Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Da die Fans nur Clarence Whistler für talentiert genug hielten, um seine Herrschaft wirklich zu gefährden, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. On May 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, die
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) is the final entry in “B” film series. RKO Pictures took the series over from Republic Pictures, who released the original Dick Tracy serials in the late 1930s and early 1940s. RKO Pictures released the film to theaters on September 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play Gruesome, 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 a.m. 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 war wahrscheinlich das schlechteste Jahr der Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman Leben. Er verlor seine beiden 10 Monate alten Tochter Ida May Zimmerman und seine zweite Frau Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Vor Parkers Tod in der Cape Giraurdeau Tornado von 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Am January 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. Während britisch
On 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 Kinder. Die St. Die Erzdiözese Louis weihte die Kirche ein
Die International Wrestling Turnier verlief in zwei Phasen zwischen Mai 19, 1915 und Dezember 31, 1915. Fünfzig Wrestler würde in der ersten Phase des Turniers, darunter Weltmeister griechisch-römischen Aleksander konkurrieren “Alex” Aberg. Die zweite Rate hatte 40 Ringer einschließlich aufstrebende Star Ed “Würger” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Die
Die wenigen Menschen, die über die Preisboxer Paddy Ryan wissen, kennen ihn wahrscheinlich als John L. Sullivan Opfer. Sullivan schlug Ryan für den Schwergewichts-Meisterschaft in Berufsboxkampf 1882. Ryan war jedoch selbst ein guter Kämpfer. Ryan wurde im März geboren 15, 1851 in Irland. Seine Familie emigrierte nach Troja, New York. Ryan war durch und durch bekannt
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. Es ist nicht klar, ob die Aktionen von Charles Sanders die Aufmerksamkeit von Printz erregten, oder Printz ist gerade über Sanders gestolpert. Whatever the circumstances, Printz ging auf Sanders zu, who had a revolver in his right hand. Wann