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54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 ane. Assigned to a beat near Natural Bridge and Vandeventer Avenues, Officer Anderson was known as the “Friendly Copper” by the residents and businesses on his beat. Working the overnight shift on a cold February morning, Officer Anderson was walking on Vandeventer just south of
Nan ane 1910 yo, Lit pwofesyonèl Ameriken an pèmanan te deplase soti nan konpetisyon lit lejitim nan egzibisyon ki te fikse davans. Enterè fanatik, kontwòl pwomotè ak mwens mete ak chire sou wrèstle yo tout te jwe yon wòl nan tranzisyon sa a. Yon lòt mwens pale sou presyon te deyò nan espò nan tèt li. Anvan 20yèm syèk la, boksè pwofesyonèl te ilegal nan peyi Etazini. Knuckle toutouni
Nan Jedi, Fevriye 26, 1903, Jack Johnson te defann chanpyona mondyal boksè pwa lou li a kont Sam McVey enfèt. McVey te pote yon 6-0 dosye ak sis knockouts nan match chanpyona a. Depi pwomotè boksè yo te refize kite konbatan Nwa yo konpetisyon pou chanpyona mondyal boksè pwa lou, bokseur yo pi byen alantou vire nan Syèk la te goumen pou Mondyal la ki gen koulè
Pòl pon se te yon franse greko-Women Champion lit. Li te bon ase bay George Hackenschmidt yon kouri pou lajan li nan plizyè tounwa. Sepandan, Lè yo rive sou Chicago nan 1900, li te “bat” pa yon wrèstle lokal. Sikonstans yo nan pèt la kite yon anpil yo dwe vle. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Yon
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Sepandan, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Batay pwofesyonèl nan 19yèm syèk la te jwi yon repitasyon pòv deyò nan
Before he was promoted to Special Officer, St. Louis Police Officer Preston Anslyn responded to calls for service like any other patrolman. On the morning of February 28, 1916, Anslyn was patrolling the area of Franklin and Jefferson Avenues. A citizen notified Anslyn that 30-year-old Albert Kivet was celebrating after his birthday on February 27th. During his revelry, Kivet atake
RKO Pictures te fè Dick Tracy komik karaktè nan teren nan ekran an gwo sou Desanm 1, 1945. Pandan ke fim nan se definitivman yon “B” fim vle di ke yo dwe premye sou bòdwo an doub, li toujou ta gen nan enterè fanatik yo anpil nan teren an popilè komik. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 ane, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
William Powell’s fifth turn as S.S. Van Dine’s detective Philo Vance may have been his best. The Kennel Murder Case (1933) finds Philo Vance trying to solve the murder of Archer Coe. Coe had many enemies but the greatest mystery for Vance is how Coe was murdered in a locked room. Vance te ale nan yon montre chen ak Coe ak li
Sou Mas 17, 1897, current World Heavyweight Boxing Champion James J. Corbett entered the boxing ring at Carson City, Nevada. Corbett faced the challenge of former middleweight boxing champion Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett entered as the favorite enjoying both an almost twenty pound weight advantage and slick boxing skills. “Ruddy Robert” as Fitzsimmons was sometimes known won the World Middleweight Boxing Championship in