Istoricul sporturilor de luptă și artist marțial
Noiembrie 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. St. Arhiepiscopia Louis a dedicat biserica
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. The
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. Nu este clar dacă acțiunile lui Charles Sanders au atras atenția lui Printz, sau Printz tocmai a dat peste Sanders. Oricare ar fi circumstanțele, Printz se apropie de 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
Când marele Jack Johnson l-a învins pe Tommy Burns pentru Campionatul Mondial de Box la categoria grea, stabilimentul de box a început să caute o „speranță albă” pentru a-l învinge pe Johnson. În disperarea de a găsi pe cineva care să-l învingă pe Johnson, promotorii și scriitorii sportivi au început să facă lobby pe fostul campion mondial la categoria grea James J. Jeffries să-și pună capăt retragerii pentru a se lupta cu Johnson. Jeffries s-a retras neînvins în 1905. După
Recent, 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 ediția din St. Louis Star-Times of my great grandparents and 12 a 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. Totuși, 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
În 2010, St. Louis was the 58th largest city in the United States and the 19th largest metropolitan area. Around the turn of the century, it was the fifth or sixth largest city in the United States and the largest west of the Mississippi River. 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. În acest film, Mr. Moto predă o clasă de investigație penală mai multor anchetatori în devenire, inclusiv