Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Am Donnerstag,, Januar 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, einer von St. Louis’ reichsten Männer, Eigene Wohnimmobilien und andere Vermögenswerte im Wert von 2 Millionen US-Dollar. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Er
Im Juli 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.” Obwohl Georges Carpentier
Im März 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. In diesem Film (affiliate link), Der langjährige Junggeselle Lum Edwards möchte ein Held werden
Am Dienstag, Januar 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, a Seattle physician and pro wrestler who was good enough to win the American Heavyweight Championship, inexplicably decided to try his hand at professional boxing. His opponent was friend and sparring partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, who would win the Colored World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Bauer” 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 Pfund. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg rang hinein
Am January 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, nimmt ihn
Tom Allen wurde in Birmingham geboren, England, kämpfte aber einige seiner berühmtesten Kämpfe in Amerika. In 1867, Allen zog nach St. Louis, die größte Stadt westlich des Mississippi. Allen ist nie gegangen und würde St. Louis als seine Heimatbasis, um für Preiskämpfe zu trainieren. Allen kämpfte hauptsächlich in Preiskämpfen mit bloßen Fingerknöcheln, wie es beim amerikanischen Boxen nicht der Fall wäre
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. Wird oft als „Edward“ geschrieben, aber ausgesprochen, als würde man „aid“ und „ward“ zusammensetzen, Eduard was as unique as his name. Aufgrund der Geschichten, die ich über ihn hörte, fiel es mir schwer, viel über ihn zu schreiben
Wenn es um die Maschine Politik und organisierter Kriminalität kommt, Kansas City war schon immer überstrahlt St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City war auch die Heimat von mehreren hochkarätigen gangland shootings. St. Louis’ zuletzt das organisierte Verbrechen wurde Führer für Spielkarten festgenommen. We did have a Democratic party political machine around
21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, April 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell war als Mechaniker bei beschäftigt