Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
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. Sa Mayo 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, sino
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 panahon 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 noon ay marahil ang pinakamasama taon ng buhay Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman ni. Nawala niya ang kanyang kapwa sampung buwan lumang anak na babae Ida Mayo Zimmerman at sa kanyang ikalawang asawa Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Bago kamatayan Parker sa ang Cape Giraurdeau Buhawi ng 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Sa Enero 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
Noong Nobyembre 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 mga bata. Ang St. Louis Archdiocese na inialay ang simbahan
Ang International Wrestling Tournament naganap sa dalawang phase sa pagitan ng Mayo 19, 1915 at Disyembre 31, 1915. Limampung wrestlers gusto makipagkumpetensya sa unang yugto ng paligsahan kabilang ang World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. Ang pangalawang grupo ng paninda ay nagkaroon 40 wrestlers kabilang ang up at darating na star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Ang
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 ay isang mahusay na fighter sa kanyang sariling karapatan bagaman. Ryan ay ipinanganak noong Marso 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan ay kilala sa pamamagitan ng ang kanyang
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. Hindi malinaw kung ang mga aksyon ni Charles Sanders ay nakakuha ng atensyon ni Printz, o natisod lang ni Printz si Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Lumapit si Printz kay Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. Kailan