Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
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 je došao
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 January 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “zadaviti Sorakichija da
Slučaj Canary Murder (1929) izvorno je bio upucan kao nijemi film. Međutim, Paramount Studio izvršni mislio da će to biti bolje kao govori sliku. Studio odgođeno oslobađanje dok su mogli dodati zvuk na filmu. Dodavanje zvuka nije bila lišena izazova. Nažalost, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, had
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, kad su se zaustavili kod a
William Desmond nabbed mnoge lopovi tijekom njegovog 17 godišnje karijere kao St. Louis načelnik detektivi. On je razvio nacionalnu reputaciju “Lopov taker”. U ponedjeljak, Listopad 15, 1900, Glavni Desmond nabbed hlače od lopova, ali ne i sam lopov. Jonas Washington je ušao u dvorište Shickle, Ljevaonica željeza Harrison and Howard u 12. i Gratiot ulici
Sam McVey umorna od nedostatka prilika za crne boraca u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama tijekom ranog dvadesetog stoljeća. McVey odlučio ostaviti za Europu 1907, gdje se borio do 1911. McVey borio u Australiji za više od tri godine prije povratka u SAD-u. Ovaj kratki vrhunac filma iz Francuske u 1911 s “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Kolovoza 31, 1901, Noćni čuvar William Doherty otkrio Willis Garner burglarizing ured Schickle, Harrison i Howard Iron tvrtke na 912 S. Dvanaesta ulica u St. Louis, Missouri. Iron zaposleno Garner, koji je bacio čekić na Doherty glavu. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Ubojstvo Over New Yorku (1940) je jedan od kasnijih izdanja Charlie Chan serija za Twentieth Century Fox-Productions. U tom filmu, Inspektor Chan pomaže njegov stari prijatelj iz Scotland Yarda, Inspektor Drake, pronašli skupinu sabotera. Špijuni namjeravaju sabotirati neki test letjelice u New Yorku. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
Prvog listopada 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 kuće i najteži Afroamerikanci salon u gradu, Jak’ Limuzina. I Duncan i Henderson bile crne brijači, who worked in
U prosincu 3, 1896, three men entered the Home Brewery Office in St. Louis at around 2:30 poslije podne. 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