Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Since fans only considered Clarence Whistler skilled enough to really threaten his reign, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Gada maijā 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kurš
Diks Treisijs Meets gruesome (1947) ir pēdējais ieraksts “B” filmu sērija. RKO Pictures paņēma sēriju pāri no Republic Pictures, kurš izlaida sākotnējo Dick Tracy seriālus in the late 1930 un agrās 1940. RKO Pictures izlaida filmu teātriem septembrī 26, 1947. RKO celta Boriss Karloff, lai spēlētu šaušalīgi, 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 iespējams, bija vissliktākais gads Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman dzīvi. Viņš zaudēja gan viņa desmit mēnešu veca meita Ida maijs Zimmerman un viņa otrās sievas Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Pirms Parker nāves Cape Giraurdeau viesuļvētra 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. Es varu tikai iedomāties, cik grūti 1909
Janvārī 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. Kamēr briti
Novembrī 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. St. Luija arhidiecēze iesvētīja baznīcu
Starptautiskā Cīņas turnīrs notika divos posmos no maija 19, 1915 un decembrī 31, 1915. Piecdesmit cīkstoņi varētu konkurēt pirmajā posmā turnīra, tostarp Pasaules grieķu-romiešu čempionu Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Otrā daļa bija 40 cīkstoņi skaitā un tuvākajos star Ed “Strangler” Vilka ķetna, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
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. Nav skaidrs, vai Čārlza Sandersa darbības piesaistīja Printza uzmanību, vai arī Prints vienkārši uzdūrās Sandersam. Whatever the circumstances, Prints piegāja pie Sandersa, who had a revolver in his right hand. When