Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Þar sem aðdáendur töldu Clarence Whistler aðeins nógu hæfan til að ógna stjórn hans, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Á maí 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, sem
Dick Tracy Meets gruesome (1947) er lokafærsla í “B” Myndin röð. RKO Pictures tók röð yfir frá Republic Myndir, sem gaf út upprunalega Dick Tracy tímarit í lok 1930 og byrjun 1940. RKO Pictures út myndina til leikhúsum á September 26, 1947. RKO fært Boris Karloff í að spila 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 var sennilega versta ár lífs Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman er. Hann missti bæði hans tíu mánaða gamlan dóttur Ida maí Zimmerman og seinni konu hans Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Fyrir andlát Parker í Cape Giraurdeau Tornado of 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Janúar 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
Nóvember 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. The St. Louis erkibiskupsdæmi vígði kirkjuna
The International Glíma Tournament kom í tveimur áföngum frá maí 19, 1915 og desember 31, 1915. Fimmtíu wrestlers myndu keppa í fyrsta áfanga mót þar á meðal fugla Greco-Roman meistari Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. The second greiðsluna hafði 40 wrestlers þ.mt upp og koma stjörnu Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Fáir sem vita um prizefighter Paddy Ryan sennilega þekkja hann sem John L. Fórnarlamb Sullivan er. Sullivan slá Ryan fyrir Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship árið 1882. Ryan var þó góður bardagamaður í sjálfu sér. Ryan fæddist í mars 15, 1851 á Írlandi. Fjölskylda hans fluttist til Troy, New York. Ryan var þekktur í gegnum tíðina
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. Ekki er ljóst hvort aðgerðir Charles Sanders hafi vakið athygli Printz, eða Printz rakst bara á Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz gekk upp að Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When