Storico degli sport da combattimento e artista marziale
Giovedi ', Gennaio 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, uno di S. Louis’ uomini più ricchi, immobili residenziali di proprietà e altri beni valutati 2 milioni di dollari. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. Louis. Lui
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.” Even though Georges Carpentier
In marzo 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 questo film (link di affiliazione), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero
Il Martedì, Gennaio 19, 1909, Dr. Benjamin Roller, un medico Seattle e pro wrestler che era abbastanza buono per vincere il Heavyweight Championship americano, inspiegabilmente deciso di provare la sua mano a pugilato professionistico. Il suo avversario era amico e sparring partner di, “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 “Agricoltore” 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 sterline. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg entrò lottando
Gennaio 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, lo prende
Tom Allen è nato a Birmingham, L'Inghilterra, ma ha combattuto alcuni dei suoi combattimenti più famosi in America. In 1867, Allen si è trasferito a St. Louis, la più grande città ad ovest del Mississippi. Allen non se ne andò mai e avrebbe usato St. Louis come base per allenarsi per i combattimenti a premi. Allen ha combattuto per lo più in combattimenti a mani nude come non lo sarebbe stata la boxe americana
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. Spesso scritto come Edward ma pronunciato come mettere insieme aiuto e protezione, Eduard was as unique as his name. Ho faticato a scrivere molto su di lui a causa delle storie che ho sentito su di lui
Quando si tratta di politica di macchine e criminalità organizzata, Kansas City ha sempre eclissato St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City era anche sede di diverse sparatorie malavita di alto profilo. St. Louis’ ultimo leader della criminalità organizzata è stato arrestato per giocare a carte. 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, Aprile 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell lavorava come meccanico presso