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Earl Caddock had a relatively short but storied professional wrestling career in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Making his professional debut in 1915 after winning three AAU National titles in amateur wrestling, Caddock only wrestled professionally until 1922. However, he would be recognized as world champion after defeating Joe Stecher in April 1917. Caddock would lose the title back
గురువారం, జనవరి 23, 1902, సెయింట్. Louis awakened to the news millionaire A. Deane Cooper was found murdered in the Vista Bathhouse at Franklin Avenue and North Grand Boulevard. Cooper, సెయింట్ ఒకటి. లూయిస్’ సంపన్న పురుషులు, యాజమాన్యంలో నివాస రియల్ ఎస్టేట్ మరియు విలువ ఇతర ఆస్తులు 2 మిలియన్ డాలర్లు. Cooper aspired to be the biggest property owner in St. లూయిస్. అతడు
జూలై న 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.” జార్జెస్ కార్పెంటియర్ అయినప్పటికీ
On March 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. ఈ చిత్రంలో (affiliate link), చాలా కాలంగా బ్యాచిలర్ అయిన లమ్ ఎడ్వర్డ్స్ హీరోగా మారాలనుకుంటున్నాడు
మంగళవారం, జనవరి 19, 1909, డాక్టర్. 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. డాక్టర్. Benjamin Franklin Roller was a unique athlete
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “కాపు” 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 పౌండ్ల. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg wrestled in
జనవరి న 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, అతన్ని తీసుకుంటుంది
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England but fought some of his most famous fights in America. లో 1867, Allen moved to St. లూయిస్, the largest city west of the Mississippi. Allen never left and would use St. Louis as his home base to train for prizefights. Allen fought mostly in bare knuckle prizefights as American boxing would not be
Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. లూయిస్, 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
When it comes to machine politics and organized crime, Kansas City has always outshone St. లూయిస్. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City was also home to several high-profile gangland shootings. సెయింట్. లూయిస్’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. We did have a Democratic party political machine around