Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
En noviembre 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. El St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church
Se produjo el Torneo Internacional de Lucha Libre en dos fases entre mayo 19, 1915 y diciembre 31, 1915. Cincuenta luchadores competirán en la primera fase del torneo como World grecorromana Campeón Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. La segunda entrega tuvo 40 luchadores incluidos ascendentes y que vienen estrella Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. La
Las pocas personas que conocen el boxeador Paddy Ryan probablemente lo conocen como John L. Víctima de Sullivan. Sullivan derrotó a Ryan para el Campeonato Peso Pesado de boxeo profesional en 1882. Aunque Ryan era un buen luchador por derecho propio.. Ryan nació en marzo 15, 1851 en Irlanda. Su familia emigró a Troy, Nueva York. Ryan era conocido a lo largo de su
On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. It is not clear if Charles Sanders actions attracted Printz’s attention, or Printz just stumbled upon Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz walked up to Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. When
Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Dr. Ordway arrives
When the great Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship, the boxing establishment started searching for a “white hope” to defeat Johnson. In desperation to find someone to defeat Johnson, promoters and sports writers started lobbying former World Heavyweight Champion James J. Jeffries to end his retirement to fight Johnson. Jeffries retired undefeated in 1905. After
Recientemente, I was searching for information about my Great Uncle Francis’ marriage to my Great Aunt Rosemary Kalt. What I discovered was an unexpected genealogy treasure, a picture in the July 5 edición del St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 of the 14 Mosblech children. I had never seen a picture of my great grandparents, Eduard
St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond had respect for the “old school criminals”, who plied their trade in St. Louis during the late 19th Century. Sin embargo, he did not have the same degree of respect for the thug tactics of the “new school criminals”. These criminals made up for a lack of finesse with great violence. Chief Desmond said
In 2010, St. Louis era la ciudad más grande de 58o en los Estados Unidos y el 19 área metropolitana más grande. Alrededor de la vuelta del siglo, que era la quinta o sexta ciudad más grande en los Estados Unidos y el más grande al oeste del río Mississippi. St. Louis tenía una de las prendas más grande, shoe and beer manufacturing industries in
Peter Lorre reprises his role as Mr. Kentaro Moto, Interpol Agent, in Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938). James Tinling directed this film and Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1937). Tinling’s participation caused Lorre to portray Mr. Moto more like Inspector Chan with a little jujitsu thrown in. En esta película, Sr.. Moto imparte una clase de investigación criminal a varios investigadores en ciernes, entre ellos