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Julija 3, 1905, Marvin Hart je začel boj za prosto naslov svetovnega prvaka kot 3 za 1 underdog. Jack Root, ki bi bila prva svetloba težka prvenstvo je bil favorit za uspeh nedavno upokojenega James J. Jeffries. Jeffries bi sodnik to naslovno zadetek, ki ga nadomešča. Marvin Hart je pred kratkim pretepli Jack Johnson. Widely considered the
Earl Caddock je imel v poznih 1910-ih in zgodnjih 1920-ih razmeroma kratko, a znamenito poklicno rokoborsko kariero.. Svoj profesionalni prvenec v 1915 po osvojitvi treh naslovov državnega prvaka AAU v amaterski rokoborbi, Caddock se je profesionalno boril samo do 1922. Vendar, bi bil priznan kot svetovni prvak, potem ko je aprila premagal Joeja Stecherja 1917. Caddock bi izgubil naslov nazaj
Marca 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. V tem filmu (podružnica povezava), 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. Vendar, before O’Baldwin could face Mace, he served as a second for a friend and fellow prizefighter named Hicken. Profesionalno bojevanje v 19. stoletju je zunaj uživalo slab ugled
John Berg was a good enough wrestler to beat Martin “Kmet” 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 funtov. Berg missed weight by four pounds but won the match. Berg se je prerival
Januarja 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, ga vzame
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. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Pogosto se piše kot Edward, izgovarja pa se kot sestavljanje pomoči in varovanja, Eduard was as unique as his name. Zaradi zgodb, ki sem jih slišal o njem, sem imel težave s pisanjem o njem
When it comes to machine politics and organized crime, Kansas City has always outshone St. Louis. 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. St. Louis’ 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, April 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell je bil zaposlen kot mehanik pri