Kampfsporthistoriker und Kampfkünstler
Im April 13, 1936, Ed „Strangler“ Lewis rang seinen letzten legitimen Wettbewerb mit Lee Wykoff
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Am Oktober 20, 1916, Ad Santel, ein bekannter „Nutte“ oder erfahrener Submission-Wrestler, traf Taro
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Henry Moses Dufur war in den 1870er Jahren Weltmeister im Kragen-und-Ellbogen-Ringen im Schwergewicht. Von 1855, Dufur zog sich vom professionellen Wrestling zurück, um seinem Vollzeitberuf als Bekleidungsschneider nachzugehen. Auch während seiner Wrestling-Karriere, Dufur arbeitete als Schneider. Dufur erzählte dem Korrespondenten von The Boston Globe, dass er in Richford geboren wurde, Vermont im Juni 5, 1943. Dieses Datum von
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
Im 19. Jahrhundert, 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
Im Januar 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Würger” 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 war der griechisch-römischen Ringkampf-Champion von Frankreich in den 1890er Jahren. Er gewann ein Turnier in den Folies Bergère-gewinnen, bevor ein Turnier in Russland 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons aktiviert auf dieser Bekanntheit durch die Eröffnung einer Fitnessstudio zu trainieren Ringer und starke Männer. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of
In 1934, Charles Arthur “Hübscher Junge” Floyd beendet seine kriminelle Karriere in einem East Liverpool, nach einem Ohio Maisfeld mit FBI-Agenten und lokalen Strafverfolgungsbehörden herausschießen. Jedoch, Im Dezember 1925, er war Häftling Nummer 29078 am Missouri Penitentiary. Die 21-jährige Floyd hatte gerade den Kroeger Grocery und Baking Company Hauptbüro auszurauben verurteilt worden
Am Oktober 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, which killed
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. Paramount Pictures released Appointment with Danger (affiliate link) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
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
On December 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