Hanesydd Chwaraeon Brwydro ac Artist Ymladd
Roedd gan Iarll Caddock yrfa reslo broffesiynol gymharol fyr ond llawn straeon ar ddiwedd y 1910au a dechrau'r 1920au.. Gwneud ei ymddangosiad proffesiynol cyntaf yn 1915 ar ôl ennill tri theitl Cenedlaethol AAU mewn reslo amatur, Dim ond yn broffesiynol y bu Caddog yn reslo tan 1922. Fodd bynnag,, byddai'n cael ei gydnabod fel pencampwr y byd ar ôl trechu Joe Stecher ym mis Ebrill 1917. Byddai Caddock yn colli'r teitl yn ôl
Ar ddydd Iau, Ionawr 23, 1902, St. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, un o St. Louis’ dynion cyfoethocaf, eiddo tiriog preswyl sy'n eiddo ac asedau eraill wedi'u prisio 2 miliwn o ddoleri. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Roedd
Ar Orffennaf 2, 1921 in Jersey City, New Jersey, reigning World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Jack Dempsey met light heavyweight boxing king Georges Carpentier. Boxing fans flocked to event resulting in the first million dollar gate in boxing history. The match would prove the old boxing adage, “A good big man always beats a good little man.” Er bod Georges Carpentier
Ar Fawrth 19, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released the second film starring the Old Time Radio comedy team Lum and Abner. The Bashful Bachelor (1942) starred Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody, the owners of the Jot’Em Down Store in Arkansas. Yn y ffilm hon (cyswllt Affiliate), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero
Ar ddydd Mawrth, Ionawr 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, meddyg Seattle a wrestler pro a oedd yn ddigon da i ennill y Bencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm America, Penderfynodd anesboniadwy i roi cynnig ar ei law yn bocsio proffesiynol. Ei wrthwynebydd yn gyfaill a sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, a fyddai'n ennill Pencampwriaeth Bocsio Pwysau Trwm y Byd Lliwiog. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Farmer” Burns twice but was mostly thought of as a good lighter wrestler. Berg held the World Light Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in the late 1910s and competed for the Middleweight Title, which was contested at 158 bunnoedd. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Ymgodymodd Berg yn
Ar Ionawr 26, 1934, United Artists released Palooka (1934), a feature film based on the popular comic strip. Stuart Erwin plays Joe Palooka but Jimmy Durante steals the show as his manager Knobby Walsh. Joe Palooka is the son of former world boxing champion Pete Palooka. When Joe was a baby, his mother Mayme, played by Marjorie Rambeau, yn ei gymryd
Ganed Tom Allen yn Birmingham, Lloegr ond ymladdodd rhai o'i ornestau enwocaf yn America. Yn 1867, Symudodd Allen i St. Louis, y ddinas fwyaf i'r gorllewin o'r Mississippi. Allen byth yn gadael a byddai'n defnyddio St. Louis fel ei gartref i hyfforddi ar gyfer ymladd gwobrau. Ymladdodd Allen yn bennaf mewn ymladdfeydd migwrn noeth gan na fyddai bocsio Americanaidd
Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Yn aml yn cael ei ysgrifennu fel Edward ond ynganu fel rhoi cymorth a ward at ei gilydd, Eduard was as unique as his name. Cefais drafferth ysgrifennu llawer amdano oherwydd y straeon a glywais amdano
Pan ddaw i wleidyddiaeth beiriant a throseddau cyfundrefnol, Kansas City bob amser wedi outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Roedd Kansas City hefyd yn gartref i nifer o shootings gangiau proffil uchel. St. Louis’ arweinydd troseddau cyfundrefnol diwethaf ei arestio am chwarae cardiau. We did have a Democratic party political machine around