Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Dne 13, 1936, Ed “Strangler” Lewis wrestled his final legitimate contest with Lee Wykoff
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q2pnhj/Episode_58uqay.mp3Podcast: Přehrát v novém okně | DownloadIn this episode, I will be talking about some
Října 20, 1916, Ad Santel, známý „šlapka“ nebo zkušený zápasník podrobení, met Taro
Kdo je největší legitimní profesionální zápasník ve Spojených státech? Jak
Henry Moses Dufur byl v 70. letech 19. století mistrem světa v zápase s límcem a loktem v těžké váze. Podle 1855, Dufur odešel z profesionálního wrestlingu, aby se mohl věnovat své profesi oděvního krejčího na plný úvazek. I během své zápasnické kariéry, Dufur pracoval jako krejčí. Dufur řekl korespondentovi The Boston Globe, že se narodil v Richfordu, června ve Vermontu 5, 1943. Toto datum
In December 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
V 19. stol, most states banned bare-knuckled prizefighting and professional gloved boxing. Police often arrested fighter, managers, and promoters to stop prizefighting. A unique aspect of geography turned St. Louis into an ideal fight venue to get around the authorities’s activity to stop professional prizefighting. In the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois, the river’s current created a handful
V lednu 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so Santel did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Paul Pons byl řecko-římský zápas mistr Francie v roce 1890. On vyhrál turnaj ve Folies-Bergères předtím, než vyhraje turnaj v Rusku 1898. Tato vítězství mu umožnila získat titul mistra světa v řecko-římském zápase. Pons vydělával na této proslulosti otevřením posilovnu, aby vlak zápasníků a silné muže. Pons’ vítězství bylo zvláště pozoruhodné
V 1934, Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. Však, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office
Října 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, který zabil
I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Společnost Paramount Pictures vydala Appointment with Danger (partnerský odkaz) in London in 1950 ale nevydal to ve Spojených státech
Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Louis
Prosince 15, 1903, about 2:00 o’clock in the morning, George Harding, the clerk of the Erie Hotel, was busy working in his office. Used to working alone, Harding had relaxed his vigil and didn’t notice three large, hard looking men enter the hotel at Fourth and Clark Streets. His attention was arrested, when the first man entered his office