Staraí Spóirt agus Ealaíontóir Comhraic
Bhí sé an-fhuar maidin Dé Domhnaigh, December 5, 1880, about 2 a.m., when St. Fuair Oifigeach Póilíní Louis Sheehan an doras tosaigh oscailte do John R. Teach Lionberger. Mar gheall ar an fuar searbh, Bhí faitíos ar Sheehan go ndeachaigh buirgléirí isteach sa teach cónaithe. Ghlaoigh Sheehan an clog arís agus arís eile ach ní raibh sí in ann aon duine a mhúscailt istigh. Thosaigh Sheehan ag rapáil a mhaide oíche i gcoinne an
Over the next three weeks, I will be releasing posts, which are excerpts from the book I’m currently working on and one from a previously published book. The following unedited story is from the book I’m working on which will be released in the Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph proved elusive after his Independence Day escape from the
Sherlock Holmes Faces Bás (1943) bunaithe go scaoilte ar an Eachtraíochta ar an dóiteán Musgrave. Bhí an scéal gearr a foilsíodh i Magazine Trá rith mhí na Bealtaine 1893. Cuireadh le chéile é níos déanaí i na Memoirs de Sherlock Holmes. Sa scéal, seilbh an Ard-Mhéara Musgrave rún go fiú tá sé nach raibh a fhios áitritheoirí. This film follows the same plot line
Is beag imeacht a chuir iontas ar St. Louis cosúil le líne dualgas bás Lt. Sidney Sears i mí an Mheithimh 1924. Le beagnach 30 bliana, Lt. Measadh gur Sears an lámhaigh piostail is fearr ar an St. Póilíní Roinn Louis. In 1904, Bhí Sears ina Chraobhchomórtas Náisiúnta Piostail na Stát Aontaithe freisin. Do dhuine éigin a mharú Lt. Measadh go raibh Sears i shootout dodhéanta.
1802 N. Bhí Jefferson Avenue cothrom dhá-teaghlaigh tógtha i 1890 agus atá lonnaithe sa St. Louis Place neighborhood. Scríobh mé ar dtús mar gheall ar an bhfoirgneamh i 2013 ach bhí sé Leagadh éigin roimh Mhárta 2015. Tá an foirgneamh cuid de cheantar á fhorbairt le haghaidh casta rialtais i St. Louis, mar sin ní raibh sé in ann a shábháil. These pictures are
I’ve been on an Alan Ladd kick lately. When I was still in college, I watched a number of Alan Ladd films one summer. I’ve been watching them over again the last few weeks on Amazon Prime. I’ll share some of these films over the next few months. The first film I watched was Thunder in the East (1951) starring
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Ós rud é gur mheas lucht leanúna ach Clarence Whistler oilte go leor chun bagairt a dhéanamh ar a réimeas, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. On May 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, a
Dick Tracy Buaileann gruesome (1947) Is é an iontráil dheireanach i “B” sraith scannán. Ghlac Pictiúir RKO an tsraith ar aghaidh ó Pictiúir Poblacht, a scaoileadh an bunaidh serials Dick Tracy sna 1930í déanacha agus 1940í luatha. Pictiúir RKO scaoileadh an scannán a amharclanna Meán Fómhair 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
When thinking about African American history month, I thought about the first great Black wrestler that I saw personally. When I started watching wrestling in St. Louis during 1979, “Sailor” Art Thomas wrestled regularly on Wrestling at the Chase, our local weekly wrestling show. Wrestling at the Chase aired every Sunday at 11 a.m. on KPLR Channel 11. Although Thomas
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the