Historiador dels esports de combat i artista marcial
A l'abril 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, també conegut com “El bandit de cap vermell”, va entrar a la Trust Company Easton-Taylor en 4474 Easton Avinguda. Smith tenia un revòlver a cada mà i va exigir els diners de la caixa. Fearing for his life, the clerk promptly dropped $15,309 en un sac. John Lanigan, the bank’s president, sat in his office off the lobby
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) va ser un rècord mundial i la celebració de peses de lluita del campió pesat del món de la lluita lliure abans estava predisposat i aixecadors estaven usant esteroides. Hackenschmidt va aconseguir un nivell de grandesa causa de diversos factors. Es va aconseguir un alt nivell d'aptitud física. La seva condició física li va permetre ser el lluitador més encertat de la seva era. A few wrestlers may have been
Jo ja vaig escriure sobre un incident en què un sergent detectiu per St. Policia Louis va rebre un tret durant un intent de robatori. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Història Louis, Detective Sergeant James Martin King’s home in January 1920 still exists. The home is still in excellent condition. 4973 Lotus Avenue was the home of Sgt. King in
En una freda nit de gener a 1920, the deadliest year for St. Policia Louis, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Departament de Policia de Louis. St. Detectiu de la Policia Louis sergent James Martin King caminava cap a casa a 4973 Avinguda Lotus via N. KINGSHIGHWAY bulevard, when two
I first heard about Chang Apana in a featurette on one of the Charlie Chan DVD sets. I knew a real life detective inspired Earl Derr Biggers to create Charlie Chan. I did not know who the man was. Chang Apana was that man. Chang Apana (born Ah Ping Chang) al desembre 26, 1871 on the island of Oahu was
The series of the Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland were probably the strongest films in the Charlie Chan series. Sidney Toler made several good films also but eventually the series would become low-budget “B” films produced by Monogram Pictures. Charlie Chan’s Secret (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
I have spent a lot of time studying different rank systems. The rank system seems to be a modern concept started by Dr. Jigaro Kano, an educator, who wanted a system of grading to separate students. Over the next century, numerous styles adopted the belt rank system but the only commonality was the belt systems meant what the creator decided
On Thursday, Juny 12, 1919, Earl Hunter i Charles Bergman, a parolee and ex-convict, held up the Meramec Trust Company shortly after it opened at 07:00 A.M. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. The corner of Virginia Avenue and Meramec Street was one of the busiest street car blocks in the city. The robbers had
Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
Mentre feia la investigació, He trobat aquesta foto de la formació Manassa Mauler per la seva 4 juliol, 1919 lluita pel títol amb Jess Willard, les World Heavyweight Champions boxa. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard era un gegant d'un home a les 6’06” i 235 lliures. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Però,