Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
My daughter Caity is 21 years old this week. It is a bittersweet birthday because my baby girl isn’t my baby girl anymore. I am so proud of the young woman she has become but as she grew up I regretted not being able to pick her up, wipe her tears and make the “small hurts” go away. Caity het gekom
I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. In Januarie 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “wurg Sorakichi aan
The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. Egter, the Paramount Studio executive thought it would be better as a talking picture. The studio delayed the release until they could add sound to the film. The addition of sound was not without its challenges. Ongelukkig, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, gehad het
For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, toe hulle by a
William Desmond vasgetrek baie diewe tydens sy 17 jaar loopbaan as St. Louis Hoof van Speurders. Hy ontwikkel 'n landwye reputasie as “Die dief moordenaar”. Op Maandag, Oktober 15, 1900, Hoof Desmond vasgetrek die broek van 'n dief, maar nie die dief homself. Jonas Washington het die agterplaas van Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets
Sam McVey moeg van die gebrek aan geleentheid vir swart vegters in die Verenigde State van Amerika gedurende die vroeë twintigste eeu. McVey besluit om te verlaat vir Europa in 1907, waar hy geveg het tot 1911. McVey in Australië geveg vir nog drie jaar voordat hy terugkeer na die Verenigde State van Amerika. Hierdie kort hoogtepunt film van Frankryk in 1911 met “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Augustus 31, 1901, Nagwag William Doherty ontdek Willis Garner burglarizing die kantoor van Schickle, Harrison en Howard Yster Maatskappy op 912 S. Twaalfde Street in St. Louis, Missouri. Die yster maatskappy in diens Garner, wat 'n hamer gegooi Doherty se kop. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Moord Oor New York (1940) is one of the later editions of the Charlie Chan series for Twentieth-Century Fox Productions. In hierdie film, Inspector Chan is assisting his old friend from Scotland Yard, Inspector Drake, find a group of saboteurs. The spies intend to sabotage some test air craft in New York. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
Op Oktober 6, 1890, plaaslike haarkappers Luther Duncan en Bob Henderson stap uit op N. 11de Straat 'n rusie te los. Hierdie gebied van St. Louis was bekend as “Diep Morgan”. “Diep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop huise en die moeilikste Afro-Amerikaners salon in die stad, Sterk’ Saloon. Beide Duncan en Henderson was swart haarkappers, who worked in
Op Desember 3, 1896, drie mans het die Home Office Brewery in St. Louis omstreeks 2:30 namiddag. Kassier Robert Hofferkamp genader die manne. Die mans het rewolwers en vertel Hofferkamp en sy assistent om hul hande te gooi. Die mans het $10,000 uit die kantoor in wat 'n multi-miljoen dollar heist vandag sou wees. The robbers tied up and