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Earl Caddock-ek borroka profesionalaren karrera nahiko labur baina istorio bat izan zuen 1910eko hamarkadaren amaieran eta 1920ko hamarkadaren hasieran.. Profesionaletan debuta egiten du 1915 Borroka amateurrean AAU National hiru titulu irabazi ondoren, Caddock-ek profesionalki borrokatzen zuen arte 1922. Hala ere, munduko txapeldun izendatuko zuten apirilean Joe Stecher garaitu ostean 1917. Caddockek titulua galduko zuen
On Thursday, Urtarrila 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, one of St. Louis’ wealthiest men, owned residential real estate and other assets valued at 2 milioi dolar. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Zuen
Uztailetik 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.” Nahiz eta Georges Carpentier
Martxoan 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. Film honetan (kidea lotura), Lum Edwards aspaldiko lizentziatuak heroi bat bihurtu nahi du
Asteartean, Urtarrila 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 “Baserritarrak” 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 libera. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg wrestled in
Urtarrilaren On 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, hartzen du
Tom Allen Birminghamen jaio zen, Ingalaterra baina bere borroka ospetsuenetako batzuk borrokatu zituen Amerikan. Urtean 1867, Allen St-era joan zen bizitzera. Louis, Mississippiko mendebaldeko hiririk handiena. Allen ez zen inoiz utzi eta St. Louis bere egoitza gisa sari-borroketarako entrenatzeko. Allenek borrokan aritu zen batez ere kutxa hutsezko sari-borroketan, boxeo amerikarra izango ez zen bezala
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. Askotan Edward bezala idatzia, baina laguntza eta ward gisa ahoskatzen dira, Eduard was as unique as his name. Asko kostatu zitzaidan berari buruz idaztea berari buruz entzun nituen istorioengatik
Orduan makina politika eta krimen antolatua da, Kansas City beti nitaz ditu St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City etxean ere izan zen hainbat goi-profila gangland tiroketak izateko. St. Louis’ azken antolatutako krimenaren buruzagi karta atxilotu zuten. We did have a Democratic party political machine around