Taisteluurheiluhistorioitsija ja kamppailutaiteilija
Huhtikuun 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis paini viimeisen laillisen kilpailunsa Lee Wykoffin kanssa
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Lokakuun 20, 1916, Ad Santel, tunnettu "huoria" tai taitava painija, tapasi Taron
Kuka on suurin laillinen ammattipainija Yhdysvalloissa? Kuinka tehdä
In combat sports, a good big man usually beats a good little man. If you are great, you can often make up for huge size discrepancies. Edwin Bibby stood only 5’04” and weighed 160 pounds but defeated many larger wrestlers during his professional wrestling career. Bibby defeated many wrestlers including the gigantic German wrestler William Heygster. Edwin Bibby was able
Joulukuun 15, 1903, three men entered the Erie House at Fourth Street and Clark Avenue. The men beat up cook Victor Dauson before shooting hotel clerk Charles Harding. Dauson died from his injuries but Charles Harding recovered. The men took $300 from the safe and fled the hotel. The men entered the hotel at 2:00 a.m. and surprised Harding,
Johnny Reagan oli tärkeä taistelija ST: ssä. Louis -nyrkkeily kohtaus 1900 -luvun ensimmäisen vuosikymmenen aikana. Alun perin Brooklynista, Reagan muutti ST: hen. Louis treenata Jack McKennan alla. McKenna perusti operaationsa ST: stä. Ludvig, missä hänen hävittäjä taisteli pääasiassa ST: ssä. Ludvig’ West End Club. Reagan oli tuolloin nouseva bantamweight
On August 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Ludvig, Missouri around 7:30 a.m. Three figures exited the train. Kaksi terveellistä näköistä poliisia saattoivat John D: tä. “Tunkki” Shea, who killed St. Louis Police Officer Patrick Doran on November 7, 1881. The gaunt and sickly Shea was no longer the young thug, joka teloitti Doranin jahdan jälkeen
When “Venäjän Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, tunnetaan “Hakata” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt won the world title in Greco-Roman
Kylmänä yönä, Tammikuu 9, 1915, Sgt. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 a.m. Sgt. Gibbons walked towards the Wabash Railroad’s Delmar Station, which was in complete darkness. Gibbons polvistui ja kietoi yöpaikkansa laiturille merkitäkseen läheisiä lyöntiä upseereita ilmoittamaan hänelle. Patrolman Arthur J. Saxy kuuli yön
“For the good of the department”. With those 6 words, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 vuotta. They replaced him with Desmond’s ex-assistant James Smith, who was dismissed by the previous board. How did one of the greatest, if not the greatest, detectives in
The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Vain yksi mies haastoi vakavasti Muldoonin hänen hallitsevan hallituskautensa aikana. 165-kiloinen Clarence Whistler antoi jatkuvasti Muldoonille vaikeimmat haasteensa. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Marraskuu 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Kaliforniassa yhdessä heidän useista otteluistaan. William Muldoon oli melkein pään pitempi ja painoi
Fred Beell developed a reputation in the early 20th Century as a powerful and dangerous wrestler. His reputation was not built by his 1903 campaign. Beell suffered as many high-profile defeats as victories. Beell started well in April 1903, when he defeated St. Paul AAU Wrestling Champion James McAuley. McAuley won the first fall in 22 minutes. Beell voitti
Joe Acton oli yksi Englannin parhaista painijoista 1800 -luvulla. 151-pound Acton went through England’s middleweight ranks before plowing through the heavyweights. After beating the best England had to offer including Tom Cannon, Acton decided to test his abilities in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of