Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Em abril de 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, também conhecido como “A Bandit Red-Headed”, entrou na Easton-Taylor Trust Company em 4474 Easton Avenue. Smith tinha um revólver em cada mão e exigiu o dinheiro do caixa. Fearing for his life, the clerk promptly dropped $15,309 em um saco. John Lanigan, the bank’s president, sat in his office off the lobby
George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) was a world record holding weightlifter and World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion before wrestling was prearranged and lifters were using steroids. Hackenschmidt achieved a level of greatness due to several factors. He achieved a high level of physical fitness. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been
Eu já escrevi sobre um incidente no qual um sargento detetive para o St. Louis Polícia foi baleado durante uma tentativa de assalto. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. História 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
Em uma noite fria de janeiro, em 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Polícia, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis Departamento de Polícia. St. Louis Police Detective Sergeant James Martin King was walking to his home at 4973 Lotus Avenue via N. Kingshighway Boulevard, when two
Eu primeiro ouvi falar Chang Apana em uma featurette em um dos conjuntos de Charlie Chan DVD. 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) em December 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. Segredo de Charlie Chan (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
Na quinta-feira, Junho 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and Charles Bergman, uma liberdade condicional e ex-presidiário, levantou o Meramec Trust Company, logo após aberto no 07:00 A.M. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. O canto da Virginia Avenue e Meramec Street era um dos mais movimentados blocos carro rua na cidade. The robbers had
Chester Gould criou a história em quadrinhos Dick Tracy em 1931. Originalmente publicado através do Metro Detroit, a faixa mudou-se para o Chicago Tribune, onde fez o papel e Gould rico através syndication. Era só uma questão de tempo antes de Dick Tracy fez sua estréia no cinema. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials
Ao fazer a pesquisa, Eu encontrei esta imagem da formação Manassa Mauler para sua 04 de julho, 1919 luta pelo título com Jess Willard, World Heavyweight Boxing Campeões. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard era um gigante de um homem às 6’06” e 235 libras. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. However,