Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Dne 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Října 20, 1916, Ad Santel, známý „šlapka“ nebo zkušený zápasník podrobení, met Taro
Kdo je největší legitimní profesionální zápasník ve Spojených státech? Jak
V bojových sportech, dobrý velký muž obvykle porazí dobrého malého muže. Pokud jste skvělý, můžete často kompenzovat velké rozdíly ve velikosti. Edwin Bibby stál pouze 5’04” and weighed 160 liber, ale během své profesionální wrestlingové kariéry porazil mnoho větších zápasníků. Bibby porazil mnoho zápasníků včetně gigantického německého zápasníka Williama Heygstera. Edwin Bibby to dokázal
Prosince 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,
Srpna 11, 1896, a train arrived in St. Louis, Missouri around 7:30 a.m. Three figures exited the train. Two healthy looking police officers were escorting John D. “Jack” Shea, who killed St. Louis Police Officer Patrick Doran on November 7, 1881. The gaunt and sickly Shea was no longer the young thug, who executed Doran during a chase after
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
Kdy “Ruská Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, známý jako “Kopnutí” 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
On a chilly night, Leden 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 kneeled and wrapped his nightstick on the platform to signal any nearby beat officers to report to him. Patrolman Arthur J. Saxy heard the night
“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 let. 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. Pouze jeden muž vážně napadl Muldoona během jeho dominantní vlády. Clarence Whistler vážící 165 liber soustavně dával Muldoonovi nejtěžší výzvy. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, Listopad 1, 1883 in San Francisco, Kalifornie v jednom ze svých několika zápasů. William Muldoon byl téměř o hlavu vyšší a vážil
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940) starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan is my favorite Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan is searching for a murderer in a wax museum. The wax museum is a front for a plastic surgeon, who changes the appearance of wanted criminals for a price. The surgeon Dr. Cream, played by C. Henry Gordon, také
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 zápis. Beell vyhrál