Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
En 122 år gammel murhus dominerer gatebildet på hjørnet av Whittier Street og Cook Avenue i St. Louis, Missouri. Utbyggere reist den 2378 kvadratmeter huset i 1892. Den unike arkitekturen inkluderer en tårnbalkong i andre etasje på den nordøstlige veggen. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. I dag, 4200 Cook er
Min bestefar Frank O. Zimmerman’s oldest brother was Robert Harold “Harry” Zimmerman. They had a four older half-brothers and sisters and a deceased half-sister but Harry was the first child of Parker L. Zimmerman og hans tredje kone Dolly. Bestefar ville bli født mai 28, 1913. Harry er litt av et mysterium da han døde rundt
Desember 27, 1941, Republic Pictures released the first chapter of the fourth Dick Tracy serial, Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941). Once again, Ralph Byrd played Detective Dick Tracy. In this series, Dick Tracy works with “The Commission” to attack crime but suspects one of the members of the commission is the mysterious Ghost. The Ghost’s henchman Lucifer, played
Da jeg først begynte å trene i kampsport i 1995, historiene knyttet til grunnleggelsen av de fleste kampsporter var ganske fantastiske med overmenneskelige bragder av fysisk dyktighet og kampevne tilskrevet deres grunnleggere. Om Kung Fu, Karate eller Judo, grunnleggeren tok ferdighetene lært i tidligere kampsport, endret det og beseiret alle. Disse påstandene er
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, eller 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri historie. Mens St. Louis var den største byen vest for Mississippi-elven, verdensutstillingen sette det på det internasjonale kartet. Mens rettferdig ville bringe beryktet, tourists and increased revenue to the city,
On St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1905, St. Louis sports fans were treated to a special match between local professional wrestler George Baptiste and traveling Japanese jujitsu practitioner Arata Suzuki. Baptiste delighted local fans by quickly defeating Suzuki in two straight falls. George Baptiste was a professional wrestler and all-around athlete, whose powerful swimming saved many St. Louisans from drowning
Fra 1931 til 1954, Lum and Abner occupied a spot among the most popular shows during the Old Time Radio era. Chester Lauck and Norris Goff attended the University of Arkansas together. Lauck and Goff later developed their show Lum and Abner based on life in Arkansas. The show struck a cord with many listeners. My wife’s grandmother once told
I slutten av 1960 og begynnelsen av 1970-tallet, mine besteforeldre brukes som vert for et månedlig kort parti med tre av bestemor Ellis’ søstre og deres ektemenn. Onkel Tony og tante Agnes Giraudo, Uncle Oscar and Aunt Dorothy Von Berg along with Uncle Art and Aunt Betty Clemmings would join Grandma and Grandpa to play Pinochle. Each family would host one
På fredag, Oktober 14, and Saturday, Oktober 15, 1904, 42 wrestlers in 7 weight classes met in the first Olympic Games contested in the freestyle wrestling method. Prior Olympic Games were contested in the Greco-Roman style of wrestling. Den 1904 Summer Olympics was held in conjunction with the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO. St. Louis was well-represented in
Desember 23, 1903, Frank Gotch traveled to Bellingham, Washington to take on a 6’05”, 215 pound Native American wrestler from Montana. Wrestling fans in the area considered Chief Two Feathers to be unbeatable. Frank Gotch was not impressed with his reputation but he gave Gotch the most uncomfortable 15 minutes of his young career. Chief Two Feathers entered the