Batalsporthistoriisto kaj Militartisto
Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, Anglio sur aprilo 23, 1840 but he became famous as a heavyweight bare knuckle prizefighter in America. Settling in St. Louis around 1867, Allen won the American Heavyweight Championship in 1873 and held the title until 1876. He returned to England for a year before returning to St. Louis for good in 1878. Reen
En marto 1893, newspapers across the country carried the story of a proposed match between current world light heavyweight boxing champion Jack McAuliffe and Saint Louis boxing instructor Mike Mooney. Although the match would seem odd because Mooney was such a lightly regarded challenger, the lure of $2500 a side is probably what brought the champion to the table. Adjusted
Johnny Reagan was an important fighter in the St. Louis boxing scene during the first decade of the 20th Century. Originally from Brooklyn, Reagan moved to St. Louis to train under Jack McKenna. McKenna based his operation out of St. Louis, where his fighter primarily fought at St. Louis’ West End Club. Reagan was a rising bantamweight at the time
Sabate, Aprilo 9, 2022, the Franklin County Missouri Historical Society invited me to give a PowerPoint presentation on the Union Missouri Bank Robbery of 1902. The book covers the robbery, the investigation, two nationwide hunts for the fugitive and a daring break from the St. Louis Urba Prizono. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 Jaroj de #a?o, pulled off
Post kiam averaging 9 Batalas jaron super la pasinteco 7 Jaroj, Monda Middleweight Boksa Ĉampiono Stanley “La Miĉigana Sikario” Ketchel estis eluzita. Ketchel prenis ferion sur la Misura ranĉo de lia amika Kolonelo R. P. Dickerson en provo reakiri lian forton kaj entuziasmon por batalado. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Abe Attell estis forta boksisto. Li gajnis la Mondan Featherweight Boksa #?ampioneco dufoje. li kaj lia frato Monte estis la unuaj fratoj esti mondaj boksaj #?ampiono samtempe post kiam Monte gajnis la Mondan Bantamweight #?ampioneco. Abe Attell gajnis lian unuan titolon kiam li estis elbazita de la Okcidenta Fino Boksanta Klubon en St. Louis, MO.
Monte Attell was the younger brother of World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Monte would always be stuck in the shadow of his older brother but was a talented fighter in his own right. Monte would win the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship during his career and establish himself as a world class fighter. Je 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
During his first run as World Featherweight Boxing Champion, Abe Attell was based out of St. Louis, Misuro. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. Ĉe la tempo, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Frank Gotch prenis la amerikan Superpezulan Luktadan Ĉampionecon de Tom Jenkins en decembro 1903. Gotch celita sur sekvanta supre ĉi tiun triumfon kun matĉo por Monda Superpezula Luktado Ĉampioneco de Georgo Hackenschmidt. Gotch dezirita renkonti “Hako” En St. Louis dum la 1904 Monda?? Foiro. Bedaŭrinde por Gotch kaj St. Louis, La matĉo ne okazus ĝis 1908 En Chicago,
St. Louis, at the beginning of the 20th Century, had a prominent professional boxing scene. Abe Attell, although born in San Francisco, was based in St. Louis. Sur februaro 1, 1904, Attell defended his World Featherweight Boxing Championship against frequent rival Harry Forbes. Forbes was also a regular on the St. Louis boxing scene. Forbes defeated Danny Dougherty for the