Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Puisque les fans considéraient seulement Clarence Whistler comme suffisamment compétent pour réellement menacer son règne, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Sur mai 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, qui
Dick Tracy contre le gang (1947) est la dernière entrée “B” série de films. RKO Pictures a pris le relais de la série Republic Pictures, qui a sorti les feuilletons Dick Tracy origine à la fin des années 1930 et au début des années 1940. RKO Pictures sorti le film en salles le Septembre 26, 1947. RKO apporté Boris Karloff à jouer Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
Lorsque vous réfléchissez au mois de l'histoire afro-américaine, J'ai pensé au premier grand lutteur noir que j'ai vu personnellement. Quand j'ai commencé à regarder la lutte à ST. Louis during 1979, “Marin” Art Thomas wrestled regularly on Wrestling at the Chase, Notre spectacle de lutte hebdomadaire local. Wrestling at the Chase aired every Sunday at 11 a.m. sur la chaîne KPLR 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 était probablement la pire année de la vie de Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman. Il a perdu à la fois son vieux dix mois fille Ida May Zimmerman et sa seconde épouse Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Avant la mort de Parker dans le Giraurdeau Tornado cap de 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Sur Janvier 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
Sur Novembre 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 children. Le St. L'archidiocèse Saint-Louis a consacré l'église
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 “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. La
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 a good fighter in his own right though. Ryan was born on March 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan was known through out his
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. It is not clear if Charles Sanders actions attracted Printz’s attention, or Printz just stumbled upon Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz walked up to Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When