Stridssportshistoriker och kampsportare
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, a former New York City detective, won the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship by defeating Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon reigned for ten years before retiring as champion. After retiring, he began to make a living as a 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, Juli 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, som
When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Stud”, 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. Morfar
Tom Hyer vann amerikanska Bare Knuckle PROFFSBOXNING Championship i 1841. Liksom de flesta PROFFSBOXNING mästare av artonhundratalet, han inte slåss väldigt ofta. Hyer betalade normalt sina räkningar som en enforcer för politiska partier i New York. Ursprungligen, Hyer anställde sina talanger för whigs men skulle byta lojalitet till “Vet ingenting Party” with his friend William
Hemligheten till framgång i kampsport eller något område i livet är att behärska grunderna. Även om detta uttalande låter intuitivt, mycket få människor faktiskt gör det. Many practitioners find the basics “boring” and want to move onto more advanced moves. Problemet med detta synsätt är att betona en 1 procent flytta över en 99 procent drag. Taking Taekwondo
The picture of Cornelius O’Keefe in the book, In The Line of Duty: St. Louis poliser som gjorde det största offret av Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath och Major Stephen Pollihan, struck me the first time I saw it. Med hans hår skildes i mitten och en stor mustasch, I could see him walking the streets of Downtown St. Louis
På julafton, 1937, the second Mr. Moto film, Thank You, Herr. Moto (1937) staring Peter Lorre, debuted. International Agent Mr. Moto strives to protect Chinese cultural treasures from international criminals. The Seven Scrolls will reveal the hiding place for the Tomb of Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan’s warriors reportedly buried great treasure with their dead leader. Herr. Moto’s friend Prince
På Oktober 12, 1853, 23 årige John Morrissey skulle träffas 40 åriga “Yankee” Sullivan för den amerikanska och eventuellt världsheavyweight PROFFSBOXNING Championship. Sullivan hade ansetts mästare sedan Tom Hyer, som hade slagit Sullivan tidigare, pensionerad istället för att slåss Sullivan i ett omspel. Sullivan hävdade titeln och stöddes av Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.