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Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Tom Allen lahir di Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 tapi dia menjadi terkenal sebagai petarung hadiah bare knuckle kelas berat di Amerika. Menetap di St. Louis around 1867, Allen memenangkan Kejuaraan Kelas Berat Amerika di 1873 dan memegang gelar itu sampai 1876. Dia kembali ke Inggris selama setahun sebelum kembali ke St. Louis. Louis untuk selamanya 1878. Back
In March 1893, surat kabar di seluruh negeri memuat cerita tentang usulan pertandingan antara juara dunia tinju kelas berat ringan saat ini Jack McAuliffe dan instruktur tinju Saint Louis Mike Mooney. Meskipun pertandingan tersebut tampak aneh karena Mooney adalah penantang yang dianggap remeh, daya tarik dari $2500 satu sisi mungkin adalah apa yang membawa sang juara ke meja. Disesuaikan
Johnny Reagan adalah seorang pejuang penting di St. Louis. Adegan tinju Louis selama dekade pertama abad ke-20. Berasal dari Brooklyn, Reagan pindah ke St. Louis akan berlatih di bawah bimbingan Jack McKenna. McKenna mendasarkan operasinya di St. Louis, tempat pejuangnya bertempur di St. Louis’ Klub Ujung Barat. Reagan adalah petinju kelas bantam yang sedang naik daun pada saat itu
Pada hari Sabtu, April 9, 2022, Franklin County Missouri Historical Society mengundang saya untuk memberikan presentasi PowerPoint tentang Perampokan Bank Union Missouri 1902. Buku itu mencakup perampokan, investigasi, dua perburuan nasional untuk buronan dan terobosan berani dari St. Louis City Jail. Dua perampok yang berani, not yet 23 tahun, ditarik
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 tahun, World Middleweight Boxing Champion Stanley “The Michigan Assassin” Ketchel was exhausted. Ketchel took a vacation on the Missouri ranch of his friend Colonel R. P. Dickerson in an attempt to regain his strength and enthusiasm for fighting. Ketchel never returned from vacation as he was shot and killed at
Abe Attell adalah seorang petinju tangguh. Ia memenangkan Kejuaraan Tinju Dunia bulu dua kali. Dia dan saudaranya Monte adalah saudara pertama yang menjadi juara tinju dunia pada saat yang sama setelah Monte memenangkan bantam Kejuaraan Dunia. Abe Attell memenangkan gelar pertamanya ketika ia berbasis di West End Boxing Club di 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. Di 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, Missouri. Besides having his camp in St. Louis, Attell defended his title several times at St. Louis’ West End Athletic Club. Pada saat itu, St. Louis was the largest city west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Born Abraham Washington Attell
Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Terjangan” di St. Louis during the 1904 Pameran Dunia. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in 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. On February 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