Harcsporttörténész és harcművész
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, A nyugdíjas egykori nehézsúlyú bajnok, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “Végső remény” versenyző. Az ő elsődleges, Jeffries probably couldn’t beat Johnson. At 35 years of age and nearly 300
On February 22, 1924, unknown suspects took $20,000.00 in American Express Company money orders from the Mercantile Trust Company in Downtown St. Louis. Initially, the American Bankers Association hired private detectives. After the detectives were unable to discover any serious leads, the association turned the case over to the St. Louis rendőrség. When the bank association turned over the
Április 17, 1909, African-American heavyweight boxer Joe Jeanette met World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sam McVey for the title in a fight to the finish. Before the classic bout was complete, the men would box for 49 rounds over 3 hours and 30 jegyzőkönyv. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, amikor
Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father
On January 7, 1903, St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond married 24-year-old Hannah McLaughlin in a ceremony he hoped to keep secret. The 46-year-old Desmond always said he would never marry due to the dangers of his job. Viszont, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, A St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
A 122-year-old brick house dominates the street scene at the corner of Whittier Street and Cook Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri. Builders erected the 2378 square foot house in 1892. Egyedülálló építészetéhez tartozik egy toronyerkély az északkeleti fal második emeletén. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. Ma, 4200 Cook az
Nagyapám Frank O. Zimmerman legrégebbi testvére volt, Robert Harold “Harry” Zimmerman. Volt egy négy idősebb fél-testvérek, és egy elhunyt féltestvére, de Harry volt az első gyermeke Parker L. Zimmerman és harmadik feleségével Dolly. Nagypapa fog születni május 28, 1913. Harry egy kicsit rejtélyes, ahogy meghalt a környéken
On December 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
Amikor először elkezdtem harcművészetekkel foglalkozni 1995, a legtöbb harcművészet megalapításához kötődő történetek egészen fantasztikusak voltak, az alapítóiknak tulajdonított emberfeletti fizikai bravúrokat és harci képességeket. Akár Kung Fu, Karate vagy Judo, az alapító átvette a korábbi harcművészetekben tanult készségeket, módosította és mindenkit legyőzött. Ezek az állítások
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, vagy 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair as it is more popularly known, is the most significant event in St. Louis, Missouri history. While St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River, the World’s Fair put it on the international map. While the fair would bring notoriety, tourists and increased revenue to the city,