Mwanahistoria wa Michezo ya Vita na Msanii wa Vita
Legacy posts about St. Louis history with a particular emphasis on building and police history.
Tom Allen was born in Birmingham, England on April 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. Back
In March 1893, magazeti kote nchini zilibeba hadithi ya mchezo uliopendekezwa kati ya bingwa wa sasa wa ngumi za uzito wa juu wa ulimwengu Jack McAuliffe na mkufunzi wa ndondi wa Saint Louis Mike Mooney. Ingawa mechi hiyo ingeonekana isiyo ya kawaida kwa sababu Mooney alikuwa mpinzani dhaifu, mvuto wa $2500 upande labda ndio uliomleta bingwa mezani. Imerekebishwa
Johnny Reagan alikuwa mpiganaji muhimu huko St.. Maonyesho ya ndondi ya Louis wakati wa muongo wa kwanza wa Karne ya 20. Asili kutoka Brooklyn, Reagan alihamia St.. Louis kufundisha chini ya Jack McKenna. McKenna aliweka operesheni yake nje ya St.. Louis, ambapo mpiganaji wake alipigania huko St.. Louis’ Klabu ya West End. Reagan alikuwa bantamweight inayoongezeka wakati huo
Siku ya Jumamosi, Aprili 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 City Jail. Two daring robbers, not yet 23 umri wa miaka, pulled off
After averaging 9 fights a year over the past 7 miaka, 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 alikuwa bondia wa mgumu. Yeye alishinda Boxing michuano ya Featherweight Dunia mara mbili. Yeye na kaka yake Monte na ndugu kwanza kuwa dunia ndondi mabingwa wakati huo huo baada ya Monte alishinda Bantamweight michuano ya Dunia. Abe Attell alishinda taji lake la kwanza wakati yeye alikuwa makao nje ya West End Boxing Club katika St. Louis, MO.
Monte Attell alikuwa kaka mdogo wa Bingwa wa Ndondi wa Ulimwengu wa Ndondi Abe Attell. Monte kila wakati angekwama kwenye kivuli cha kaka yake mkubwa lakini alikuwa mpiganaji hodari mwenyewe. Monte angeshinda Mashindano ya Ndondi ya Dunia ya Bantamweight wakati wa taaluma yake na kujiimarisha kama mpiganaji wa kiwango cha ulimwengu. In 1904, alikuwa na umri wa miaka 19 juu-na-kuja
Wakati wa mbio yake ya kwanza kama Bingwa wa Ndondi wa Uzito wa Dunia, Abe Attell alikuwa msingi wa St.. Louis, Missouri. Mbali na kuwa na kambi yake huko St.. Louis, Attell alitetea jina lake mara kadhaa huko St.. Louis’ Klabu ya riadha ya West End. Wakati huo, St. Louis ulikuwa mji mkubwa zaidi magharibi mwa Mto Mississippi nchini Merika. Alizaliwa 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 “Hack” katika St. Louis during the 1904 Dunia Fair. 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