Ahli Sejarah Sukan Pertempuran dan Seniman Mempertahankan Diri
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, bekas detektif New York City, memenangi Kejohanan Gusti Dunia Greco-Roman dengan mengalahkan Thiebaud Bauer. Muldoon memerintah selama sepuluh tahun sebelum bersara sebagai juara. Selepas bersara, dia mula membuat hidup sebagai pelatih peribadi. Muldoon trained wrestlers but really came to prominence after getting a woefully out of shape John L. Sullivan fit for his
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, Julai 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, who
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 “Jules”, 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. Datuk
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. Originally, Hyer menggunakan bakatnya untuk Whig tetapi akan menukar kesetiaan kepada “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, Dalam Talian Duti: St. Louis Police Officers Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice by Barbara Miksicek, David McElreath and Major Stephen Pollihan, struck me the first time I saw it. With his hair parted down the middle and a big mustache, I could see him walking the streets of Downtown St. Louis
Pada malam Krismas, 1937, the second Mr. Moto film, Thank You, Encik. 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. Encik. Moto’s friend Prince
Pada bulan Oktober 12, 1853, 23 berusia tahun John Morrissey akan memenuhi 40 tahun-lama “Yankee” Sullivan bagi Prizefighting Kejohanan Amerika dan mungkin World Heavyweight. Sullivan telah dianggap juara sejak Tom Hyer, yang telah dipukul Sullivan sebelum ini, bersara dan bukannya berjuang Sullivan dalam perlawanan semula. Sullivan mendakwa tajuk dan disokong oleh Hyer, who had made peace with Sullivan.