Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
Paul Pons var en fransk græsk-romersk brydning Champion. Han var godt nok til at give George Hackenschmidt en køre for sine penge i flere turneringer. Men, da han kom til Chicago i 1900, han var “besejret” af en lokal wrestler. Omstændighederne i tabet lader meget tilbage at ønske. Paul Pons rejste til USA i 1900. Én
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 overfaldet
Den August 11, 1915, den nuværende verdensfarvede sværvægtsboksningsmester Sam McVey kæmpede mod Sandy Ferguson i Boston, Massachusetts i Atlas Athletic Association-gymnastiksalen. McVey kæmpede i en æra, hvor promotorer frøs alle afroamerikanske boksere ud, undtagen den store Jack Johnson, fra at kæmpe om verdensmesterskabet. McVey besejrede de fleste af de andre store sorte kæmpere i dette
RKO Pictures bragte Dick Tracy tegneserie karakter til det store lærred på December 1, 1945. Mens filmen er absolut en “B” film betød at være først på den dobbelte regning, det ville stadig have været af interesse for de mange fans af den populære tegneserie. Chester Gould skabte striben i oktober 1931 for the Detroit
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 år, 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 deltog i en hundeudstilling med Coe og hans
Ollie J. Zimmerman was the third son born to my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman and his second wife Mollie Bollinger. Ollie and his twin sister Dollie were born on either April 27, 1906 or April 27, 1907. Since Ollie’s headstone says “1906”, I’m going with April 27, 1906 as his birthdate. I 1909, Ollie would lose his mother, når Mellie
Charlie Chan i Panama (1940) stjerner Sidney Toler som Inspector Charlie Chan. I denne film, Inspector Chan er på sporet af spion Riner. Riner til hensigt at foretage en handling af sabotage, da den amerikanske flåde passerer gennem kanalen. Inspector Chan oplever en usædvanlig situation, when he is arrested for the death of an American agent in
Eugene “Gene” August Johannpeter was born on May 20, 1908, to Julius and Bertha Johannpeter. He was the second son of Uncle Jules and Aunt Bertha. His older brother was Julius “Punks” William Johannpeter, Jr., who flew the mail out of Lambert Field along with Charles Lindbergh. “Punks” was seven years older than Gene. Min bedstefar, Gilbert P. Ellis, lived
På torsdag, Januar 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, en af St. Louis’ rigeste mænd, ejede boligejendomme og andre aktiver vurderet til 2 million dollars. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Han