Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Aangesien aanhangers net Clarence Whistler as vaardig genoeg beskou het om sy bewind werklik te bedreig, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Op Mei 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, wat
Dick Tracy Meets Grusame (1947) is die finale inskrywing in “B” film-reeks. RKO Pictures het die reeks oor van Republiek Pictures, wat die oorspronklike Dick Tracy tydskrifte vrygestel in die laat 1930's en vroeë 1940's. RKO Pictures vrygestel van die film te teaters op September 26, 1947. RKO gebring Boris Karloff in Grusame te speel, 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 voormiddag. 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
1909 was waarskynlik die ergste jaar van Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman se lewe. Hy verloor beide sy tien maande oue dogter Ida Mei Zimmerman en sy tweede vrou Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Voor Parker se dood in die Kaap Giraurdeau Tornado van 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Januarie 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. While British
Op November 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 kinders. Die St. Louis Aartsbisdom het die kerk ingewy
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Worger” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Die
The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. Ryan was egter 'n goeie vegter in sy eie reg. Ryan is op Maart gebore 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan was deur syne bekend
On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. Dit is nie duidelik of Charles Sanders se optrede Printz se aandag getrek het nie, of Printz het net op Sanders afgekom. Whatever the circumstances, Printz het na Sanders gestap, who had a revolver in his right hand. When