Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
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Toe Wladek Zbyszko van die Verenigde State na Brasilië gereis het vir 'n winsgewende toer
Wie is die grootste wettige professionele stoeier om in die Verenigde State te stoei?? Hoe doen
Op April 3, 1908, American Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch met World Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt
Op Vrydag, Mei 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway na die Weste”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 minute. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler
Universal Pictures released the thirteenth of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 films. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs hires Holmes to protect the
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. He used
Op Mei 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd teruggekeer na die Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy se Dilemma (1947). Dit was welkome nuus vir aanhangers van die franchise hoewel Chester Gould was 'n noemenswaardige uitsondering. Gould het die Tracy karakter vir die komiese bladsy van die Detroit Mirror. Na afloop van die Chicago Tribune opgetel die komiese vir sindikasie, dit se gewildheid ontplof. Gould
Augustus 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. In 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. In 1847, die
In die laat 1909, Stanislaus Zbyszko na die Verenigde State van Amerika Wêreld Swaargewig Kampioen Wrestling Frank Gotch te daag. Voor die vergadering Gotch, Zbyszko regdeur die vroeë deel van getoer die Verenigde State en het gesukkel om baie plaaslike stoeiers 1910. Zbyszko sou reis 37,000 myl. Vroeg in sy toer, Zbyszko ontmoet Frank Gotch in 'n voorgee wedstryd. Zbyszko verslaan Gotch, wat
My second great-grandfather August H. Elker was born in Hanover, Germany on May 22, 1848 in the year of revolutions in Europe. Whether related to the revolutions or not, August’s family travelled to America in 1854. After landing in New York City, the Elker family made its way to St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis had a large German Catholic community, wat
Oliver Leonard Kirk het die onderskeiding dat dit die enigste Olimpiese bokser 'n goue medalje te wen in twee afsonderlike gewig klasse in dieselfde Olimpiese Spele. Oliver Kirk vervul hierdie ding op sy tuisdorp Olimpiese Spele in 1904. St. Louis gasheer vir die derde Olimpiade gedurende die 1904 World's Fair Exposition. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Arthur Wontner is waarskynlik die beste film portrayer van Sherlock Holmes. Sy vyfde en laaste uitstappie as Holmes in Moord by die Baskervilles (1937). Die rolprent is vrygestel in die Verenigde Koninkryk in 1937 maar is nie in Amerika vrygestel tot Januarie 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
On Thursday, Januarie 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins het sy Amerikaanse stoeikampioenskap verdedig teen 'n opkomende stoeier van Iowa. After the first fall, die ondersteuners het besef dit was die moeilikste wedstryd van die c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins het Gotch's verslaan