Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
Efter Jack Johnson blev champion, brist på starka utmanare orsakade tryck från allmänheten att montera på James J. Jeffires, den pensionerade före detta tungviktsmästare, att avsluta sin pensionering och slåss Johnson. Jeffries ansågs den första och mest trovärdiga av de “STORT HOPP” utmanare. I sina bästa år, Jeffries förmodligen inte kunde slå Johnson. Vid 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. Initialt, 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 polisen. When the bank association turned over the
På April 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 minuter. 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. Morfar Ellis’ father
På Januari 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. Emellertid, he was clearly smitten with Hannah McLaughlin. In March 1897, St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed the first rumors of an
En 122-årig tegelhus dominerar gatubilden i hörnet av Whittier Street och Cook Avenue i St. Louis, Missouri. Byggare uppfördes den 2378 kvadratmeter stort hus i 1892. Dess unika arkitektur inkluderar en tornbalkong på andra våningen i den nordöstra väggen. When first built, 4200 Cook must have been an impressive site. I dag, 4200 Cook är
Min farfar 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 och hans tredje hustru Dolly. Morfar skulle födas maj 28, 1913. Harry är lite av ett mysterium när han dog runt om
På 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
När jag först började träna kampsport i 1995, berättelserna kopplade till grundandet av de flesta kampsporter var ganska fantastiska med övermänskliga bedrifter av fysisk talang och stridsförmåga som tillskrivs deras grundare. Oavsett om Kung Fu, Karate eller Judo, grundaren tog de färdigheter som lärts i tidigare kampsporter, modifierade det och besegrade alla. Dessa påståenden är
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 history. Medan 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,