Historyk sportów walki i artysta sztuk walki
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. May 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, kto
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, “Marynarz” 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 był prawdopodobnie najgorszym rokiem życia Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmermana. Stracił zarówno jego dziesięć miesięcy córkę Ida maja Zimmerman i jego drugą żonę Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Przed śmiercią Parkera w Cape Giraurdeau tornado 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. Mogę sobie tylko wyobrazić, jak ciężko 1909
On 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. While British
W listopadzie 1908, trzech biskupów i opat dedykowany St,,en,Francis de Sales Church,,en,Katedra South St,,en,Wbudowany służyć rosnącej ludności niemieckiej katolickiej w St,,en,ogromny kościół stałby się domem dla wielu rodzin w tym moich pradziadków,,en,i ich,,en. 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. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
Międzynarodowy Turniej wystąpił w dwóch etapach Wrestling od maja 19, 1915 i grudzień 31, 1915. Pięćdziesiąt zapaśników będzie rywalizować w pierwszej fazie turnieju, w tym światowej grecko-rzymskiego Champion Aleksandra “Alex” Aberg. Druga rata miała 40 zapaśników, w tym i najbliższych gwiazda Eda “Dusiciel” Chwytak, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
Nieliczni ludzie, którzy wiedzą o bokserze Paddy Ryan prawdopodobnie zna go jako John L. Ofiara Sullivan. Sullivan pokonał Ryan na Mistrzostwach w Heavyweight Prizefighting 1882. Ryan was a good fighter in his own right though. Ryan was born on March 15, 1851 w Irlandii. Jego rodzina wyemigrowała do Troi, Nowy Jork. 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