Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Budući da su navijači samo Clarencea Whistlera smatrali dovoljno vještim da stvarno zaprijeti njegovoj vladavini, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Svibnja 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, koji
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
Kad razmišljamo o mjesecu afroameričke povijesti, Razmišljao sam o prvom velikom Crnom hrvaču kojeg sam osobno vidio. Kad sam počeo gledati hrvanje u St. Louis vrijeme 1979, “Mornar” Art Thomas se redovito hrvao u emisiji Wrestling at the Chase, našoj lokalnoj tjednoj hrvačkoj emisiji. Hrvanje u Potjeri emitirano je svake nedjelje u 11 a.m. na kanalu KPLR 11. Iako je 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 je vjerojatno najgora godina Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman života. On je ostao bez deset mjeseci staru kćer Ida May Zimmerman i svoju drugu suprugu Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Prije Parkera smrti u Cape Giraurdeau tornado 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. Mogu samo zamisliti kako je teško 1909
Siječnja 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. Dok britanski
Studeni 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 i Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 djeca. St. Ludovika nadbiskupija posvetila crkvu
Međunarodni turnir u hrvanju dogodila u dvije faze, u razdoblju od svibnja 19, 1915 i prosinac 31, 1915. Pedeset hrvači će se natjecati u prvoj fazi turnira, uključujući Svjetski grčko-rimskom prvak Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Druga rata imala 40 hrvači uključujući i dolaze s tri zvjezdice u Edu “Davitelj” Klin dizač, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Nekoliko ljudi koji znaju o boksača Paddy Ryan vjerojatno ga znaju kao John L. Sullivan je žrtva. Sullivan pobijedio Ryana za profesionalni boks u teškoj kategoriji prvenstvu u 1882. Ryan je ipak bio dobar borac sam po sebi. Ryan je rođen u ožujku 15, 1851 u Irskoj. Njegova obitelj emigrirala u Troji, New York. Ryan je bio poznat kroz sve svoje
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. Nije jasno jesu li postupci Charlesa Sandersa privukli Printzovu pozornost, ili je Printz upravo naletio na Sandersa. Whatever the circumstances, Printz je prišao Sandersu, who had a revolver in his right hand. Kada