Certamina ludis Historicus et Martialis Artist
54-year-old William Henry Anderson plied his trade as a St. Louis Police Officer for 25 annis. Tribus pulsum prope pontem Naturalem et 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, Praefectus Anderson ambulabat in Vandeventer sicut meridiem versus
In 1910s, American professio luctando in perpetuum movetur a legitimis luctationibus ad praestituta spectacula. Fan interest, moderatoris temperantiae ac minus vestium ac dilacerant luctatores omnes in hoc transitu munere fungebantur. Alius minus loquebatur de pressura extra ipsum lusum. Ante 20th century, professionales caestu contra legem in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae. Nuda talorum
Die Jovis, February 26, 1903, Jack Johnson suum Mundum Coloratum Gravium pugilatu pugilatum defendit contra invictum Sam McVey. McVey duxit a 6-0 recordarentur cum sex knockouts in pilae par. Cum pugilatu promotores noluerunt dimittere Nigrum pugnatores certatim pro mundo Gravis pugilatu VINDICIAE, optimi pugiles circum vertente saeculo pugnaverunt pro mundo Colored
Paul Pons was a French Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion. He was good enough to give George Hackenschmidt a run for his money in several tournaments. Autem, when he came to Chicago in 1900, fuit “defeated” by a local wrestler. The circumstances of the loss leave a lot to be desired. Paul Pons traveled to the United States in 1900. Unum
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. Autem, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Professional fighting in the 19th Century enjoyed a poor reputation outside of
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, lapidibus oppugnatur
Lorem ipsum dolor RKO adduxit comici habena morum, ut Tracy Dick magnus screen in December 1, 1945. Dum film est certus “B” film intelligitur primus liber duplicem, adhuc multa fans fuisset populi commoda comici habena. Chester Gould creavit habena in October 1931 for the Detroit
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 annis, 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 comitatus est canis spectaculum cum Coe et his
On March 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