Võitlusspordiajaloolane ja võitluskunstnik
Neljapäeval, Jaanuar 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, üks St. Louis’ jõukamad mehed, omandis olev elamukinnisvara ja muu vara väärtusega 2 miljonit dollarit. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Ta
Juulil 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.” Even though Georges Carpentier
Märtsil 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 this film (affiliate link), kauaaegne poissmees Lum Edwards tahab saada kangelaseks
Teisipäeval, Jaanuar 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 “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 naela. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg maadles sisse
On jaanuar 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, võtab ta
Tom Allen sündis Birminghamis, Inglismaal, kuid pidas mõned oma kuulsaimad võitlused Ameerikas. Sisse 1867, Allen kolis St. Louis, suurim linn Mississippist läänes. Allen ei lahkunud kunagi ja kasutas St. Louis oma kodubaasiks, et treenida auhinnavõitlusteks. Allen võitles enamasti paljaste sõrmenukkide võiduheitlustes, nagu Ameerika poks seda ei teeks
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. Sageli kirjutatakse Edwardina, kuid hääldatakse nagu abi ja palati kokku panemine, Eduard was as unique as his name. Mul oli raske temast palju kirjutada, sest ma kuulsin temast kuulnud lugusid
Kui tegemist on masin poliitika ja organiseeritud kuritegevuse, Kansas City on alati outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City oli koduks ka mitmed kõrge profiiliga gangland tulistamine. St. Louis’ viimane organiseeritud kuritegevuse juht arreteeriti mängukaardid. 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, Aprill 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell töötas mehaanikuna