Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Earl Caddock mal koncom 10. a začiatkom 20. rokov relatívne krátku, ale slávnu profesionálnu zápasnícku kariéru.. Svoj profesionálny debut v r 1915 po zisku troch národných titulov AAU v amatérskom zápasení, Caddock profesionálne zápasil len do r 1922. Však, bol uznaný za majstra sveta po tom, čo v apríli porazil Joea Stechera 1917. Caddock by stratil titul späť
On Thursday, Január 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, jeden zo sv. Louis’ najbohatších mužov, vo vlastníctve obytných nehnuteľností a iných aktív ocenených na 2 miliónov dolárov. 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.” Aj keď Georges Carpentier
Marca 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. V tomto filme (partnerský odkaz), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero
On Tuesday, Január 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 “Poľnohospodár” 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 libier. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg zápasil
On 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, berie ho
Tom Allen sa narodil v Birminghame, Anglicko, ale niektoré zo svojich najznámejších zápasov odohral v Amerike. V 1867, Allen sa presťahoval do St. Louis, najväčšie mesto západne od Mississippi. Allen nikdy neodišiel a použil by St. Louis ako svoju domovskú základňu na trénovanie na zápasy o ceny. Allen bojoval väčšinou v zápasoch na holých kolenách, ako by americký box nebol
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. Často sa píše ako Edward, ale vyslovuje sa ako skladanie pomoci a ochrany, Eduard was as unique as his name. Snažil som sa o ňom veľa písať, pretože som o ňom počul
Pokiaľ ide o obrábacie politiky a organizovaného zločinu, Kansas City sa vždy zatienil St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City bol tiež domov pre niekoľko vysoko postavených gangsterských prestreliek. St. Louis’ posledný vodca organizovaného zločinu bol zatknutý za hracie karty. We did have a Democratic party political machine around