Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
On September 21, 1897, Joseph Bloomfield Jackson attempted to sneak into the White House armed with a loaded revolver. Jackson had boasted of plans to attack a high government official for days. Jackson was arrested before he could carry out his plans to attack President McKinley. Police quickly realized Jackson was mentally disturbed. They sent him to a Washington asylum
The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes produced by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone returns as Holmes in the eleventh of fourteen turns as the English sleuth. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” film. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. After they
John L. Sullivan bol prechodný ťažkej váhe cena bojovanie šampión. He transitioned prize fighting from the bare knuckle era to modern boxing under the Marquis of Queensbury rules by refusing to fight in any more non-gloved bouts. Before he made this pledge, he took part in the Fight of the 19th Century with the formidable Jake Kilrain. Jake Kilrain was
Sam McVey unavený nedostatku príležitostí pre čierne bojovníkmi v Spojených štátoch počas začiatku dvadsiateho storočia. McVey rozhodol odísť do Európy 1907, kde bojoval až do 1911. McVey bojoval v Austrálii na ďalšie tri roky, než sa vráti do Spojených štátov. Tento krátky highlight film z Francúzska v roku 1911 s “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Augusta 31, 1901, Nočný strážca William Doherty objavil Willis Garner burglarizing úrad Schickle, Harrison a Howard železiarsky na 912 S. Dvanásta Street v St. Louis, Missouri. Železo Spoločnosť zamestnávala Garner, kto hodil kladivo na Dohertyho hlavu. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Októbra 6, 1890, local barbers Luther Duncan and Bob Henderson stepped out on to N. 11th Street to settle a quarrel. This area of St. Louis was known as “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop houses and the toughest African-Americans saloon in the city, Starkes’ Saloon. Both Duncan and Henderson were black barbers, who worked in
Decembra 3, 1896, three men entered the Home Brewery Office in St. Louis at around 2:30 p.m.. Cashier Robert Hofferkamp approached the men. The men produced revolvers and told Hofferkamp and his assistant to throw up their hands. The men took $10,000 from the office in what would be a multi-million dollar heist today. The robbers tied up and
Ed “Strangler” Lewis je jedným z dvoch najlepších amerických profesionálnych zápasníkov všetkých čias. Zatiaľ čo Lewis bol legitímnym zápasníkom v podaní, kto by mohol poraziť kohokoľvek vo wrestlingovej súťaži, pôsobil takmer výlučne v vopred dohodnutých exhibičných zápasoch. V 1929, zúčastnil sa zápasu s profesionálnym futbalistom, ktorý sa stal zápasníkom, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg bol na parnom valci Providence,
Decembra 8, 1903, Sam Langford fought the reigning lightweight boxing champion in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to fighting Langford, most boxing experts felt Joe Gans could not be beaten in a legitimate bout. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Gans was able to break the color barrier by winning the World Lightweight Boxing Championship. Sam Langford is often considered
Peter Lorre reprises his role as Mr. Kentaro Moto, Interpol Agent, in Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938). James Tinling directed this film and Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1937). Tinling’s participation caused Lorre to portray Mr. Moto more like Inspector Chan with a little jujitsu thrown in. V tomto filme, Pán. Moto učí triedu vyšetrovania trestných činov pre niekoľkých začínajúcich vyšetrovateľov vrátane