Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportsutøver
April 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
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Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, a noted “hooker” or skilled submission wrestler, met Taro
Hvem er den største legitime profesjonelle bryteren til å bryte i USA? Hvordan gjøre
I kampsport, en god stor mann slår vanligvis en god liten mann. Hvis du er flott, du kan ofte kompensere for store størrelsesavvik. Edwin Bibby ble bare 5’04” og veide 160 pund, men beseiret mange større brytere i løpet av sin profesjonelle brytekarriere. Bibby beseiret mange brytere inkludert den gigantiske tyske bryteren William Heygster. Edwin Bibby var i stand
Desember 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,
August 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 var en viktig fighter i St. Louis boksescene i løpet av det første tiåret av det 20. århundre. Opprinnelig fra Brooklyn, Reagan flyttet til St. Louis for å trene under Jack McKenna. McKenna baserte operasjonen sin fra St. Louis, hvor jagerflyen hans først og fremst kjempet ved St. Louis’ West End-klubben. Reagan var en voksende bantamvekt på den tiden
Når “The Russian Lion” George Hackenschmidt toured America in 1905, he left the country unimpressed by the state of American wrestling. The current World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, known as “Hack” to much of the wrestling public, toured several cities in an attempt to arrange a match with American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. Hackenschmidt vant verdensmesterskapet i gresk-romersk
On a chilly night, Januar 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 år. 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. Bare én mann utfordret Muldoon seriøst under hans dominerende regjeringstid. Clarence Whistler på 165 pund ga Muldoon konsekvent de tøffeste utfordringene. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California i en av deres flere kamper. William Muldoon var nesten et hode høyere og veide
Charlie Chan på Wax Museum (1940) star Sidney Toler som Charlie Chan er min favoritt Charlie Chan film. Charlie Chan søker etter en morder i et voksmuseum. Wax museum er en front for en plastisk kirurg, som endrer utseendet på ettersøkte kriminelle for en pris. Kirurgen Dr. Fløte, spilt av C. Henry Gordon, also
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 minutter. Beell vant