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Nyob rau hauv 2010, St. Louis twb 58th ib lub zos hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thiab puv 19 ib tsam cheeb tsam. Nyob ib ncig ntawm tus tig ntawm lub xyoo pua, Nws yog tus fifth los yog ntau tshaj sixth lub zos hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thiab cov coob west of tus hav dej Mississippi River. St. Louis muaj ib yam ntawm cov khaub ncaws ntau tshaj, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
Txog hnub plaub, Cuaj hlis 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert thiab William Salisbury mus rau Fred Fisher Saloon ntawm lub kaum kev N. Jefferson thiab Morgan (Delmar hnub no). Tom qab ordering dej qab zib, ob tug me txiv neej ntawm lub koob npe nrov unsavory tsis kam them rau cov dej qab zib. Tom qab sim them nyiaj rau cov nyiaj them poob haujlwm, Fisher summoned St. Louis tub ceev xwm John Cummings. Officer Cummings, raug xa mus rau lub tsev kawm ntawv
Tuesday, Kaum ib hlis 18, 1884, Ntiaj teb heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting tau zus ib John L. Sullivan fought Al Greenfield ntawm Madison Square vaj nyob New York City. Sullivan yuav tsum tau overcome ntau tshaj xwb nws tus nrog sib ntaus hauv no bout. Cov txiv neej muas thaum chiv thawj pom zoo mus tua rau hnub Zwj Hli, Kaum ib hlis 17, 1884, Tiam sis New York City tub ceev xwm raug teeb meem cov txiv neej uas ntes. Tus wrangling nrog
Rau cov hnub xya, Lub rau hli ntuj 24, 1900 ib tsab ntawm tus me nyuam. Koom pheej Louis, ib tug reporter peb cov me nyuam. Louis Chief ntawm Detectives William Desmond txog kev nruj kev tsiv zuj zus ntawm lub txim txhaum tshiab. Tom qab 10 xyoo li me nyuam. Louis Chief Detectives thiab ib feem sau tubnyiag takers nyob rau hauv teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas, Chief Desmond lamented the increasing violence he was seeing out
Hauv lub peb hlis ntuj 22, 1881, Greco-Roman ntiaj teb Wrestling tau zus ib William Muldoon yus dab tshos-thiab-luj tshib ntiaj teb tau zus ib John McMahon nyob Terrace teb nyob New York City. Muldoon thiab McMahon ntsib nyob hauv lub best-two-out-of-three-falls match. Lub caij nplooj zeeg thawj yog ua los ntawm txoj cai Greco-Roman. Lub caij nplooj zeeg ob puas yuav contested siv kev cai dab tshos-thiab-luj tshib. Lub caij nplooj zeeg dhau yuav tau txiav txim siab ntawm dab tsi lub New York
54-xyoo William Henry Anderson plied nws pauv raws li ib tug me nyuam. Louis tub ceev xwm Officer rau 25 xyoo. Assigned to a beat near Natural Bridge and Vandeventer Avenues, Anderson neeg khiav dej num yog hu ua tus “Tus phooj ywg tooj” los ntawm cov neeg thiab cov lag luam ntawm nws dhia ceev ceev. Khiav hauj lwm rau cov ua haujlwm kom pw rau ib lub ob hlis ntuj txias thaum ntxov, Officer Anderson was walking on Vandeventer just south of
In the 1910s, American professional wrestling permanently moved from legitimate wrestling contests to prearranged exhibitions. Fan interest, promoter control and less wear and tear on the wrestlers all played a role in this transition. Another less talked about pressure was outside of the sport itself. Prior to the 20th Century, professional boxing was illegal in the United States. Bare knuckle
Txog hnub plaub, Lub ob hlis ntuj 26, 1903, Jack Johnson defended his World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship against the undefeated Sam McVey. McVey brought a 6-0 record with six knockouts into the championship match. Since boxing promoters refused to let Black fighters compete for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the best boxers around the turn of the Century fought for the World Colored
Paul Pons yog ib tug Fabkis Greco-Roman Wrestling tau zus ib. Nws zoo txaus muab George Hackenschmidt ib tug mus dhia rau nws cov nyiaj nyob rau ob peb tournaments. Txawm li cas los, Thaum twg nws tuaj rau Chicago rau 1900, Nws yog “tua yeej” yog ib qhov chaw wrestler. Cov muaj tej yam uas tsis tau tawm rau muab qhov kev kawm ntau. Paul Pons mus rau lub tebchaws hauv 1900. One
Nyob rau thaum lub peb hlis ntuj 1873, yas tes mus khaws prizefighter Ned “Cov Irish loj heev” O'Baldwin yog npaj rau ib tug neeg match nrog Jem Mace, uas tau thov lub ntiaj teb mus khaws khauj tsiav Prizefighting Championship. Txawm li cas los, ua ntej O'Baldwin yuav fim Mace, nws txais kev pab raws li muaj ob tus phooj ywg thiab koj txog haujlwm hu ua Hicken prizefighter. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of