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Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows
On August 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty discovered Willis Garner burglarizing the office of Schickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Company at 912 S. Twelfth Street in St. Louis, Missouri. The iron company employed Garner, who threw a hammer at Doherty’s head. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his
Pembunuhan Lebih New York (1940) adalah salah satu daripada edisi kemudian siri Charlie Chan untuk Kedua puluh-Century Fox Productions. Dalam filem ini, Inspektor Chan membantu rakan lamanya dari Scotland Yard, Inspektor Drake, mencari sekumpulan pengkhianat. Pengintip berniat untuk sabotaj beberapa ujian kraf udara di New York. Inspector Drake is tracing Paul Narvo, who leads
Pada bulan Oktober 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
Pada Disember 3, 1896, three men entered the Home Brewery Office in St. Louis at around 2:30 sore. 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
As a taekwondo stylist, I spent my first few years of training trying to develop high kicks. I could throw crescent kicks head height pretty easily and even an occasional side kick. Untuk sebahagian besar, my kicks tended to land on the body not the head. Walau bagaimanapun, high kicks are still beautiful to behold and with several spectacular head
Pada Disember 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
We always taught students not to punch to the head during self-defense training. Namun, we did teach students to punch to head height on pads, when teaching striking. After watching some of mixed martial arts legend Bas Rutten’s fights from Pancrase, it struck me what we were doing wrong. Pancrase banned closed fists to the head. Rutten, an accomplished muay
Michael Hyatt recently wrote an article about retirement being a modern invention and dirty word. I agree with his views with one caveat. At different seasons in our life, it is time to let somethings go to make space for new things. To do new things well, we sometimes have to let go of the old. When I was in
St. Louis Ketua Detektif William Desmond dicipta sedikit misteri pada bulan Januari 1903, apabila dia cuba menyelinap dan berkahwin. Ia adalah untuk menjadi perkahwinan pertama yang Desmond berusia 45 tahun ini. Ketua Desmond adalah untuk berkahwin dengan Hannah McLaughlin, anak perempuan kepada seorang pembina tempatan. Pasangan ini adalah untuk berbulan madu di Selatan California sebelum kembali ke St. Louis