Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
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
Ako som písal vo viacerých príspevkoch, medzi najlepšími boxermi v ťažkej váhe 1900 a 1919 boli afroamerickí boxeri nútení bojovať medzi sebou o “Farebný šampionát”. Dokonca aj potom, čo skvelý Jack Johnson konečne prelomil farebnú líniu a vyhral majstrovstvá sveta v ťažkej váhe, obhájil by titul iba proti bielym uchádzačom. As a result, najťažších vyzývateľov
Tiež známy na spiace kardinál, Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal hodina (1931) je prvý Sherlock Holmes film v hlavnej úlohe Arthura Wontner v titulnej úlohe. Film o mladého muža, ktorý bol podvádzanie na moste získať svoje stratené bohatstvo. Profesor Moriarty používa informácie v pokuse vydierať mladého muža Ronald Adair, opísanie Leslie Perrins.
Novembra 10, 1924, Pani. A.W. Stickney opúšťal St. Louis Country Club, keď ju oslovili dvaja Afroameričania. Muž svetlejšej pleti povedal Mrs. Stickney, aby jej prevrátil šperky, inak by jej ich zobral. Zo strachu o jej bezpečie, Pani. Stickney podal mužovi svoje šperky, ocenený na $17,000.00, a $85.00 in cash. Pani.
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. Vy
Novembra 30, 1910, reports came from England that former World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion Jem Mace had died at 79 rokov. Mace was world champion from 1860 na 1862 and again from 1866 na 1876. After reportedly earning a million dollars in a career that spanned 1857 na 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. Po celé roky, 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 a 126 libier, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. On July 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at
Augusta 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. Aspoň to som si pôvodne myslel a väčšina historikov to citovala. Moderné