Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
In one of those strange coincidences of history, the Streetcar Union President Sherman C. Patterson was stabbed by a union machinist named Edward Canty after a saloon disagreement. At a time when several of his opponents in the 1900 St. Louis Streetcar Strike would love to have seen him sent on a train out of town, Patterson is stabbed by
William Muldoon, um ex-detetive de Nova York, venceu o Campeonato Mundial de Luta Greco-Romana, derrotando Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon reinou por dez anos antes de se aposentar como campeão. Depois de se aposentar, ele começou a ganhar a vida como um personal trainer. Muldoon trained many wrestlers but really came to prominence after getting a woefully out of shape John L. Sullivan fit for
After you earn your Green Rank, you will have completed your first year of training. Congratulations. On average, 75 percent of students who started with you have already quit training. Lucky for you, they will be much better targets for criminals. A humorous anecdote is told about two campers worried about a bear attack. One of the campers tells his
On Monday evening, Julho 16, 1917, St. Louis Police Officer Julius H. Petring assigned to the North Market Division entered a rooming house at 2301 N. Market Street. Petring asked the proprietor William Dietrich to rent a room for him and his wife. His “wife” was his recently divorced girlfriend Freda Hagenmeyer. Officer Petring had been seeing Freda Hagenmeyer, que
When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “Sotavento” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Viga”, Julius Johannpeter. Grandpa lived with Uncle Jules from the time he left Missouri Military Academy in 1932 until he married my grandmother, Alvina Ellis nee Mosblech in 1938. Avô
Tom Hyer won the American Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in 1841. Like most prizefighting champions of the Nineteenth Century, he did not fight very often. Hyer normally paid his bills as an enforcer for political parties in New York. Originalmente, Hyer empregou seus talentos para os Whigs, mas iria mudar lealdades ao “Know Nothing Party” with his friend William
The secret to success in the martial arts or any area of life is mastering the basics. While this statement sounds intuitive, very few people actually do it. Many practitioners find the basics “boring” and want to move onto more advanced moves. The problem with this approach is emphasizing a 1 percent move over a 99 percent move. Taking Taekwondo
The picture of Cornelius O’Keefe in the book, No cumprimento do dever: St. Louis agentes da polícia que fizeram o sacrifício final por Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath eo Major Stephen Pollihan, struck me the first time I saw it. Com o cabelo repartido ao meio e um grande bigode, I could see him walking the streets of Downtown St. Louis
Na véspera de Natal, 1937, o segundo deputado. Moto filme, Obrigado, Mr. Movimento (1937) Olhos Abertos Peter Lorre, estreou. Internacional Agente Sr.. Moto se esforça para proteger tesouros culturais chineses de criminosos internacionais. Os Sete Scrolls irá revelar o esconderijo para o Túmulo de Genghis Khan. Os guerreiros de Genghis Khan teria enterrado um grande tesouro com o seu líder morto. Mr. Moto’s friend Prince
Em outubro 12, 1853, 23 year-old John Morrissey would meet 40 year-old “Yankee” Sullivan for the American and possibly World Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship. Sullivan had been considered the champion since Tom Hyer, who had beaten Sullivan previously, retired instead of fighting Sullivan in a rematch. Sullivan claimed the title and was backed by Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.