Historyk sportów walki i artysta sztuk walki
After Jack Johnson became champion, a lack of strong contenders caused public pressure to mount on James J. Jeffires, the retired former heavyweight champion, to end his retirement and fight Johnson. Jeffries was considered the first and most credible of the “White Hope” contenders. In his prime, 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 Departament Policji. When the bank association turned over the
W kwietniu 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 protokół. From February 5, 1903, when he beat “Denver” Ed Martin to December 26, 1908, when
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. Jednak, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
122-letni dom z cegły dominuje scenę ulicy na rogu ulicy i Cooka Whittier alei w St. Louis, Missouri. Budowniczowie wznieśli 2378 stóp kwadratowych domu w 1892. Jego unikalna architektura obejmuje balkon w wieżyczce na drugim piętrze północno-wschodniej ściany. Kiedy po raz pierwszy zbudowany, 4200 Kucharz musi być imponująca strona. Dzisiaj, 4200 Kucharz jest
O mój dziadek Frank. Najstarszy brat Zimmermana był Robert Harold “Złupić” Zimmerman. Mieli czterech starszych przyrodnich braci i siostry i zmarłą siostrę, ale Harry był pierwszym dzieckiem Parker L. Zimmerman i jego trzecia żona Dolly. Urodzi dziadek maja 28, 1913. Harry jest trochę tajemniczy, ponieważ zmarł około
Grudzień 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
Kiedy zaczynałem trenować sztuki walki w r 1995, historie związane z powstaniem większości sztuk walki były naprawdę fantastyczne, a ich twórcom przypisywano nadludzkie wyczyny w zakresie sprawności fizycznej i zdolności bojowych. Czy Kung Fu, Karate lub Judo, założyciel przejął umiejętności nabyte w poprzednich sztukach walki, zmodyfikował go i pokonał wszystkich. Te roszczenia są
The Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, lub 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,