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On July 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 для 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the
У канцы 1910-х - пачатку 1920-х гадоў у Эрла Кэдака была адносна кароткая, але вядомая прафесійная кар'ера ў барацьбе. Дэбютаваў на прафесійным узроўні ў 1915 пасля перамогі ў трох нацыянальных тытулах ААУ ў аматарскай барацьбе, Да таго часу Кэдок займаўся толькі прафесійнай барацьбой 1922. Аднак, ён будзе прызнаны чэмпіёнам свету пасля перамогі над Джо Стэчэрам у красавіку 1917. Кэдок страціў бы тытул назад
Сакавіка 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. У гэтым фільме (affiliate link), longtime bachelor Lum Edwards wants to become a hero
In early March 1873, bare knuckle prizefighter Ned “The Irish Giant” O’Baldwin was preparing for a potential match with Jem Mace, who claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship. Аднак, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Прафесійныя баі ў 19-м стагоддзі карысталіся дрэннай рэпутацыяй за межамі краіны
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Фермер” 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 фунты. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Берг змагаўся
Студзеня 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, бярэ яго
We included four or more martial arts in our academy’s curriculum. When I look at these arts, I see a distinct reason that I studied each one. These arts cover striking, grappling, ground fighting and a practical self-defense weapon, the cane. I started studying Shotokan karate in the Fall of 1994. I switched to Taekwondo with my nephew in the Spring of 1995. Taekwondo brought
Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Луіс, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Часта пішацца як Эдвард, але вымаўляецца як складанне дапамогі і падапечнага, Eduard was as unique as his name. Я змагаўся з тым, каб шмат пісаць пра яго, таму што я чуў пра яго гісторыі
Калі справа даходзіць да палітычных машын і арганізаванай злачыннасцю, Канзас-Сіці заўсёды засланяла St. Луіс. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Канзас-Сіці быў таксама з'яўляецца домам для некалькіх гучных бандыцкіх перастрэлак. Вуліца. Луіс’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. 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, Красавіка 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Мерэл працаваў механікам у