Storico degli sport da combattimento e artista marziale
In 1934, Carlo Arturo “Bel ragazzo” Floyd ha concluso la sua carriera criminale in un East Liverpool, Campo di mais dell'Ohio dopo una sparatoria con agenti dell'FBI e agenti delle forze dell'ordine locali. Tuttavia, a dicembre 1925, era il numero del detenuto 29078 al penitenziario del Missouri. Il ventunenne Floyd era stato appena condannato per aver rapinato la sede principale della Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company
Ottobre 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, che ha ucciso
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 (link di affiliazione) 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
Dicembre 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. Dopo
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 “Agricoltore” Burns territory in Chicago and Iowa. Tuttavia, Parker would discover two capable wrestler in St. Louis, George Baptiste and Oscar Wasem. Da 1902, George
Chester Gould ha creato il fumetto di Dick Tracy in 1931. Originariamente pubblicato attraverso il Detroit Metro, la striscia spostato al Chicago Tribune in cui ha fatto la carta e Gould ricco attraverso syndication. Era solo una questione di tempo prima che Dick Tracy ha fatto il suo debutto sul grande schermo. Ralph Byrd giocato Dick Tracy in quattro 15 chapter serials
Come ho scritto in diversi post, i migliori pugili dei pesi massimi in mezzo 1900 e 1919 erano i pugili afroamericani costretti a combattere tra loro per il “Campionato colorato”. Anche dopo che il grande Jack Johnson ha finalmente rotto la linea del colore e ha vinto il campionato mondiale dei pesi massimi, difenderebbe il titolo solo contro i contendenti bianchi. Di conseguenza, gli sfidanti più difficili