00 in cash. Mrs.
Sam McVey myndi vinna World Litað Heavyweight Hnefaleikar Championship á tímum þar sem þrír bestu bardagamenn voru svartir og fryst út úr titlinum mynd. Hann byrjaði 1903 svo vel, hann myndi setja þrýsting á World Heavyweight Boxing meistari James J. Jeffries að gefa honum leik. Jeffries neitaði að brjóta “Color Line” by giving a
Á 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. Þú
Nóvember 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 ára. Mace was world champion from 1860 til 1862 and again from 1866 til 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 til 1909, Jem Mace died penniless. He was laid to rest
Á 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. Í mörg ár, 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 og 126 £, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Júlí 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Ágúst 26, 1886, Evan “Strangler” Lewis hitti breska Glíma Champion Tom Cannon í Cincinnati, Ohio. Á lögmætum Glíma tímum, aðrar wrestlers óttuðust öflugur Lewis vegna stranglehold hans. Lewis starfandi carotid slagæð kyrkja þekktur sem aftari nakinn choke í Judo. Það var allavega það sem ég hugsaði upphaflega og flestir sagnfræðingar hafa vitnað í. Nútímalegt