Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Sur Novembre 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. Le St. L'archidiocèse Saint-Louis a consacré l'église
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. La
The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. Ryan was a good fighter in his own right though. Ryan was born on March 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Ryan was known through out his
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
Lorsque le grand Jack Johnson a battu Tommy Burns pour le championnat du monde de boxe des poids lourds, L'établissement de boxe a commencé à chercher un «espoir blanc» pour vaincre Johnson. En désespoir de cause de trouver quelqu'un pour vaincre Johnson, Les promoteurs et les écrivains sportifs ont commencé à faire pression sur l'ancien champion du monde des poids lourds James J. Jeffries pour mettre fin à sa retraite pour combattre Johnson. Jeffries a pris sa retraite invaincue dans 1905. After
Récemment, 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 édition de la 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. Cependant, 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. Le chef Desmond a dit
Dans 2010, St. Louis était le 58e plus grande ville aux États-Unis et la plus grande région métropolitaine du 19e. Vers la fin du siècle, il s'agissait de la cinquième ou sixième plus grande ville aux États-Unis et le plus grand à l'ouest du fleuve Mississippi. St. Louis had one of the largest clothing, 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. Dans ce film, M.. Moto donne un cours d'enquête criminelle à plusieurs enquêteurs en herbe, dont