Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
On Thursday, Siječanj 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, jedan od sv. Louis’ najbogatijih ljudi, posjedovane stambene nekretnine i druga imovina procijenjena na 2 Milijun dolara. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. On
On July 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.” Iako Georges Carpentier
Na ožujka 19, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released the second film starring the Old Time Radio comedy team Lum and Abner. Stidljiv prvostupnik (1942) starred Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody, the owners of the Jot’Em Down Store in Arkansas. U tom filmu (affiliate link), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero
U utorak, Siječanj 19, 1909, Doktor. Benjamin Roller, Seattle liječnik i pro hrvač koji je bio dovoljno dobar za pobjedu američki prvenstvo u teškoj kategoriji, neobjašnjivo odlučio okušati u profesionalnom boksu. Protivnik mu je bio prijatelj i sparing partner, “Denver” Ed Martin, tko će pobijediti obojeni svijet teškoj kategoriji boks prvenstvo. Doktor. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Seljak” 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 funti. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg se hrvao
Siječnja 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, uzima ga
Tom Allen rođen je u Birminghamu, Engleska, ali vodio je neke od njegovih najpoznatijih borbi u Americi. U 1867, Allen se preselio u St.. Louis, najveći grad zapadno od Mississippija. Allen nikada nije otišao i koristio bi St.. Louis kao svoju matičnu bazu za trening za nagradne borbe. Allen se borio uglavnom u nagradnim borbama golih zglobova, kao što to američki boks ne bi bio
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. Often written as Edward but pronounced like putting together aid and ward, Eduard was as unique as his name. I struggled with writing much about him because the stories I heard about him
Kad je riječ o politici strojeva i organiziranog kriminala, Kansas City je uvijek sjajila St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City je također dom nekoliko high-profile mafijaškom pucnjavi. St. Louis’ Posljednji vođa organiziranog kriminala je uhićen zbog kartanja. 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, Travanj 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell was employed as a mechanic at