Storico degli sport da combattimento e artista marziale
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 came
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. Nel mese di gennaio 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangolare Sorakichi
The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. Tuttavia, 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. Sfortunatamente, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, avevo
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, quando si fermarono a
William Desmond nabbed molti ladri durante la sua 17 anni di carriera come St. Louis capo degli investigatori. Ha sviluppato una reputazione a livello nazionale come “Il ladro Taker”. Lunedi ', Ottobre 15, 1900, Capo Desmond nabbed i pantaloni di un ladro, ma non il ladro se stesso. Jonas Washington è entrato nel cortile di Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets
Sam McVey stanchi della mancanza di opportunità per i combattenti neri negli Stati Uniti nel corso del primo Novecento. McVey decise di partire per l'Europa in 1907, dove ha combattuto fino 1911. McVey ha combattuto in Australia per altri tre anni prima di tornare negli Stati Uniti. Questo breve film di highlight dalla Francia in 1911 con “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
Agosto 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty scoperto Willis Garner svaligiato l'ufficio di Schickle, Harrison e Howard Iron Company a 912 S. Twelfth Street a St. Louis, Missouri. La società di ferro impiegato Garner, che ha lanciato un martello alla testa di Doherty. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Omicidio Sopra New York (1940) è una delle edizioni successive della serie Charlie Chan in Twentieth-Century Fox Productions. In questo film, L'ispettore Chan sta aiutando il suo vecchio amico di Scotland Yard, Ispettore Drake, trovare un gruppo di sabotatori. Le spie intendono sabotare qualche prova mestiere d'aria a New York. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
Ottobre 6, 1890, barbieri locali Luther Duncan e Bob Henderson uscirono a N. 11th Street per risolvere una lite. Questa zona di St. Louis era conosciuto come “Profondo Morgan”. “Profondo Morgan” was home to bordello, flop di case e il più duro afro-americani saloon in città, Forte’ Berlina. Sia Duncan e Henderson erano barbieri nero, who worked in
Dicembre 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